Rāma Tīrtha
Rāma Tīrtha, “the tīrtha of Rāma”
Rāma Tīrtha 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
- Rāma Tīrtha (Ayodhyā): the bathing tīrtha on the Sarayū at Ayodhyā, which Rāma named the foremost of all tīrthas. Ānanda Rāmāyaṇa, Yāga Khaṇḍa, Sargas 6, 8, 9; Skanda Purāṇa, Vaishṇava Khaṇḍa, Ayodhyā Māhātmya, Chapters 1–6
- Rāma Tīrtha (Rāmasetu): a lake on Mount Gandhamādana made by Rāma, where Sūtīkshṇa gained all powers. Skanda Purāṇa, Brahma Khaṇḍa, Setu Māhātmya, Chapter 18
- Rāma Tīrtha (Sarasvatī): the tīrtha on the Sarasvatī where Paraśurāma lived in tapas after giving the earth to Kaśyapa. Mahābhārata, Śalya Parva, Chapter 49
- Rāma Tīrtha (Gautamī): the tīrtha on the Gautamī where Śrī Rāma offered piṇḍa, freed his father Daśaratha from naraka and installed Maheśvara. Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 53
- Rāmatīrtha (Sarva-tīrtha List): a tīrtha named in the Brahma Purāṇa’s list of the holy tīrthas and kshetras of the earth. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 25