Thirty millions of _tirthas_, O king, are present in that Kupa. Bathing there, O king, a person obtaineth heaven. Bathing also in the _Ganga-hrada_ and adoring Maheswara, one obtaineth the status of _Ganapatya_ and rescueth his own race. One should next proceed to _Sthanuvata_, celebrated over the three worlds. Bathing there, O king, one obtaineth heaven. One should then proceed to _Vadanpachana_, the asylum of _Vasishtha_. Having fasted there for three nights, one should eat jujubes. He that liveth on jujubes for twelve years, and he that fasteth at the _tirtha_ for three nights, acquireth merit that is eternal. Arriving then at _Indramarga_, O king, and fasting there for a day and night the pilgrim becometh adored in the abode of Indra. Arriving next at the _tirtha_ called _Ekaratra_, a person that stayeth there for one night, with regulated vows and refraining from untruth, becometh adored in the abode of Brahma. One should next go, O king, to the asylum of _Aditya_--that illustrious god who is a mass of effulgence. Bathing in that tirtha celebrated over three worlds, and worshipping the god of light, one goeth to the region of Aditya and rescueth his own race. The pilgrim then, O king, bathing in the _tirtha_ of _Soma_, obtaineth, without doubt, the region of Soma. One should next proceed, O virtuous one, to the most sacred _tirtha_ of the illustrious _Dadhicha_, that sanctifying _tirtha_ which is celebrated over the whole world. It was here that Angiras, that ocean of ascetic austerities belonging to the Saraswata race, was born. Bathing in that _tirtha_, one obtaineth the merit of the horse-sacrifice, and without doubt, gaineth also residence in the region of Saraswati. With subdued senses and leading a Brahmacharya mode of life, one should next proceed to _Kanyasrama_. Residing there for three nights, O king, with subdued senses and regulated diet, one obtaineth a hundred celestial damsels and goeth also to the abode of Brahma. One should next, O virtuous one, proceed to the _tirtha_ called _Sannihati_. Sojourning thither the gods with Brahma at their head and Rishis endued with wealth of asceticism earn much virtue. Bathing in the Saraswati during a solar eclipse, one obtaineth the merit of a hundred horse-sacrifices, and any sacrifice that one may perform there produceth merit that is eternal. Whatever _tirthas_ exist on earth or in the firmament, all the rivers, lakes, smaller lakes, springs, tanks, large and small, and spots sacred to particular gods, without doubt, all come, O tiger among men, month after month, and mingle with _Sannihati_, O king of men! And it is because that all other _tirthas_ are united together here, that this _tirtha_ is so called. Bathing there and drinking of its water, one becometh adored in heaven. Listen now, O king, to the merit acquired by that mortal who performeth a _Sraddha_ on the day of the new moon during a solar eclipse. The person that performeth a _Sraddha_ there, after