Jai Sriman Narayana !!
Sage Pulastya narrates the
splendor of one of the sacred lands on Earth Pushkar to Bhishmacharya ‘Oh!
Righteous and austere Bhishma, I am highly pleased at your humility, cordiality
and honesty which you have attained from your ancestors. Oh! Sinless son, you
have found me due to the righteousness & honorableness in you. Bhishma, I am observing the things happenings
around me, what do you want from me? Oh! Sinless & superior amongst the
Kurus I am ready to provide whatever you desire.”
Bhishmacharya graciously answered
“Oh! Generous & highly revered by three worlds, I am extremely happy to
know that you are pleased about my mannerism; furthermore I will treat that I
have attained your presence due to the highest of the pieties obtained. Oh! Righteous one, if I am eligible to seek
your advice, I may ask you to clarify my doubts. I
have some doubts related to the sacred places on Earth. Oh! Equivalent to deities, I would like to
hear more about the sacred places and the devoutness of visiting these places.”
Sage Pulastya replied “Oh!
Sinless son, Listen to me carefully about the devoutness of the sacred places
on Earth, which is the only asylum for the Saints and holy men. Who has absolute control over their sense,
actions, intelligence & wisdom, austerity, will enjoy the fruit of sacred
places. A sinless, egoless and who does
not rely on contributions and harmonious will have the merits of visiting
sacred places. Whoever remains sinless
and perform their duties and live without any expectation, who does not consume
food excessively, who has perfect control over sense and abstain from all
sinful deeds will definitely enjoy the fruit of sacred places.”
“Oh! Bhishma, Who has perfect
control over his anger, who leads righteous and honest life, who undergo
austerities, who finds equality in all living beings will enjoy the fruit of
sacred places. Vedas compiled by the
revered sages proclaims the devoutness of fire sacrifices in it. The fire sacrifices require abundance of resources
and meticulous attention not possible for a poor person to perform that is the
reason it was performed by the King or wealthiest people. Oh! Valiant amongst the warriors, I will
narrate you about the ways to attain all those devoutness to a poor person who
is not capable to perform any sacrifices or who has no friends or relatives or
family.”
Sage Pulastya continued “Oh! Supreme
among the Bharatha clan, these sacred places provides abundance of pieties to
the worshipper as it is the asylum of the Rishis & Sages who attained
eternal wisdom, thus it serves the worshipper highest of merits of fire
sacrifices. If a person visit the sacred
places with utmost devotion attains highest of pieties, than an individual who
pays visit to the sacred land and was not capable to undergo austerities, or
who has no capacity to offer charities in the form of cow and gold coins, or someone
who performs Agnisthoma/fire sacrifices or any other sacrifices and offer
charities and abundance of alms. There
is a sacred land on Earth where the Supreme Lord Shiva who is venerated by all the
three worlds is positioned in Pushkar.
Whoever visits this sacred place Pushkar would attain the tremendous
merit equivalent to the Supreme Lord.
The holy pond situated on this sacred land is the convergence of all
sacred rivers at the time of early hours of dawn/Brahmamuhurtham , mid of noon and
the time of sun set/Sandhya. Oh! Righteous
Bhishma, the holy pond of Pushkar is the dwelling place of Adityas, Ashta
Vasus, Rudras, Maruthganas, Gandharvas and Apasaras. This is the sacred place where the Deities,
Dhaithyas and Brahmarishis underwent severe austerities and attained their marvelous
status as deities. Oh! Bhishma,
remembering this sacred land on Earth would bring abundance of devoutness in one’s
life; it eradicates all the sins committed and provides salvation. This is the sacred land on Earth where Lord
Brahma/ Pithamaha was delightfully resided. Whoever devoted their life in the worship of
deities and performance of homage to ancestors’ and undergoes austerities and
holy dip in the pond would attain ten times of pieties of performance of an
Ashwamedha Yaga. Whoever offer food to a
Brahmin on this sacred land would remain delightful in all through their life”.
Jai Sriman Narayana !!
