Syamantapancaka, Syamantapañcaka: 2 definitions
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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexSyamantapañcaka (स्यमन्तपञ्चक).—A place of pilgrimage near Kurukṣetra where the rival armies met in battle. A kṣetra sacred to Paraśurāma: Nine pools of blood were made here by Paraśurāma after killing all the Kṣatriyas of the earth twenty-one times. Here came Kṛṣṇa and the Yadus to observe solar eclipse. After fasting and bathing, Brahmans and other guests were fed. Thither came Nanda and the Gopas as well as Bhīṣma, Droṇa and other sages and kings. All of them exchanged greetings. Draupadī spent her time with Kṛṣṇa's wives asking them about their marriages. Here Kṛṣṇa and Vasudeva performed a sacrifice. A tīrtha on the banks of the Sarasvatī where Ditī engaged herself in penance.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa IX. 16. 19; X. 78 [95 (V) 19]; chh. 82, 83 and 84 (whole). Matsya-purāṇa 7. 3.
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The Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 82 - Meeting of Vṛṣṇis and Gopas of Vṛndāvana < [Book 10 - Tenth Skandha]
Chapter 9 - Yudhiṣṭhira’s Acquisition of Kingdom < [Book 1 - First Skandha]
Rivers in Ancient India (study) (by Archana Sarma)
3c. The sacred aspect of the river Sarasvatī < [Chapter 5 - Rivers in the Purāṇic Literature]
The Brahma Purana (by G. P. Bhatt)
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 107 - Vīrabhadra’s Heroic Deed < [Section 5 - Pātāla-Khaṇḍa (Section on the Nether World)]
The Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)
Chapter 47 - The narrative of Bhārgava Paraśurāma (k) < [Section 3 - Upodghāta-pāda]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)