Toshā

Toshā, “the one who delights”

The Toshā is a river, the daughter of Sūrya, named in the Uttara Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa. It meets the Candrabhāgā, the daughter of Candra, and the cool and warm waters of the two are most delightful.

The Śravaṇa Dvādaśī at the Toshā

Bhagavān Śrī Kṛshṇa tells Yudhishṭhira of a vaṇik lost in a burning desert who met the leader of the pretas. The Pretādhipa told him that in his life at Śākala he had been greedy and had never fed the hungry. But a virtuous brāhmaṇa lived near his house, and once, at the joining of the Bhādrapada dvādaśī with Śravaṇa nakshatra, that brāhmaṇa went with him to the river Toshā, where it meets the Candrabhāgā. There they bathed, fasted and worshipped a pratimā of Bhagavān Vishṇu with curd-rice, an umbrella, cloth and other offerings. Now, a preta in the desert, he received curd-rice and water every noon. Whatever is given in the name of Śrī Kṛshṇa, the eternal Paramātmā, is akshaya.

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 75