Bhāgīrathī

Bhāgīrathī

Bhāgīrathī is a name used for more than one being and place in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.

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  • Gaṅgā: the river Gaṅgā as King Bhagīratha brought her down north of the Vindhya; she became his daughter and so is called Bhāgīrathī. Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, Chapter 53; Agni Purāṇa, Chapters 6, 57–59, 64, 69, 72, 74, 96, 108–111, 113, 117, 120–121, 155, 157, 159, 174, 184, 209, 219, 273, 292, 305, 354, 382–383; Nārada Purāṇa, Pūrvārdha, Chapters 6–11, 70–71; Nārada Purāṇa, Uttarārdha, Chapters 38–43; Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, Madhyama Bhāga, Chapter 56; Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, Chapters 50–55; Mahābhārata, Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 146; Mahābhārata, Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīshma Svargārohaṇa Parva, Chapter 168; Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapters 6, 12, 58, 69; Vāmana Purāṇa, Saro Māhātmya, Chapters 13, 15, 26; Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 1, Chapters 1, 3–4, 8, 12–13, 18–19; Skandha 3, Chapters 1, 4–5, 8, 16, 20, 23, 28–29; Skandha 4, Chapters 1–2, 12, 21–22, 24; Skandha 5, Chapters 17, 19; Skandha 6, Chapters 2, 13; Skandha 7, Chapter 14; Skandha 8, Chapters 4, 6, 17–18, 21; Skandha 9, Chapters 5, 8–9, 15–16, 20, 22–23; Skandha 10, Chapters 1, 10, 41, 68–70, 75, 78, 82, 84, 89–90; Skandha 11, Chapters 5–7, 13, 16, 27, 29; Skandha 12, Chapters 6, 13; Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapters 3, 19, 31, 47, 55, 58, 60, 135; Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 1, Chapters 9–11; Bhāga 2, Chapters 7–8, 17–18; Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 1, Chapter 1; Khaṇḍa 2, Chapter 31; Khaṇḍa 4, Chapters 1, 3–4, 7, 17, 19, 22–23; Uttara Parva, Chapters 3, 13–14, 18–19, 23, 30–33, 52, 69–72, 75, 85, 95, 100, 118, 121, 123, 141, 146–147, 152–153, 156, 159, 161, 169, 175–176, 194; Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 8, 10, 13, 39, 45–46, 208, 212; Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapters 1–9, 19, 65, 71, 91, 97, 105

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