CINTRA PRASHASTI OF THE REIGN OF SARANGADEVA

Kartikarashi, the first historical head of these Pashupatas, cannot have succeeded to his office much before the year A.D. 1225 since the third was alive in 1287.

The next three verses are not important and most of thern are badly mutilated.

Verses 23-34. -"Tripurantaka's pilgrimage was directed to the Himalayas where he visited Kedara, i.e., Kedarnath in Garhwal and there worshipped Shiva with lotuses taken from the pure Brahmasaras. Thence he turned southwards and bathed at Prayaga, modern Allahabad at the confluence of the Ganga and the Yamuna (verse 26). From Allahabad he wandered to the Shri parvata (verse 27) which he circumambulated in the orthodox fashion, and where he was blessed by the aspect of divine Mallinatha. The mountain seems not to be identical with the southern Shriparvata. Shrishaila must lie south of Allahabad and north of the Narmada.

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