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15. May the holy Tirtha Panya where the Saga obtained rest from 

 Tarkshya : may the holy Tirtha Santa where Parvati performed 

 penance to allay her domestic broils : may the holy Tirtha Sankaru 

 where Rudra went through severe austerities to obtain Durga, be pro- 

 pitious to us all. I adore them. 



15. In this and the subsequent stanzas the fourteen greater Tirthas of Nipal are 

 particularized, and at stanza 20, the four lesser ones are mentioned generally. 



They are all frequented at this day, and the legends are to be found in the Sambhu 

 Puran. They are too prolix for extraction. 



Panya tirtha is at Gokarna, where the Vachrnati and Amagh-Phula-Dayini rivers 

 unite. 



Santa tirtha at Guhgeswari ghat, where the Maradarika joins the Vachrnati. 



Sankara tirtha immediately below the town of Patan, at the confluence of the Vach- 

 rnati and Manimati. 



16. May the holy Raja tirtha where Virupa obtained the sovereign- 

 ty of the whole earth : may the holy Kama tirtha where the gamekeeper 

 and the deer went to Indra's heaven : may the holy tirtha Mimala- 

 khya, where the Vajra Acharya performed his ablutions, be propitious 

 to us all. I adore them. 



16. Raja tirtha at a place called in Newari, Dhantila, where the Raj-manjari runs 

 into the Vachrnati. It is just below the Sankara tirtha Kama tirtha called, in Newari, 

 Phusinkhel, at junction of the Kesavati and Vimlavati. The former is the river which 

 the Goorkhas have taught us to call the Vishnumati, and so for Vachrnati we say with 

 them Vagmati. Besides those two, all the other rivers mentioned are mere mountain 

 streamlets. Nirmala tirtha at a place called, in Newari, Biji Soko, junction of Kesavati 

 and Bhadravati. 



17. May the holy tirtha Akara, where treasure is obtained by the 

 despairing poor : may the holy Juyana tirtha where the true wisdom is 

 got by the ignorant solely by reverencing the stream : may the holy 

 tirtha Chintamani, where every desire is attained by those duly per- 

 forming their ablutions there, be propitious to us all. I adore them. 



17. Akara tirtha at a spot called in Newari, Kahang, where the Kesavati and Suvar- 

 navati join. 



Jugana tirtha at Kadokhu at junction of Kesavati and Papanasini. 



Chintamani tirtha at Pachilihvaivi where the Kesavati and Vachrnati join. This is 

 the great Sangam of Nipal, where its two chief rivers (they are but puny ones) unite 

 below the present capital. 



18. May Pramoda tirtha where ablution secures pleasure : may Sat- 

 lakshana tirtha whose waters engender auspicious attributes : may 



