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Southern Tibet : vol.1 |
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Then follows the story of the Rāja Mandhātri who married the earth in the shape of a woman, who, after years of happiness refused to die with him. »Then Mandhātri was enraged and drew his sword to kill the earth, and she fled towards Himāchala and the rāja followed her, and she reached Māna-sarovara. Then on the banks of this lake the rāja cut off her head, but the earth could not perish and vanishing in the waters went down to Pātāla, where she worshipped the gods who were seated on Kāilāsa.»
To the rāja's question: »which is the road to the holy lake?» Dattātreya gave the principal stations and the duties of the pilgrim, amongst which, after his descend-ing to Māna-sarovara, was the following: »let him bath there and give water to the manes of his ancestors and worship Mahādeva in the name of the rāja-hansa. Then let him make the parikrama (circum-ambulation) of the holy lake Māna and look on Kāilāsa and bathe in all the rivers around.»
The rāja's next question concerns the return journey, and then follows, under the heading: Māna-sarovara: »On the south of the Māna lake is the mountain Çambhu, from which issues the river Shesti(?), which flows to the north into Māna, near which are mines of silver and lead: near this the sands are red and the waters white. To the north is the Nala mountain, whence issues the river Kapila, which flows into Māna-sarovara, while to the south is a cave and a gold mine. From the Nala mountain, a river called Pushpabhadrā, flows to the east into Māna-sarovara and also the Devabhadra. Here, Rāmachandra propitiated Mahādeva, and from this went to Svarga, leaving his horses and elephants, which still remain there. Near this flows the Chandrabhāgā from the head of Çiva on Kāilāsa. From the mount-ain Gaurī flows the Sārda into the Māna lake. From Kāilāsa flows the Mandākinī or Bhadrā to the south into the lake. West of this river are five lakes, Kāli-hrad, Kan-hrad, Padma-hrad, Kāli-hrad and Hari-hrad. To the left of Kāilāsa is the Kalāpa peak, where are many caves and mines of gold and silver; from it flows the river Çonanda, of which the water is the colour of gold; this flows into the Māna lake. Near Kalāpa is mount Meru; this mountain is blue and from it falls the Sarasvatī, and Suvarṇa-dhārā, which also flow into Māna-sarovara. Beyond these is the Mahendra mountain, from which flows the river Mahendrī into Māna-sarovara; from it also flows the river Baruṇi with yellow waters into the lake and the Swati.» ¹
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