Vana Parva 82.88
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Vana Parva Chapter 82 · Verse 88
Sanskrit Original
ददावष्टगुणैश्वर्यं तेषां तुष्टस्तु केशवः। यथाभिलषितानन्यान् कामान् दत्त्वा महीपते॥ तत्रैवान्तरर्दधे देवो विद्युदभ्रेषु वै यथा। नाम्ना सप्तचरूं तेन ख्यातं लोकेषु भारत॥ गवां शतसहस्रेण राजसूयशतेन च। अश्वमेधसहस्रेण श्रेयान् सप्तार्चिषे चरुः॥ ततो निवृत्तो राजेन्द्र रुद्रं पदमथाविशेत्। अर्चयित्वा महादेवमश्वमेधफलं लभेत्॥
O ruler of earth, Keshava, being thus gratified, bestowed on them the eight-fold attributes, called Aishvarya and other objects which they had desired to obtain. O descendant of Bharata, having bestowed these on them the one deity disappeared before their very sight as a flash of lightning in a cloud. Thus did it become known on earth by the name of Sapta Charu. If seven Charus are offered here, it secures greater merit than that of giving away one thousand kine, that of one hundred Rajasuyas and that of thousand Ashvamedhas (sacrifices). O king of kings, leaving that Tirtha, one should go to the Raudra Pada and worshipping Mahadeva there, one obtains the fruit of Ashvamedha sacrifice.