Gargasrota

Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

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Gargasrota (गर्गस्रोत) was a tirtha mentioned in Mahabharata during Baladeva's journey along the bank of the Sarasvati river. It was probably located in south Punjab.

Variants

• Gargasrota (गर्गस्रोत) (AS, p.281)

गर्गस्रोत

विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर ने लेख किया है ...गर्गस्त्रोत (AS, p.281) महाभारत काल मे सरस्वती नदी के तट पर स्थित एक तीर्थ स्थान था, जो गंधर्वतीर्थ के उत्तर में था। इस तीर्थ स्थान की यात्रा बलराम ने की थी- 'तस्माद् गंधर्वतीर्थाच्च महाबाहुररिदम:, गर्गस्त्रोतो महातीर्थमाजगामैककुंडली।' महाभारत, शल्यपर्व 37, 13-14.

गर्गस्त्रोत नामक यह स्थान संभवत: दक्षिण पंजाब में था।

In Mahabharata

• Gargasrota (गर्गस्रॊत) tirtha is mentioned in Mahabharata (IX.36.14),(IX.36.16),

Shalya Parva, Mahabharata/Book IX Chapter 36 describes Baladeva's journey along the bank of the Sarasvati river. Gargasrota (गर्गस्रॊत) tirtha is mentioned in Mahabharata (IX.36.14),(IX.36.16). ... Baladeva of Madhu's race proceeded thence, accompanied by many Brahmanas and eulogised by them. Leaving that tirtha resorted to by Gandharvas, that mighty-armed chastiser of foes, having but one earring, then proceeded to the famous tirtha called Gargasrota. There, in that sacred tirtha of the Sarasvati, the illustrious Garga of venerable years and soul cleansed by ascetic penances, O Janamejaya, had acquired a knowledge of Time and its course, of the deviations of luminous bodies (in the firmament), and of all auspicious and inauspicious portents. That tirtha, for this reason, came to be called after his name as Gargasrota.