Nīlaparvata

Nīlaparvata

Nīlaparvata 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

• Nīlaparvata: a tīrtha whose water is contemplated in the abhisheka of Bhagavān Sūrya, also named in the Brahma Purāṇa among the tīrthas and kshetras of the earth. Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 55; Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 25
• Nīlaparvata (Gautamī): the Blue mountain from which the river Nīlagaṅgā flows, named with Kuśāvarta in the Gautamī Māhātmya. Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 10

See also

• Nīla: the great varsha mountain Nīla of Jambūdvīpa and the other meanings of Nīla.