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It
is the self-same region, where Arjuna did severe penance to please
Maheswar for the boon of Pasupata, the most potent among all the
astras; the very same place pervaded by the apurva sourabha of the
flower Kalayana Saugandhika, for procuring of which Bhima fought
against Kubera, the very same place containing the samadhi of
Jagadguru Sri Sankaracharya; the self same sacred point, where the
Pandavas built the temple, and was consecrated in this yuga by Adi
Sankara, and it is this mountainous terrain that gives birth to
several holy rivers like Mandakini etc. It is here in this precincts
Lord Maheswar abides and is worshipped by the lesser ranks of gods
for six months and the rest of the year by the humans, according to
the wish of the sages. With many more of such
celebrated spots, this hoary region has become an eternal
inspiration for devout people right from the Dwapara yuga to the
present time.
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