Pañcatīrtha
Pañcatīrtha
Pañcatīrtha 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
- Pañcatīrtha (Purushottama-kshetra): the five tīrthas of Purushottama-kshetra (the Mārkaṇḍeya-hrada, the Kṛshṇa-vaṭa, Balarāma, Mahodadhi and the Indradyumna-saras), set up by King Indradyumna and served above all in the month of Jyeshṭha. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 43, 51, 57, 60, 62–63
- Pañcatīrtha (Gautamī): the place on the Gautamī where Brahmā‘s five daughters, Sāvitrī, Gāyatrī, Śraddhā, Medhā and Sarasvatī, join the Gaṅgā as rivers. Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 32
- Pañcatīrtha (Sarva-tīrtha List): a tīrtha named in the list of the holy tīrthas and kshetras of the earth, with the rite and phala of that list. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 25