Puru Parvata

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Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

Puru Parvata (पुरु-पर्वत) is name of a mountain mentioned in Mahabharata. It is a pilgrim located near Kankhal (Haridwar) in Uttarakhand.

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It was the Puru Parvata (पुरु-पर्वत) where Pururavas (पुरूरव) of Mahabharata was born. Pururava (पुरूरवा) was the first king of the Aila dynasty or the Somavamsha.[1]

In Mahabharata

Puru Parvata (पुरु-पर्वत) is mentioned in Mahabharata (III.88.19)

Vana Parva, Mahabharata/Book III Chapter 88 mentions tirthas in the North. Puru Parvata (पुरु-पर्वत) is mentioned in Mahabharata (III.88.19) [2]....O king, Sanatkumara regardeth that spot visited by Brahmarshis, as also the tirtha Kanakhala (कनखल) (III.88.19) that is near to it, as sacred. There also is the mountain named Puru (पुरु-पर्वत) (III.88.19) which is resorted to by great Rishis and where Pururavas (पुरूरव) (III.88.19) was born, and Bhrigu practised ascetic austerities.

पुरु पर्वत

विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[3] ने लेख किया है .....पुरु पर्वत (AS, p.566) : 'सनत कुमारः कौरव्य पुण्यंकनखलं तथा, पर्वतश च पुरुर्नाम यत्र जातः पुरूरवः'. यहाँ पुरु नामक पर्वत का कनखल (हरद्वार) के पास उल्लेख है.

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  1. Mahabharata (III.88.19)
  2. सनत कुमारः कौरव्य पुण्यं कनखलं तथा, पर्वतश च पुरुर नाम यत्र जातः पुरूरवः (III.88.19)
  3. Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.566