Devasthāna

Devasthāna

Devasthāna 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

• Devasthāna (Gautamī): the tīrtha on the Gautamī where the devas and ṛshis stood before the daitya Meghahāsa, son of Rāhu, as he performed tapas, and granted all he asked; within it is Devatīrtha. Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 72
• Devasthāna (Tīrtha): a holy tīrtha named in the Brahma Purāṇa’s great list of the tīrthas and kshetras of the earth. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 25