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There is more analysis of religious information in the 笔耻谤腻峁嘺蝉 . So the importance of the religious pilgrimage sites in different 笔耻谤腻峁嘺蝉 is also significant. However, in the context of the description of those pilgrimages, the 笔耻谤腻峁嘺蝉 have provided different geographical information. Like, the geographical location of the pilgrimage sites, their surrounding places and their location etc. are the part of geography. Some of these pilgrimages are mentioned in the Matsya 笔耻谤腻峁嘺 . Although the religious descriptions and magnificence of those places are the main purpose of the Matsya 笔耻谤腻峁嘺 , few geographical explanations have been given about those places.

The chapter 181 contains the glory of 础惫颈尘耻办迟补办峁�e迟谤补 or 痴腻谤腻峁嘺蝉墨 . In the last part of this chapter, through the words of Lord 艢颈惫补, some names of geographical regions have been mentioned.

They are鈥�

鈥�惫补蝉迟谤腻辫补迟丑补峁� 谤耻诲谤补办辞峁璱峁� siddhe艣varamah膩layam |
gokar峁嘺峁� rudrakar峁嘺峁� ca suvar峁嚹乲峁�a峁� tathaiva ca ||
amara峁� ca mah膩k膩la峁� tath膩 k膩y膩varoha峁嘺m ||
et膩ni hi pavitr膩峁噄 s膩峁僴idhy膩t sa峁僤hyayordveyo岣� ||
k膩lijjaravana峁� caiva 艣a峁僰ukar峁嘺 sthale艣varam |
et膩ni ca pavitr膩峁噄 s膩峁僴idhy膩ddhi mama priye |
avimukte var膩roha trisa峁僤hya峁� n膩tra sa峁兣沘ya岣� ||
hari艣candra峁� para峁� guhya峁� guhyam膩mr膩take艣varam |
j膩le艣vara峁� para峁� guhya峁� guhya峁� 艣r墨parvata峁� tath膩 ||
mah膩laya峁� tath膩 guhya峁� k峁沵ica峁囜笉e艣vara峁� 艣ubham |
guhy膩tiguhya峁� ked膩ra峁� mah膩rbheravameva ca ||鈥�Matsya (Ch-181/25-29)

In the 183 chapter, some information about this place (础惫颈尘耻办迟补办峁�e迟谤补 ) are also available through the conversation of Lord 艢颈惫补 and 诲别惫墨 笔腻谤惫补迟墨. Here 础惫颈尘耻办迟补办峁�e迟谤补 is referred as the 碍腻艣墨 . According to verse 60, the goddess 笔腻谤惫补迟墨 questioned and want to know more about the 础惫颈尘耻办迟补办峁�e迟谤补 .

Then Lord 艢颈惫补 said in his response鈥�

dviyojana峁� tu tat k峁�epra峁� p奴rvapa艣cimata岣� sm峁泃am |
ardhayojanavist墨r峁嘺峁� tat k峁�etra峁� dak峁�i峁噊ttaram || 
vara峁嚹�'s墨 nad墨 y膩vat t膩vacchuklanad墨 tu vai |
bh墨峁�maca峁囜笉ikam膩rabhya parvate艣varamantike ||鈥�Matsya (183/61, 62 )

That is, the area is 2 yojana from east to west and half yojana from south to north. From the place where the 痴补谤耻峁嚹� and 础蝉墨 river located, the 艢耻办濒补 river is located from 叠丑墨峁�m补肠补苍诲颈办补 to the 笔补谤惫补迟别艣惫补谤补 range. Again in the 184th chapter, the spread of this place is mentioned in the context of 碍腻艣墨 Mahima 鈥揟丑颈蝉 field extends from east to west about two and half Yojana and half yojana from south to north. This land of Lord 艢颈惫补, 痴腻谤腻峁嘺蝉墨 extends to the 艢耻办濒补 river.^[1]

In the 186th chapter some geographical descriptions of the river 狈补谤尘补诲腻 are found through the conversation of Yudhi峁ａ弓ira and Lord 惭腻谤办补峁囜笉别测补 .

The verse 10 of the chapter 186 states that the river Ganges of Kankhala and the river 厂补谤补蝉惫补迟墨 of 碍耻谤耻办峁�e迟谤补 are very much virtue.

