Last Updated: February 25, 2023, 11:25 IST
The Karmanasa river close to Buxar, Bihar, is notorious for its inauspiciousness.
The Karmanasa river close to Buxar, Bihar, is notorious for its inauspiciousness.
Rivers are normally thought-about auspicious, and folks consider {that a} dip in them may also help minimize down their sins. But have you ever ever come throughout the story of a river which is so cursed that even touching it is thought-about inauspicious and harmful? The Karmanasa river close to Buxar, Bihar, is notorious for its inauspiciousness.
The Karmanasa river is a tributary of the Ganga river and originates within the Kaimur district, Bihar and flows via Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. The river is thought-about inauspicious as a result of its origin. The identify of the river could be divided into two elements – Karma and Nasa, making the general phrase imply “destroyer of religious merit”.
Trishanku was then made the ruler of the brand new universe by the sage. He was stopped by Indra in his tracks and suspended the wrong way up in mid-air. The Karmanasa river is mentioned to have originated out of the saliva dripping from Trishanku’s mouth whereas being suspended.
Another story goes one thing like this:
According to mythology, Satyavrat, the daddy of King Harishchandra, as soon as expressed his want to his Guru Vashishtha to go to heaven bodily however the Guru refused. King Satyavrat then made the identical request to Guru Vishwamitra. Due to a rivalry with Vashishtha, Vishwamitra despatched Satyavrat to heaven with the power of his tapasya.
Seeing this, Lord Indra received indignant and despatched the king’s head all the way down to the earth. Vishwamitra stopped the king between heaven and earth by his penance after which fought with the gods. Satyavrat remained suspended the wrong way up between heaven and Earth and his dripping saliva led to the origin of the Karmanasa river. While being suspended, Satyavrat additionally obtained the nickname of Trishanku.
Trishanku was cursed by Rishi Vishvamitra for his impudence and for the reason that river Karmnasa originated from the cursed Trishanku’s saliva, the river is additionally deemed cursed. Stories of the previous counsel that when individuals used to dwell on the river banks of the river Karmnasa by no means used its water even for cooking and cleansing. They survived on fruits and different provides that they might discover on land somewhat than utilizing the river water.
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