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बिन्दुसरस् (bindusaras)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
बिन्दु—सरस्
n.
N.
 of a sacred lake,
MBh.
R.
(mc. also -सर),
BhP.
Shabdartha Kaustubha
Kannada
बिन्दुसरस्
पदविभागः - > नपुंसकलिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಗಂಗೆಯನ್ನು ಭೂಲೋಕಕ್ಕೆ ಕರೆತರಲು ಭಗೀರಥನು ತಪಸ್ಸುಮಾಡಿದ ಸ್ಥಳ
विस्तारः - > [ಭಗೀರಥನ ಪ್ರಾರ್ಥನೆಯಿಂದ ಗಂಗೆಯು ವೇಗವಾಗಿ ಭೂಮಿಗೆ ಇಳಿಯುತ್ತಿರಲಾಗಿ ಪರಮೇಶ್ವರನು ತನ್ನ ಜಟಾಕುಹರದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಡಗಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ಕೋಪಗೊಂಡ ಗಂಗೆಯ ಜಲಬಿಂದುಗಳು ನೆಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಬಿದ್ದು ಈ ಸರಸ್ಸು ಉಂಟಾದುದರಿಂದ ಇದಕ್ಕೆ ಬಿಂದುಸರಸ್ಸೆಂದು ಹೆಸರಾಯಿತು.] "भवोत्तमाङ्गे पतिता संरुद्धा योगमायया । तस्या ये बिन्दवः केचित् क्षुब्धायाः पतिता भुवि । कृतं तु तर्बिन्दुसरस्ततो बिन्दुसरः स्मृतम्" मत्स्यपु० अध्या० १०१ ।
Mahabharata
English
Bindusaras. § 263 (Sabhākriyāp.): II, 3, 60, 62, 67.-§ 294 (Dyūtap.): II, 50, 1809 (the palace of Yudhishṭhira is kṛtāṃ Bindusaro-ratnaiḥ).--§ 423 (Gandhamādanap.): III, 145, 11057 (śivaṃ).--§ 574 (Jambūkh.): VI, 6, 238: There king Bhagīratha, beholding Gaṅgā, resided for many years: there innumerable sacrificial stakes made of gems and chaitya trees made of gold may be seen. There Indra (Sahasrāksha) reached perfection (gataḥ siddhiṃ) by sacrificing
there Śiva (?Bhūtapatiḥ), etc. (), reside
there Gaṅgā, issuing from Brahmaloka, first showed herself, and then divided herself into seven streams: Vasvaukasārā, etc. ().
पुराणम्
English
बिन्दुसरस् / BINDUSARAS. A holy place famous in the Purāṇas. The following information is obtained from the Purāṇas about this holy place.(1) bindusaras lies on the north of the Mount kailāsa. (mahābhārata Sabhā Parva, Chapter 3, Stanza 2).(2) It was at bindusaras that bhagīratha did penance to bring down gaṅgā to the earth (Sabhā Parva, Chapter 3, Stanza 10).(3) Devendra performed hundred sacrifices at this place. (Mahā bhārata, Sabhā Parva, Chapter 3).(4) Once śiva performed a sacrifice at bindusaras. (Śabhā Parva, Chapter 3).(5) śrī kṛṣṇa did penance here for several years to get righteousness. (Sabhā Parva, Chapter 3, Stanza 11). (6) At this place, maya, the asura gave arjuna the famous conch known as devadatta and to Bhīmasena the famous club of vṛṣaparvā. (Sabhā Parva, Chapter 3).