辫耻峁噛腻 kanakhale ga峁単膩kuruk峁�etre sarasvat墨 |
gr膩me v膩 yadi v膩ra峁噛e 辫耻峁噛腻 sarvatra narmad膩 ||鈥�Matsya (Ch-186/11)

But the 狈补谤尘补诲腻 river is virtue everywhere. The river originates from the Amarkantak Mountain which is located on the western border of the 碍补濒颈峁単补 country.

kali峁単ade艣e pa艣c膩rdhe parvarte'尘补谤补办补峁囜弓补办别 |
辫耻峁噛腻 ca tri峁�u loke峁�u rama峁嚹珁膩 manoram膩 ||鈥�Matsya (Ch-186/2)

According to the present natural geography, this river has been generated from the Amarkantak Mountain, located in the Anuppur district of Madhyapradesh and has been flown through the state of Madhyapradesh, Maharastra and Gujarat and finally has been fallen into the Arabian sea.

In this section, the names of two other rivers have been mentioned鈥攏ear the south beach of the 狈补谤尘补诲腻 river situated a huge river named 碍补辫颈濒腻 and another big river named 痴颈艣补濒测腻 which has been fallen into the 狈补谤尘补诲腻 搁颈惫别谤鈥�

dak峁�i峁噀 narmad膩kule kapileti 尘补丑腻苍补诲墨 |
sakal膩rjunasa峁僣chann膩 n膩tidure vyavasthit膩 ||鈥�Matsya (Ch-186/40)
tai艣ca sarvai岣� sam膩gamya munibhi艣ca tapodhanai岣� |
narmad膩m膩艣rit膩 辫耻峁噛腻 vi艣aly膩 n膩ma n膩mata岣� ||鈥�Matsya (Ch-186/12)

Reference of the 狈补谤尘补诲腻 River is also found in the Skanda 笔耻谤腻峁嘺 .

189th chapter has been described about the glory of place where the 狈补谤尘补诲腻 and Cauvery River has been meeting together.

In this chapter it is said that the confluence is as sacred as the confluence of the Ganges and the 驰补尘耻苍腻 .

驳补峁単腻测补尘耻苍补测辞谤尘补诲丑测别 蝉补迟辫丑补濒补峁� pr膩pnuy膩nnara岣� |
k膩ver墨sa峁僩ame 蝉苍腻迟惫腻 tatphala峁� tasya j膩yate ||鈥�Matsya (Ch-189/19)

There are no other geographical descriptions in this chapter. Then there is mentioned about some pilgrimages to the 狈补谤尘补诲腻 coast in the 190th chapter. The verse no. 1 is told that on the north bank of the 狈补谤尘补诲腻 there is a pilgrimage site called 驰补苍迟谤别艣惫补谤补 which is one yojana wide. Verse number 3 refers to the pilgrimage named Garjana , verse 4 to Meghnada and verse 5 to 膧尘谤腻迟补办别艣惫补谤补 . Verse 3 mentions the famous pilgrimage site, called 顿丑腻谤腻迟墨谤迟丑补 , on the north shore of the 狈补谤尘补诲腻 . The pilgrimage mentioned in the verse no. 7 is famous as 叠谤补丑尘腻惫补谤迟补 . Then, the pilgrimages mentioned in the verse 9 to 14 are respectively鈥�A峁噂膩re艣vara, 碍补辫颈濒腻, Kara峁噅a, Kundale艣vara, Pippale艣a and 痴颈尘补濒别艣惫补谤补 . There is mentioned about the sacred place, 笔耻峁�k补谤颈峁嚹� in the verse 15 in the same chapter (190).

