Veṇyā

Veṇyā

Veṇyā is a tīrtha named in the Brahma Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa, one of the holy waters contemplated in the abhisheka of Bhagavān Sūrya.

In the Brahma Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahmā teaches Rudra the abhisheka of Bhagavān Sūrya on Pushya śukla saptamī. Clean water is brought from a puṇya tīrtha or any pure source, and, holding the names of the puṇya tīrthas in mind, one contemplates that the water is the water of each of them. The tīrthas named, in order, are Prayāga, Pushkara, Kurukshetra, Naimiśa, Pṛthūdaka, Candrabhāgā, Śoṇa, Gokarṇa, Brahmāvarta, Kuśāvarta, Bilvaka, Nīlaparvata, Gaṅgādvāra, Gaṅgāsāgara, Kālapriya, Mitravana, Śuṇḍīra-kshetra, Cakratīrtha, Rāmatīrtha, Vitastā, Harshapantha, Devikā, Gaṅgā, Sarasvatī, Sindhu, Narmadā, Vipāśā, Yamunā, Tāpī, Śivā, Vetravatī, Godāvarī, Payoshṇī, Kṛshṇā, Veṇyā, Śatarudrā, Pushkariṇī, Kauśikī and Sarayū, with all other puṇya tīrthas, the seas, the holy āśramas and the kshetras. All are contemplated as present in the water.

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 55