Devakūṭa

Devakūṭa

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

Places

• Devakūṭa (Mountain): a maryādā (boundary) mountain of Jambūdvīpa, one of those that stand around Meru, running north and south from the Nīla to the Nishadha mountain. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 18
• Devakūṭa (Tīrtha): a holy tīrtha named in the Brahma Purāṇa’s great list of the tīrthas and kshetras of the earth. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 25