vanavāsap.): I, 216, 7841 (in the South, one of the five
Nārītīrthāni).—§ 377 (Dhaumyatīrthak.): III, 88, 8339
(Pāṇḍyeṣu, in the South).—§ 400 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 118,
10217 (Draviḍeṣu, samudram āsadya, Nārītīrthāny atha).
(different from Agastyasaras).
A. Location: One of the tīrthas on the
southern ocean (samudre tīrthāni dakṣiṇe)
1. 208. 3; on the ocean in the Draviḍa country
(draviḍeṣu rājan samudram āsādya …
agastyatīrtham … dadarśa) 3. 118. 4; in the
counry of the Pāṇḍyas (agastyatīrthaṃ
pāṇḍyeṣu) 3. 86. 10. B. Description:
sanctifying and holy (pavitrapuṇya) 3. 118.
4; holy for the worlds (lokapuṇya) 3. 118. 4;
very holy (supuṇya) 1. 208. 1; worshipped
by the ascetics (supūjitāni tapasvibhiḥ) 1.
208. 1. C. History: It was once thronged
by ascetics, but later avoided by them as the
five crocodiles in the tīrtha dragged some
of them away; it then became isolated (vivi-
ktāni) 1. 208. 2, 4-6. D. Epic event:
(1) Arjuna visited the five tīrthas and freed
them of the crocodiles 1. 208. 7-21; 1. 209.
1-23; (2) Yudhiṣṭhira, with his brothers
and wife, reached the tīrtha and heard there
the exploits of Arjuna and was highly grati-
fied; he bathed there with his wife and bro-
thers and extolled the heroism of Arjuna; he
gave as gift a thousand cows and praised
the gift of cows given by Arjuna (this gift of
Arjuna is not reported earlier in the Adhyāyas
1. 208 and 209) (arjunasya saṃkīrtayām
āsa gavāṃ pradānam) 3. 118. 4-7.