Śārdūla Tīrtha
Śārdūla Tīrtha · śārdūla-tīrtha, “the tīrtha of Śārdūla”
Śārdūla has other meanings too: see all meanings of Śārdūla.
Śārdūla Tīrtha is a tīrtha on the southern bank of the Gautamī, the Godāvarī, lying to the west of Abjaka. Brahmā names it to Nārada in the Gautamī Māhātmya of the Brahma Purāṇa as one of the very holy tīrthas of the southern bank, with Tapovana, Nandinī-saṅgama and Siddheśvara, and he declares it superior to all tīrthas such as Vārāṇasī. One who bathes there and offers tarpaṇa to the pitṛs and devas is freed from every pāpa and honoured in the world of Bhagavān Vishṇu.
Where it lies
At the opening of the chapter Brahmā tells Nārada that the tīrthas on the southern bank of the Gautamī known as Tapovana, Nandinī-saṅgama, Siddheśvara and Śārdūla are very holy, and that merely by listening to their account one is rid of all pāpa (sin).
At the close of the chapter he places it: the tīrtha to the west of Abjaka is known as Śārdūla. Between Tapovana and Śārdūla there are many tīrthas, and no one can describe the greatness of each and every one of them.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 58
The rite and its phala
Śārdūla is superior to all tīrthas such as Vārāṇasī. One who bathes there, salutes the pitṛs and the devas and offers them tarpaṇa (libations of water) is rid of all pāpa and is honoured in Vishṇu-loka, the world of Bhagavān Vishṇu.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 58
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 58