debts and obtaineth his success.  Bathing in the tirtha called Vedi, one obtaineth the merit of the gift of a thousand kine.  There are two other celebrated tirthas called Ahas and Sudina.  Bathing there, O tiger among men, one goeth to the region of the Sun.  One should next proceed to the tirtha called Mrigadhuma that is celebrated throughout the three worlds.  One should bathe there, O king, in Ganga.  Bathing there and worshipping Mahadeva, one obtaineth the merit of the horse-sacrifice.  Bathing next in the Devi tirtha one obtaineth the merit of the gift of a thousand kine.  One should then proceed to Vamanaka celebrated over the three worlds.  Bathing there in Vishnupada and worshipping Vamana one’s soul being purified from every sin, one goeth to the abode of Vishnu.  Bathing next in Kulampuna, one sanctifieth his own race.  Proceeding then to the Pavana-hrada, that excellent tirtha of the Marutas, and bathing there, O king and tiger among men, one becometh adored in the region of the Wind-god.  Bathing in the Amara-hrada and worshipping with devotion the chief of the celestials, one becometh adored in heaven and courseth, seated on an excellent car, in the company of the immortals.  O best of great men, bathing next with due rites in the tirtha called Salisurya, of Salihotra, one obtaineth the merit of the gift of a thousand kine.  O best of the Bharatas, there is a tirtha called Sreekunja in the Saraswati.  Bathing there, O best of men, one obtaineth the merit of the Agnishtoma sacrifice.  O son of the Kuru race, one should next repair to Naimishakunja.  O king, the Rishis engaged in ascetic austerities in the woods of Naimisha had, in days of old, taking the vow of pilgrimage, gone to Kurukshetra.  There, on the banks of the Saraswati, O chief of the Bharatas, a grove was made, which might serve for a resting spot for themselves, and which was highly gratifying to them.  Bathing in the Saraswati there, one obtaineth the merit of the Agnishtoma sacrifice.  One should next proceed, O virtuous one, to the excellent tirtha called Kanya.  Bathing there one obtaineth the merit of the gift of a thousand kine.  One should next proceed to the excellent tirtha of Brahma.  Bathing there, a person, of the (three) inferior orders, obtaineth the status of a Brahmana, and if one be a Brahmana, his soul being purified from every sin, he attaineth to the highest state.  One should then, O best of men, proceed to the excellent tirtha called Soma.  Bathing there, O king, one obtaineth the region of Soma.  One should next proceed, O king, to the tirtha called Saptasaraswata, where the celebrated Rishi, Mankanaka, had obtained ascetic success.  O king, it hath been heard by us that in days of old Mankanaka having cut his hand with the pointed blade of the Kusa grass, there flowed