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यन्त्रोपारोपितकोशांशः

Purana Encyclopedia

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

DHARMASVA : A Brahmin. Once this Brahmin was coming home with water from the Gaṇges. On the way he saw Kāpakalpa, the servant of merchant Ratnākara, being killed by an ox. Though Kāpakalpa was a sinner, his end aroused pity in the heart of the Brahmin. So he sprinkled the Ganges-water on the body of Kāpakalpa, who instantly regained life and energy. The Brahmin who saw the power of Ganges-water began to worship the Ganges from that day onwards. It is mentioned in Padma Purāṇa, Kriyā Khaṇḍa, Chapter 7, that finally the Brahmin got a boon from the Ganges that only uttering the name of the Ganges should he meet with death.


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*3rd word in right half of page 231 (+offset) in original book.