Note 510 — Chapter I
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Girnār is one of the seven great mountains which once possessed wings.510511 It is also known as the place where the sage Dattātraya performed religious austerities.512 The place is so holy that any person dying within a radius of twelve gaus513 from it is believed to attain moksha.514 A visit to the temples on Girnār absolves one from all sins; and taking a turn round Girnār and Shetrunja is said to bring good fortune.515 Bhagwān manifests himself to those who ascend the Bhairavajaya summit on Girnār. There is a rock on this mountain of which it is said that those who cast themselves from it directly attain heaven.516