kine.  O son of the Kuru race, a pilgrim by repairing then to the tirtha called Shankhini and bathing in the Devi-tirtha that is there, obtaineth high prowess.  O king, one should then proceed to the tirtha called Tarandaka situated in the Saraswati and belonging to the illustrious chief of the Yakshas who is one of the gate-keepers (of Kuvera).  O king, bathing there one obtaineth the fruit of the Agnishtoma sacrifice.  O virtuous king, one should next repair to the tirtha called Brahmavarta.  Bathing in Brahmavarta, one ascendeth to the abode of Brahma.  O king, one should then repair to the excellent tirtha called Sutirtha.  There the Pitris are ever present along with the gods.  One should bathe there and worship the Pitris and the gods.  By so doing, one obtaineth the merit of the horse-sacrifice and goeth (finally) into the region of the Pitris.  It is for this, O virtuous one, that Sutirtha situate in Amvumati is regarded as so excellent.  And, O thou best of the Bharata race, having bathed in the tirtha of Kasiswara, one becometh freed from all diseases and is adored in the abode of Brahma.  There, in that tirtha, is another called Matri.  One that bathes in Matri tirtha hath a large progeny and obtaineth, O king, great prosperity.  One should next proceed with subdued sense and regulated diet to the tirtha called Shitavana.  And, O great king, it hath been seen that one merit of that tirtha which rarely belongs to any other, is that one only going thither obtaineth holiness.  By casting off his hair in that tirtha one acquireth, O Bharata, great sanctity.  There, in that tirtha, is another called Shwavillomapaha, where, O tiger among men, and chief of the Bharata race, learned Brahmanas that go to tirthas obtain great satisfaction by a dip into its waters.  Good Brahmanas, O king, by casting off their hair in that tirtha acquire holiness by Pranayama and finally attain to a high state.  There, O king, in that tirtha is also another called Dasaswamedhika.  Bathing there, O tiger among men, one attains to a high state.  One should next proceed, O king, to the celebrated tirtha called Manusha where, O king, a number of black antelopes afflicted by the hunter’s arrows, plunging into its waters, were transformed into human beings.  Bathing in that tirtha, leading a Brahmacharya mode of life and with concentrated soul, a man becomes freed from all his sins and is adored in heaven.  Distant by a krosa, O king, to the east of Manusha there is a river celebrated by the name of Apaga that is restored to by the Siddhas.  The man that offereth there the syamaka grain in honour of the gods and the Pitris acquireth great religious merit.  And if one Brahmana is fed there, it becomes equivalent to feeding ten millions of Brahmanas.  Having bathed in that tirtha and worshipped the gods and the Pitris and resided there for one night, a man obtaineth the merit of the Agnishtoma sacrifice.  One should then repair, O king, to that excellent region of Brahma