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RIVER
KRISHNA AND ITS GLORY
River
Krishna is one of the major rivers of Dakshinapatha and the puranas
described it as holier than Ganga; the world renowned river,
distinguished for purity, sanctity and eternity. Skandapurana gives
a full length picture of its tracing its origin from Sahyadri to its
Sangam in the sea-the Bay of Bengal. It is HariHaryatmaka,
Trimurthyatmaka and Sarvadevatatmakait embodies in it the powerful
amsas-aspects of Brahma. Vishnu, Maheswara and all the celestials.
They joined it in the
form of tributaries at several places. It is made holier further by
the Maharshts, who sitting on its banks did penance and glorified it
by their tapassakti. It has countless kshetras along its banks
dedicated to almost all the gods adorning the Hindu pantheon. On
account of this peculiar impact, it liberates mankind by a mere
look, touch, or praise, even without ever reaching it for bathing or
sipping. There are numerous thirthas along its course, why even in
it at this place. Hence its virtues are manifold, powers
unaccountable than the Ganga; for, the river Ganges purges of the
sins of the bathers however heinous they are, but cannot cleanse
itself of its sins, whereas Krishna has such infinite, inherent,
potential that it cleanses of its sins too, in addition to the
bathers. It is illustrated through an episode, which finds a mention
in the puranas.
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