प्रयागं नैमिषं चैव धर्मारण्यं गयां तथा । वाराणसीं श्रीगिरिं च केदारं पुष्करं तथा ॥ ३५ ॥
prayāgaṁ naimiṣaṁ caiva dharmāraṇyaṁ gayāṁ tathā | vārāṇasīṁ śrīgiriṁ ca kēdāraṁ puṣkaraṁ tathā || 35 ||
Translation
Prayāga, the Naimiṣa forest and the Dharmāraṇya, Gayā, Vārāṇasī, Śrīgiri, Kedāra and Puṣkara;
Word by word
- prayāgaṁ
- Prayāga
- naimiṣaṁ
- the Naimiṣa forest
- ca
- and
- ēva
- also
- dharmāraṇyaṁ
- the Dharmāraṇya
- gayāṁ
- Gayā
- tathā
- and
- vārāṇasīṁ
- Vārāṇasī
- śrīgiriṁ
- Śrīgiri
- kēdāraṁ
- Kedāra
- puṣkaraṁ
- Puṣkara
Meaning
The great places of pilgrimage. Prayāga is the meeting of the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā; Naimiṣa is the forest where the Purāṇas were told; at Gayā offerings are made for the ancestors; Śrīgiri is Śrīśaila in the south; Kedāra is the shrine of Śiva in the Himālaya; Puṣkara is the holy lake of Brahmā.