SRI VADIRAJA VIRACHITA “TEERTHA PRABHANDA” ಶ್ರೀ ವಾದಿರಾಜ ವಿರಚಿತ “ತೀರ್ಥ

SRI VADIRAJA VIRACHITA “TEERTHA PRABHANDA”

ಶ್ರೀ ವಾದಿರಾಜ ವಿರಚಿತ “ತೀರ್ಥ ಪ್ರಬಂಧ”     

35. Tapati River/ತಪತಿ ನದಿ

ಕಥಂ ತಾಪಾಭಿಧಾ ತೇಂ(s)ಬ ತಾಪಘ್ನ್ಯಾ ಇತಿ ಸಂಶಯಃ|

ಅಘತಾಪಪ್ರದಾಯಿನ್ಯಾಸ್ತವ ಸಂದರ್ಶನಾದ್ಗತಃ||86||

KaTham tApABhiDhA tEm(s)ba tApaGhnyA iti samshayaha|

AGhatApapradAyinyAstava sandarshanAdgataha||86||

SUMMARY: Oh Mother, a suspicion about how you are called as Tapa even though you are known to clear the heat; this doubt was cleared after seeing you as you remove the heat of sins.

Tapati River originates from Mount Vindhya and joins the sea near Surat. This river has several names. It is known as Tapee, Tapa, Tapati and so on. Tapti is 

a daughter of Sun. Once, a dispute erupted between Tapee and Yamuna River, which resulted in each cursing the other to become water. However, their father Lord Sun blessed them. He said that the water of Yamuna would thenceforth become as holy as Yamuna and that of Tapati as holy as Narmada. This river joins the Western sea near Surat, where Ashwini brothers did tapas or penance. At this place, there is a temple dedicated to Ashwinikumareshwara, who is in the form of a Linga.

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