Then the 191st chapter also narrates the importance of the sacred places near 狈补谤尘补诲腻 . There, verse 5 is mentioned as theholy pilgrimage 艢耻濒补惫别诲补 . Verse 5 and 6 refer to the journey of the great virtuous 笔补帽肠补迟墨谤迟丑补 鈥�叠丑墨尘别艣惫补谤补, 狈腻谤补诲别艣惫补谤补, 膧诲颈迟测别艣补, 痴补谤耻峁噀艣补 and 厂惫补迟补苍迟谤别艣惫补谤补 . Verse 7 refers to the context of the 碍辞迟颈迟墨谤迟丑补 pilgrimage. Verse 14 contains about the pilgrimage called Bahunetra in the 罢谤补测辞诲补艣墨迟颈迟丑颈 . Verse 15 is referred to as 础驳谤补迟别艣惫补谤补 and verse 19 is referred to as 叠补濒腻办别艣惫补谤补 迟墨谤迟丑补 . This chapter refers to the 峁氠梗i迟墨谤迟丑补 in verse 22. Then several references to the pilgrimage can be found in several successive 艣濒辞办补蝉 . The names of pilgrimages in verses 24 to 30 are gradually鈥�deva迟墨谤迟丑补, Amarkantaka, 搁腻惫补峁噀艣惫补谤补 峁氠箛峁�墨r迟丑补 , 痴补迟别艣惫补谤补, 叠丑墨尘别艣惫补谤补, Tur膩sanga and Soma迟墨谤迟丑补 . Verse 32 refers to the 笔颈苍驳补濒别艣惫补谤补 pilgrimage. Verse 36 contains about the Karkatake艣vara迟墨谤迟丑补 . Then there are references to some of the more famous pilgrimages near the 狈补谤尘补诲腻 , as鈥�Nandi迟墨谤迟丑补 in the verse 37, 顿颈辫别艣惫补谤补 迟墨谤迟丑补 in the verse 38, Airand墨迟墨谤迟丑补 in the verse 42, Subar峁嘺salila 迟墨谤迟丑补 in the verse 47 etc. Here in verse 49, there is mention of a river called 滨办峁�u . Then the names of many more pilgrimages are found in this chapter like鈥�Skanda迟墨谤迟丑补 in the verse 50, Li峁単as膩ra迟墨谤迟丑补 in the verse 51, Bhanga迟墨谤迟丑补 in the verse 52, 痴补迟别艣惫补谤补迟墨谤迟丑补 in the verse 54, Sangame艣a迟墨谤迟丑补 in the verse 55, 碍辞迟颈迟墨谤迟丑补 in the verse 56, Ang膩re艣a迟墨谤迟丑补 in the verse 59, Ayonisambhava 迟墨谤迟丑补 in the verse 61, P膩ndave艣a 迟墨谤迟丑补 in the verse 61 and 碍补迟丑别艣惫补谤补 I the verse 63. Referring to the pilgrimage sites, verse 64 also refers to the famous river, the 颁补苍诲谤补产丑腻驳腻 . The great pilgrimage name 叠谤补丑尘腻惫补谤迟补 is mentioned in verse 70. The significance of the 碍补辫颈濒腻迟墨谤迟丑补 is mentioned in verse 72.

There are the best sacred place 厂补苍驳补尘别艣惫补谤补鈥�

tatra 蝉苍腻迟惫腻 naro 谤腻箩补苍na艣vamedhapha la峁� labhet
na rmad膩dak峁�i峁噀 k奴le sa峁僩ame艣varamuttamam ||鈥�Matsya (191/74)

In the south coast of the 狈补谤尘补诲腻 and beautiful and holy place 膧诲颈迟测腻测补迟补苍补 -

sarvalak峁�a峁嘺samp奴r峁嘺岣� sarvavy膩dhivivarjita岣� |
n膩rmade contare k奴le 迟墨谤迟丑补峁� parama艣ebhanam ||
膩dityayatana峁� divyam墨艣vare峁嘺 tu bh膩峁�itam |鈥�Matsya (191/76)

In the north coast of the 狈补谤尘补诲腻 . In verse 82, there is a context of 骋补谤驳别艣惫补谤补 迟墨谤迟丑补 . Near this sacred place there is a Tapovana named 狈腻驳别艣惫补谤补 鈥�

modate svaraglokastho y膩vadindr膩艣caturda艣a |
sam墨pata岣� sthita峁� tasya n膩ge艣varatapovanam ||

Verse 85 mentions a pilgrimage named 碍腻濒别艣惫补谤补鈥�

办耻产别谤补产丑补惫补苍补峁� gacchet kubero yatra 蝉补峁僺迟丑颈迟补岣� |
k膩le艣vara峁� para峁� 迟墨谤迟丑补峁� kubero yatra to峁�ita岣� ||

Then there is the best pilgrimage, 惭腻谤耻迟腻濒补测补 .

tatra 蝉苍腻迟惫腻 tu 谤腻箩别苍诲谤补 sarvasampadam膩pnuy膩t |
tata岣� pa艣cimato gacchenm膩rut膩layamuttamam ||鈥�Matsya (ch.191/86)

Verse 88 tells us that one should go on the Yava迟墨谤迟丑补 in the time of 颁补迟耻谤诲补艣墨 of the 碍峁涐梗峁嘺辫补办峁�a of the month of 惭腻驳丑补 .

pu峁�pake峁嘺 vim膩nena 惫腻测耻濒辞办补峁� sa gacchati |
yava迟墨谤迟丑补峁� tato gacchenm膩gham膩se yudhi峁ａ弓hira ||

Then verse 90 mentions about the Ahaly膩 迟墨谤迟丑补 鈥�

ahaly膩迟墨谤迟丑补峁� tato gacchet 蝉苍腻苍补峁� tatra sam膩caret |
sn膩tam膩tro narastatra hya辫蝉补谤辞产丑颈岣� pramodate ||

There mention in the verse 93 about the famous 搁腻尘补产丑奴尘颈 础测辞诲丑测腻 鈥�

str墨vallabho bhavecchr墨m膩n 办腻尘补诲别惫补 iv膩para岣� |
ayodhy膩峁� tu sam膩s膩dya 迟墨谤迟丑补峁� r膩masya vi艣rutam ||

Verse 98 has a reference to Subha迟墨谤迟丑补 and verse 99 to Vi峁ａ箛u迟墨谤迟丑补 .

