_Brahmasthuna_, one that stayeth there for three nights acquireth the merit of giving away a thousand kine, and also ascendeth to heaven. Coming next to _Kusaplavana_, with subdued soul and leading a Brahmacharya mode of life, and staying there for three nights he that bathes in it obtains the merit of the horse-sacrifice. Bathing next at the romantic _Deva-hrada_ that is supplied by the waters of the Krishna-Venna, and also in the _Jatismara-hrada_, one acquireth the memory of one's former life. It was there that the chief of the celestials celebrated a hundred sacrifices and ascended to heaven. By a visit only to that spot, one acquireth the merit of the _Agnishtoma_ sacrifice. Bathing next in the _Sarvadeva-hrada_, a person obtaineth the merit of giving away a thousand kine. Proceeding next to the highly sacred tank called _Payoshni_, that best of waters, he that offers oblations of water to the gods and the Pitris acquires the merit of the gift of a thousand kine. Arriving next at the sacred forest of _Dandaka_, a person should bathe (in the waters) there. By this, O king, one at once obtains, O Bharata, the merit of giving away a thousand kine. Proceeding next to the asylum of _Sarabhanga_ and that of the illustrious Suka, one acquireth immunity from misfortune, besides sanctifying his race. Then should one proceed to _Surparaka_, where Jamadagni's son had formerly dwelt. Bathing in that _tirtha_ of Rama, one acquireth the merit of giving away gold in abundance. Bathing next in the _Saptagadavara_, with the subdued sense and regulated diet, one earneth great merit, and goeth also to the region of the celestials. Proceeding next to _Deva-hrada_, with subdued sense and regulated diet, a man obtaineth the merit of the _Devasatra_ sacrifice. One should proceed next to the forest of _Tungaka_, with subdued senses and leading a Brahmacharya mode of life. It was here that in olden days Muni Saraswata taught the Vedas to the ascetics. When the Vedas had been lost (in consequence of the Munis having forgotten them), Angirasa's son, seated at ease on the upper garments of the Munis (duly spread out), pronounced distinctly and with emphasis the syllable _Om_. And at this, the ascetics again recollected all that they had learnt before. It was there that the Rishis and the gods Varuna, Agni, Prajapati, Narayana also called Hari, Mahadeva and the illustrious Grandsire of great splendour, appointed the resplendent Bhrigu to officiate at a sacrifice. Gratifying Agni by libations of clarified butter poured according to the ordinance, the illustrious Bhrigu once performed the _Agnyadhana_ sacrifice for all those Rishis, after which both they and the gods went away to their respective homes one after another. One who enters the forest of _Tungaka_, is, O best of kings, male or female, cleansed of every sin. There in that _tirtha_, O hero, one should reside for a month, with subdued senses and regulated diet. By this, O king, one