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Shiva Purana

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तत्र तीरं प्रशस्तं हि मृगे मृगबृहस्पतौ । शोणभद्रो दशमुखः पुण्योभीष्टफलप्रदः ११ ।

Its banks are highly sacred in the month of Mārgaśīrṣa or when Bṛhaspati (Jupiter) is in the zodiac ‘Capricornus. The river Śoṇabhadra[2] of ten mouths is holy and yields all cherished desires.

english translation

तत्र स्नानोपवासेन पदं वैनायकं लभेत् । चतुर्वींशमुखा पुण्या नर्मदा च महानदी १२ ।

By ablutions therein and observing fast the devotee shall attain the region of the god Gaṇeśa. The holy Narmadā is a great river of twenty-four mouths.

english translation

तस्यां स्नानेन वासेन पदं वैष्णवमाप्नुयात् । तमसा द्वादशमुखा रेवा दशमुखा नदी १३ ।

By a dip therein and residing on its banks the devotee shall attain the region of Viṣṇu. The river Tamasā is of twelve mouths and Revā has ten mouths.

english translation

गोदावरी महापुण्या ब्रह्मगोवधनाशिनी । एकविंशमुखा प्रोक्ता रुद्र लोकप्रदायिनी १४ ।

Godāvarī is very holy and it quells the sins of murdering a brahmin or slaughtering a cow. It is said to have twentyone mouths and accords Rudraloka.

english translation

कृष्णवेणी पुण्यनदी सर्वपापक्षयावहा । साष्टादशमुखाप्रोक्ता विष्णुलोकप्रदायिनी १५ ।

Kṛṣṇāveṇī is a sacred river destroying all sins. It is said to have eighteen mouths and it accords Viṣṇuloka.

english translation