Verse 102 describes the significance of the 罢腻辫补蝉别艣惫补谤补 迟墨谤迟丑补.

tato gacchet tu 谤腻箩别苍诲谤补 t膩pase艣varamuttamam |
丑补谤颈峁嚹� 惫测腻诲丑补蝉补峁僼谤补蝉迟腻 辫补迟颈迟腻 yatra s膩 尘峁沢墨  ||鈥�Matsya (191/102)

Verse 104 has the context on Brahma迟墨谤迟丑补 which is also known as Amohaka .

tena t膩pe艣vara峁� 迟墨谤迟丑补峁� na 产丑奴迟补峁� na bhavi峁�yati |
tato gacchet tu 谤腻箩别苍诲谤补 brahma迟墨谤迟丑补manuttamam ||
amohakamiti 办丑测腻迟补峁� pit峁涐箖艣caiv膩tra tarpayet |
pau峁嘺m膩sy膩mam膩y膩峁� tu 艣r膩ddha峁� kury膩d yath膩vidhi ||鈥�Matsya (ch. 191/104,105)

It is said that there have done paternal tarpana and 艢谤腻诲诲丑补 on the full moon and the new moon in this holy place. There are two another pilgrimages mentioned here: 厂颈诲诲丑别艣惫补谤补 迟墨谤迟丑补 and Kusume艣vara 迟墨谤迟丑补 , which are the most beautiful places on the south coast of the 狈补谤尘补诲腻 .

Chapter 194 mentions some other shrines near the 狈补谤尘补诲腻 . Verse 1 of the chapter 194 refers to the Anke艣o艣vara 迟墨谤迟丑补 . Verse two has been mentioned another pilgrimage named 狈补谤尘补诲别艣惫补谤补 . Then the verses 3, 4, 6 and 9 have mentioned about the pilgrimages respectively A艣va迟墨谤迟丑补 , Pait膩maha 迟墨谤迟丑补, S膩vitri迟墨谤迟丑补 and Kunja迟墨谤迟丑补 . The verse 8 contents about the famous and sacred Hindu pilgrimage, M膩nasa迟墨谤迟丑补 . There is mentioned about the famous 罢谤颈诲补艣补 Jyoti迟墨谤迟丑补 in the verse 11. This place is also known as 峁氠梗颈办补苍测腻 . After this pilgrimage, the another holy place which is important to travel, has been mentioned in the verse 15.

The name of the place is 厂惫补谤峁嘺惫颈苍诲耻 .

tatra 蝉苍腻迟腻 naro 谤腻箩补苍 sarvap膩pai岣� pramucyate |
tato gacchecca 谤腻箩别苍诲谤补 svar峁嘺vindu tviti sm峁泃am ||鈥�Matsya (ch. 194/15)

The next pilgrimage named Apsare艣a迟墨谤迟丑补 is mentioned in the verse 16.

tatra 蝉苍腻迟惫腻 naro sajan durgati na ca pa艣yati |
apsare艣a峁� tato gacchet 蝉苍腻苍补峁� tatra sam膩caret ||鈥�Matsya (ch.194/16)

Of particular note is that here mentions a famous pilgrimage named Naraka in verse 17.

kr墨岣峚te n膩galokastho S辫蝉补谤辞产丑颈岣� saha modate |
tato gacchet tu 谤腻箩别苍诲谤补 narake迟墨谤迟丑补muttamam ||鈥�Matsya (ch.194/17)

Bh膩rabh奴ti迟墨谤迟丑补 is mentioned in verse 18. Then a pilgrimage named 膧峁Ｄ乺a迟墨谤迟丑补 is mentioned in verse 30. According to verse 31, there is a pilgrimage site named 艢迟谤墨 where all sins are destroyed. There are also some more pilgrimage sites which are at the junction of the river 础颈谤补峁囜笉颈 and the 狈补谤尘补诲腻 (verse32). Verses 34 and 35 show that there is a pilgrimage called 闯腻尘补诲补驳苍测补 at the confluence of the 狈补谤尘补诲腻 and the sea.

Verse 40 describes the significance of the 碍补耻艣颈办墨 pilgrimage site.

saptajanmak峁泃a峁� p膩pa峁� 丑颈迟惫腻 y膩nti 艣iv膩layam |
tato gacchet tu 谤腻箩别苍诲谤补 kau艣ik墨迟墨谤迟丑补muttamam ||鈥�Matsya (ch.194/40)

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[1]:

Matsya 笔耻谤腻峁嘺, Ch.鈥�184/50, 51