shrimadbhagavat aur puranon men prachin kalin 5 aitihasik sarovron ka varnan hai. jaise char vat vriksh, prayag men akshayavat, ujjain mane saddhivat, gaya men bauddh vat, vrindavan men bansivat aur sat puri mathura, kashi, ayodhya, dvarka, kanchi, anbika-ujjain, maya aur panch tirth haridvar, gaya, prayag, pushkar, kurukshetra aur ath vriksh pipal, bar, imli, nim kaith, anvla, belapatra, am aur nau pavitra nadiyan ganga, sarasvati, yamuna, kaveri, brahmaputra, tista, sindh, krishna hai usi tarah panch pavitra sarovar hanai.
ganga men asthiyan chorne ka varnan to shastron men hai lekin ganga kinare dah-sanskar karne ka varnan kisi shastra men nahin hai fir bhi aisa hindu karte a rahe hain to kya yah pavitra nadiyon ya sarovron ke prati apradh nahin hai. kailash man sarovr: yahi ek sarovar hai jo apni pavitra avastha men aj bhi maujud hai. shayad islie ki yah chin ke adhin hai. kailash sarovar pratham paydan par hai. ise devtaon ka jhil bhi kaha jata hai. yah himalay ke kendra men hai. ise ishvar shiv ka dham mana jata hai. kahte hain mansrovar ke pas kailash parvat par shiv sakshat virajman hain. yah hinduon ka pavitra sthal hai. mansrovar sanskrit shabd manas tatha sarovar se milakar bana hai. himalay men aisi kai jhile hain lekin unmen mansrovar sabse bara aur kanedra men hai. mansrovar taithis sagar ka avshesh hai jo kabhi ek mahasagar hua karta tha. vah aj 14,900 fut unche sthan par hai. hajaron salane men iska pani mitha ho gaya hai, lekin jo chijen yahan pai jati hanai unse jahir hai ki ab bhi ismen mahasagar vale gun hain. kahte hain ki is sarovar men mata parvati snan karti hain.
yahan devi sati ke sharir ka dayan hath gira tha islie yahan ek pashan shila ko uska rup manakar ise puja jata hai. hindu puranon ke anusar yah ishvar brahma ji ke man se utpann hua tha. bauddh dharm men bhi ise pavitra mana jata hai. hindu puranon ke anusar yah brahma ji ke man se utpann hua tha. bauddh dharm men bhi ise pavitra mana jata hai. aisa kaha jata hai ki rani maya ko bhagvan buddh ki pahchan yahin hui thi. jain dharm tatha tibbat ke bonpa log bhi ise pavitra mante hain. narayan sarovr: narayan sarovar ka sanbandh vishnu ji se hai. narayan sarovar ka arth hai vishnu ka sarovar. yah sindhu nadi ke sagar se sangam ke tat par pavitra narayan sarovar hai. pavitra narayan sarovar ke tat par adi narayan ka prachin v bhavya mandir hai. is mandir se char kilomitar dur koteshvar shiv mandir hai. is sarovar ki charcha bhi bhagavat puran men milti hai.
is pavitra sarovar men prachin kalin anek rishiyon ke ane ke prasang milte hain. adi shankracharya bhi yahan aye the. chini yatri hnen sang ne bhi iski charcha apni kitab siyuki men ki hai. narayan sarovar men kartik purnima se tin din ka mela lagta hai jismen sabhi sanpradayon ke sadhu-sannyasi shamil hote hain. narayan sarovar men shraddhalu apne pitron ka shraddh bhi karte hain. yah gujrat ke kachch jile ke lakhapat tahsil men sthit hai. panpa sarovr: maisur ke pas sthit panpa sarovar ek aitihasik sthal hai. hanpi ke nikat base hue ganv anegundi ko ramayan kalin kishkindha mana jata hai. tungabhadra nadi ko par karne par anegundi jate samay mukhya marg se kuch hat kar pashchim disha men panpa sarovar hai. panpa sarovar ke nikat parvat ke upar kai jirna-shirn mandir dikhai parte hain. vahin ek parvat par gufa hai jise shabri ki gufa kahte hain. mana jata hai ki vastav men men varnit panpa sarovar yahi hai jo ajakal haspet kasbe men sthit hai.
