Note 186 — Chapter I · NATURE POWERS.
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The river Sávitri in the Kolába District takes its rise near Mahábaleshwar and is considered very sacred. The following traditionary account is given of its origin. The god Brahma had two wives, Sávitri and Gáyatri. A dispute having arisen between them, they both jumped over a precipice. Sávitri assumed the form of a river and fell into the sea near Bánkot. Gáyatri, on the other hand, concealed herself in the river Sávitri and manifested herself as a spring near Harihareshwar in the Janjira State.186 A man is said to be released from re-birth if he takes a bath in the kund (pond) named Katkale-tirtha near Násik.187 Bows are said to be reduced to powder if thrown into a certain kund at Uddhar-Rámeshwar in the Sudhagad taluka.188 Kupotsarga is defined to be the digging of a well for the benefit of the public and abandoning one’s right of ownership over it.189