Vyasa Sthali

Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

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Vyasa Sthali (व्यास स्थली) refers to an ancient holy place on the border of Kurukshetra in Haryana mentioned in Mahabharata (III.81.81).

Variants

• Vyasasthali व्यासस्थली (AS, p.884)

History

Vyāsasthalī (व्यासस्थली).—An ancient holy place on the border of Kurukṣetra. It is said that because of his grief due to the separation of his son, Vyāsa tried to commit suicide at this place. He who visits this place would get the fruits of giving thousand cows as alms. (Mahābhārata Vana Parva, Chapter 83, Stanza 93).

In Mahabharata

Vyasasthali (व्यास स्थली) (Tirtha) in Mahabharata (III.81.81)

Vana Parva, Mahabharata/Book III Chapter 81 mentions names of Tirthas (Pilgrims). Vyasasthali (व्यास स्थली) (Tirtha) is mentioned in Mahabharata (III.81.81).....Proceeding with regulated diet, he that bathes in the confluence of the Kausiki (कौशिकी) (3.81.80) and the Drishadwati (दृषद्वती) (3.81.80), becometh free from all his sins. One should next proceed to Vyasasthali (व्यास स्थली) (3.81.81) where Vyasa of great intelligence, burning with grief for his son had resolved to cast off his body but was cheered again by the gods. Proceeding to that spot of Vyasa, one obtaineth the merit of a thousand kine.

व्यासस्थली

विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर ने लेख किया है .....व्यासस्थली (AS, p.884) का उल्लेख महाभारत में हुआ है। महाभारत, वनपर्व 83,96-97 में इस पुण्य स्थली का वर्णन दृषद्वती तथा कौशिकी नदी संगम के पश्चात् है- 'ततो व्यासस्थली नाम यत्रव्यासेन धीमता पुत्रशोकाभितप्तेन देहत्यागेकृतामतिः। ततो देवैस्तु राजेन्द्र पुनरूत्थापितस्तदा।' प्रसंग से यह स्थान कुरूक्षेत्र (हरियाणा) के निकट जान पड़ता है।