Nīlaparvata (Gautamī)

Nīlaparvata · nīla-parvata, “the blue mountain”

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Nīlaparvata, the Blue mountain, is the mountain from which the river Nīlagaṅgā flows. Brahmā names it to Nārada in the Gautamī Māhātmya of the Brahma Purāṇa, between his words on Kuśāvarta and on the Kapotatīrtha.

The source of the Nīlagaṅgā

Brahmā speaks first of Kuśāvarta, which Gautama Maharshi stirred with kuśa grass as he brought the river down, and where snāna and dāna satisfy the pitṛs. Then he speaks of the Nīlagaṅgā, the most excellent of all rivers, which comes out of Nīlaparvata. After this he turns to the Kapotatīrtha.

The rite and its phala

If a man pure in mind and body performs snāna (the holy bath) and the other rites at the Nīlagaṅgā, whatever holy rite he performs there is akshaya, everlasting. Those rites give satisfaction to the pitṛs (the ancestors).

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 10

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 10