the Agnyadhana sacrifice for all those Rishis, after which both they and the gods went away to their respective homes one after another.  One who enters the forest of Tungaka, is, O best of kings, male or female, cleansed of every sin.  There in that tirtha, O hero, one should reside for a month, with subdued senses and regulated diet.  By this, O king, one ascendeth to the region of Brahma, and delivereth also his race.  Arriving next at Medhavika, one should offer oblations of water to the gods and the Pitris.  By this, one acquires the merit of the Agnishtoma sacrifice, and also memory and intellect.  There in that tirtha is the mountain known over the whole world and called Kalanjara.  Bathing in the celestial lake that is there, one acquires the merit of giving away a thousand kine.  He that, O king, after a bath, offereth oblations (to the gods and the Pitris) on the Kalanjara mountain, is, without doubt, regarded in heaven.  Proceeding next, O monarch, to the river Mandakini capable of destroying all sins and which is on that best of mountains called Chitrakuta, he that bathes there and worships the gods and the Pitris, obtains the merit of the horse-sacrifice and attains to an exalted state.  One should next, O virtuous one, proceed to the excellent tirtha called Bhartristhana, where, O king, ever dwells the celestial generalissimo Kartikeya.  By a journey only to that spot, a person, O foremost of kings, attaineth to success.  Bathing next at the tirtha called Koti, one earneth the merit of giving away a thousand kine.  Having walked round Koti, one should proceed next to Jyeshthasthana.  Beholding Mahadeva who is there, one shineth like the moon.  There, O mighty monarch, is a celebrated well, O bull of the Bharata race!  There in that well, O foremost of warriors, are the four seas.  He that bathes there, O foremost of kings, and with subdued soul worships the gods and the Pitris, is cleansed of all his sins and attaineth to an exalted state.  Then, O mighty king, should one proceed to the great Sringaverapura, where, O foremost of kings, formerly Rama, Dasharatha’s son, had crossed (the Ganga).  Bathing in that tirtha, one, O mighty-armed one, is cleansed of all his sins.  Bathing with subdued senses and leading a Brahmacharya mode of life, in the Ganga, one is cleansed of every sin, and obtains also the merit of the Vajapeya sacrifice.  One should next proceed to the place called Mayuravala, consecrated to Mahadeva of high intelligence.  Beholding there the god, bowing down to him and walking round the spot, one acquireth, O Bharata, the Ganapatya status.  Bathing in Ganga at that tirtha, one is cleansed of all his sins.  Then, O king, should one proceed to Prayaga, whose praises have been sung by Rishis and where dwell the gods with Brahma at their head, the directions with their presiding deities,