karnatak men bellari jile ke haspet se hampi jakar jab ap tungabhadra nadi par karte hain to hanuman halli ganv ki or jate hue ise pate hain. shabri ki gufa, panpa sarovar aur vah sthan jahan shabri ram ko ber khila rahi hai, isi ke nikat shabri ke guru matang rishi ke nam se prasiddh matang van hai. pushkar sarovr: rajasthan men ajmer shahar se 14 kilomitar dur pushkar jhil hai. is jhil ka sanbandh brahma ji se hai. brahmaji ka ek matra mandir yahin par hai. puranon men iske bare men vistar se varnan milta hai. yah sthal kai prachin rishiyon ki tapobhumi bhi hai. yahan par pushkar mela bhi lagta hai. pushkar ki ganna panch tirthon men ki jati hai. kaha jata hai ki brahma ji ne bhi yahan par yagya kiya tha. vishvamitra ke yahan yagya karne ki bat kahi gai hai. apsara menka yahan ke pavan jal men snan karti thin.
sanchi stup ke lekhane men iska varnan hai. pandu len gufa ke lekh men jo i. san 125 ka mana jata hai ush madavant ka nam ata hai, yah vikhyat raja nah pan ka damad tha. isne pushkar akar 3000 gayon ka v ek ganv ka dan kiya tha. mahabharat ke van parva ke anusar shri krishn ji ne bhi dirgh kal tak pushkar men tapasya ki thi. subhadra ke apaharan ke bad arjun ne pushkar men vishram kiya tha. maryada purushottam shri ram ne bhi apne pita dasharath ka shraddh pushkar men kiya tha. jain dharm ki mateshvari padmavti ka padmavti puram yahan jamindoj ho chuka hai jiske avshesh aj bhi vidyaman hain. pushkar sarovar tin hain: jyeshth pushkar, madhya pushkar, kanishth pushkar. jyeshth pushkar ke devta brahmaji, madhya pushkar ke devta vishnuji, kanishth pushkar ke devta rudra hain.
brahma ji ne pushkar men kartik shukla ekadshi se purnamasi tak yagya kiya tha jiski smriti men anadi kal se yahan kartik mela lagta hai. pushkar ke mukhya bajar ke antim chor par brahma ji ka mandir bana hai. adi shankracharya ne sanvat 713 men brahmaji ki murti ki sthapna ki thi. mandir ka vartaman svarup 1809 i. men banvaya gaya tha. pushkar ko sab tirthon ka guru kaha jata hai. ise dharm shastron men 5 tirthane men sarvadhik pavitra mana gaya hai. pushkar, kurukshetra, gaya, haridvar, prayag ko panch tirth kaha gaya hai. arddhachandrakar akriti men bani pavitra evan pauranik pushkar jhil dharmik aur adhyatmik akarshan ka kendra hai. jhil ki utpatti ke bare men kinvdanti hai ki brahma ji ke hath se yahin par kamal pushp girne se jal prasfutit hua jisse is jhil ka uday hua. yah manyata bhi hai ki is jhil men dubki lagane se papon ka nash hota hai.
jhil ke charon or 52 ghat v anek mandir hain. ismen gau ghat, varahghat, jaypur ghat pramukh hai. jaypur ghat se suryast ka najara atyant adbhut lagta hai. bindu sarovr: yahan kapil ji ke pita karmad rishi ka ashram tha aur is sthan par karmad rishi ne 10,000 varsh tap kiya tha. kapil ji ka ashram sarasvati nadi ke tat par bindu sarovar par tha jo dvapar ka tirth tha hi, aj bhi hai. kapil muni sankhya darshan ke praneta aur vishnu ji ke avtar hain. ahmdabad, gujrat se 130 kilomitar uttar men avasthit aitihasik sinhpur men sthit hai bindu sarovar. is sthal ka varnan rigved men milta hai jismen ise sarasvati aur ganga ke madhya avasthit bataya gaya hai. sanbhvtah sarasvati aur ganga ki anya choti dharaen pashchim ki or nikal gai hongi.
is sarovar ka ullekh ramayan aur mahabharat men milta hai. mahan rishi parshuram ne apni mata ka shraddh yahan siddhapur men bindu sarovar ke tat par kiya tha. is sarovar ko gaya ki tarah darja prapt hai. ise matri moksh sthal bhi kaha jata hai. iske alava amrit sarovar karnatak ke nandi hils par, kapil sarovar rajasthan bikaner, kusum sarovar mathura-govardhan, nal sarovar gujrat-ahmdabad, abhyaranya men lona sarovar, maharashtra-buldhana, krishn sarovar, ramsrovar, shudra sarovar adi anek sarovar hanai jinka puranane men ullekh milta hai.