Śuṇḍīra-kshetra
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Śuṇḍīra-kshetra is a holy kshetra named in the Brahma Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa among the tīrthas held in mind as present in the water of Bhagavān Sūrya‘s abhisheka.
The tīrthas in the abhisheka water
Rudra asks and Brahmā teaches the installation and bathing of Sūrya‘s image. One sets up the image by the Vedic method and brings clean water from a puṇya tīrtha or any pure source. Holding the names of the puṇya tīrthas in the mind, one makes the bhāvanā (inner contemplation) that the water brought is the water of each of them, in this order: 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. All other puṇya tīrthas, the seas, the puṇya āśramas and the kshetras are also contemplated as present. After this snāna-vidhi one worships, bows, and gives dhūpa and arghya.
Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 55
Sources
- Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 55