Gauritirtha
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Gauritirtha (गौरीतीर्थ) is a pilgrim near Piparia, dist Hoshangabad in Madhya Pradesh. It is located at junction of Anjani River and Narmada River.
Origin
Variants
- Gauritirtha (गौरीतीर्थ) (AS, p.310)
History
Gaurītīrtha (गौरीतीर्थ) is the name of a sacred lake (tīrtha) situated in Śobhāvatī, as mentioned in the sixth story of the Vetālapañcaviṃśati in the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 80. Accordingly, “... and in that city [Śobhāvatī] there was a splendid temple of Gaurī, and to the south of it there was a lake, called Gaurītīrtha. And every year, during a feast on the fourteenth day of the white fortnight of the month Āṣāḍha, large crowds came there to bathe from every part of the world”.[1]
Kathasaritasagara [2] tells us the location of Gauritirtha....King Yashaḥketu was famous throughout the world. His capital city was called Shobhavati (शोभावती) and it had a splendid temple consecrated to Parvati. To the south of the city was lake called Gauritirtha.
गौरीतीर्थ
विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[3] ने लेख किया है ...गौरीतीर्थ (AS, p.310) मध्य रेलवे के 'पिपरिया' नामक स्टेशन से गौरीतीर्थ के लिए मार्ग जाता है। यह प्राचीन तीर्थ स्थान अंजनी और नर्मदा नदियों के संगम पर स्थित है।