Vishnu to grace, cooked rice in milk and butter and gratified Kesava with oblations, each offered with seven Riks. And, O king, the gratified Kesava thereupon conferred on them the eight-fold attributes called _Aiswarya_ and other objects that they desired. And having bestowed upon them these, that god disappeared in their sight like lightning in the clouds. And it is for this, O Bharata, that that _tirtha_ became known by the name of _Saptacharu_, and if one offereth _Charu_ there to the seven flamed deity, he obtaineth merit superior to that of the gift of a hundred thousand kine, to that of a hundred Rajasuya sacrifices, as also of a hundred horse-sacrifices. Leaving _Vadava_, O king, one should then proceed to Raudrapada, and beholding Mahadeva there one obtaineth the merit of the horse-sacrifice. Proceeding then, with subdued soul and leading a Brahmacharya mode of life, to _Manirnat_, and residing there for one night, one acquireth, O king, the merit of the _Agnishtoma_ sacrifice. One should then go, O king, to _Devika_ celebrated over the whole world. It was there, O bull of Bharata race, that, as heard by us, the Brahmanas first sprang into existence. There also is the region of the holder of the trident--a region that is celebrated over the world. Having bathed in _Devika_ and worshipped Maheswara by offering him, to the best of one's might, rice boiled in milk and butter, a man obtaineth, O bull of the Bharata race, the merit of a sacrifice that is capable of filling every desire. There also is another _tirtha_ of Rudra called _Kamakhya_, which is much resorted to by the gods. Bathing there, a man speedily obtaineth success. By touching also the water of _Yajana_, _Brahmavaluka_, and _Pushpamva_, one becometh free from sorrow in after life. The learned have said that the sacred _tirtha_ of _Devika_, the resort of the gods and the Rishis, is five _Yojanas_ in length and half a _Yojana_ in breadth. One should then, in due order, proceed, O king, to _Dirghasatra_. There the gods with Brahma at their head, the _Siddhas_, and the greatest Rishis, with regulated vows and the recitation and acceptance of the preliminary pledge, perform the long-extending sacrifice. O king, by going only to _Dirghasatra_, O represser of foes, one obtaineth merit that is superior, O Bharata, to that of the Rajasuya or the horse-sacrifice. One should next proceed with subdued senses and regulated diet to _Vinasana_, where _Saraswati_ disappearing on the breast of Meru, re-appeareth at _Chamasa_, _Shivodbheda_ and _Nagadbheda_. Bathing in _Chamasadbheda_, one obtaineth the merit of the _Agnishtoma_ sacrifice. Bathing in _Shivodbheda_, one acquireth the merit of the gift of a thousand kine. And bathing in _Nagodbheda_, one obtaineth the region of the Nagas. One should proceed, next, to the inaccessible _tirtha_ of _Shasayana_, where the cranes, O Bharata, disappearing in the form of _sasas_, re-appear