which, O Bharata, is known on earth by the name of Brahmodumvara.  Bathing in the tank of the seven Rishis that is there, O bull among men, with pure mind and subdued soul, as also in the tirtha called Kedara of the high-souled Kapila, and beholding Brahma who is there, one’s soul being purified from all sins, one goeth to the abode of Brahma.  Proceeding next to the inaccessible tirtha called Kedara of Kapila, and burning one’s sins there by ascetic penances, one acquireth the power of disappearance at will.  One should next proceed, O king, to the celebrated tirtha called Saraka, and beholding Mahadeva there on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight, one obtaineth all his wishes and goeth also into heaven.  O son of the Kuru race, in Saraka and Rudrakoti as also in the well and the lakes that are there, thirty millions of tirthas are present.  There in that tirtha, O chief of the Bharatas, is another called Ilaspada.  Bathing there and worshipping the gods and the Pitris, one never sinketh into hell but obtaineth the fruit of the Vajapeya sacrifice.  Repairing next to Kindana and Kinjapya, one acquireth, O Bharata, the merit of giving away in measureless abundance and the infinite recitation of prayers.  Repairing next to the tirtha called Kalasi and bathing there devoutly and with the senses under control, a man obtaineth the fruit of the Agnishtoma sacrifice.  To the east of Saraka, O chief of the Kurus, there is an auspicious tirtha known by the name of Anajanma, of the high-souled Narada.  He that bathes there, O Bharata, obtaineth, after death, at the command of Narada various unrivalled regions.  One should next proceed, on the tenth day of the lighted fortnight, to the tirtha called Pundarika.  Bathing there, O king, one obtaineth the merit of the Pundarika sacrifice.  One should next proceed to the tirtha called Tripishtapa that is known over the three worlds.  There in that tirtha is the sacred and sin-destroying river called Vaitarani.  Bathing there and adoring the god known by the mark of the bull and holding the trident in his hand, one’s soul being purified from every sin one attaineth to the highest state.  One should next proceed, O king, to the excellent tirtha called Phalakivana.  There in that tirtha the gods, O monarch, having been present, performed their ascetic austerities extending for many thousand years.  One should then proceed to the Dhrishadwati.  Bathing there and worshipping the gods, one obtaineth, O Bharata, merit that is superior to that of both the Agnishtoma and the Atiratra sacrifices.  O chief of the Bharatas, bathing in that tirtha called Sarvadeva, a man obtaineth, O king, the merit of giving away a thousand kine.  Bathing next in the tirtha called Panikhata and worshipping all the gods, a man obtaineth merit that is superior to that of both the Agnishtoma and the Atiratra sacrifices, besides acquiring that of the Rajasuya sacrifice and finally going into the region of the Rishis.  One should next proceed,