In the sacred teachings of the Brahma Purana, it is revealed that a person who beholds Krishna, especially at auspicious times, attains the rare fruits of all sacrifices, is freed from every sin, and ultimately reaches Vishnu’s divine realm. On the third day of the dark fortnight in the month of Vaishakha, one who sees Krishna anointed with sandalwood is assured a place in the abode of the Unchanging One. Even more wondrous, those who gaze upon the Supreme Person during the month of Jyeshtha, when the moon aligns with the Jyeshtha star, uplift twenty-one generations of their lineage and themselves attain the world of Vishnu. When the great Jyeshtha occurs, marked by the conjunction of the zodiac sign and star, mortals are urged to make every effort to go and see the Supreme Person. To witness Krishna during this time, or Rama, or Bhadrā, grants a person the merit of twelve pilgrimages and more. The sacred sites mentioned—Prayaga, Kurukshetra, Naimisha, Pushkara, Gaya, Gangadvara, Kushavarta, and the confluence of the Ganga and the ocean, as well as Kokamukha, Shukara, Mathura, the desert, Shalagrama, Vayutirtha, Mandara, and the Sindhu sea, along with Pindaraka, Chitrakuta, Prabhasa, Kanakhala, Shankhoddhara, Dwaraka, and Badarikashrama, Lohakunda, Ashvatirtha, Kamalaya, Kotitirtha, Amarakaṇṭaka, Lohargala, Jambumarga, Somatirtha, Prithudaka, Utpalavartaka, Prithutunga, Sukubjaka, Ekamraka, Kedara, Kashi, Viraja, Kalanjara, Gokarna, Shrishaila, Gandhamadana, Mahendra, Malaya, Vindhya, Pariyatra, Himalaya, Sahya, Shuktimanta, Gomanta, Arbuda—are all places where great merit is gained. The rivers—Ganga, Yamuna, Sarasvati, Gomati, the seven Brahmaputra rivers, Godavari, Bhimarathi, Tungabhadra, Narmada, Tapi, Payoshni, Kaveri, Shipra, Charmaṇvati, Vitasta, Chandrabhaga, Shatadru, Bahuda, Rishikulyā, Kumari, Vipasha, Drishadvati, Sharayu, Nakaganga, Gandaki, Mahanadi, Kaushiki, Karatoya, Trisrota, Madhuvahini, Mahanadi, Vaitarani, and countless others—are all sanctified. What need is there for many words? On earth, at every sacred place, shrine, sea, mountain, river, and lake, the merit gained by bathing and giving during a solar eclipse is matched by a man who beholds Krishna during the great Jyeshtha. Therefore, it is taught that those who seek the fulfillment of all wishes should strive with utmost effort to see the Supreme Person during the great Jyeshtha. Seeing Rama, the great elder, and Krishna together with Subhadra, a man uplifts his entire lineage and attains Vishnu’s world. There, he enjoys excellent pleasures until the cosmic dissolution. When his merit is exhausted, he returns to earth as a twice-born, learned in the four Vedas. Engaged in his own duty, peaceful, devoted to Krishna, with his senses mastered and established in Vaishnava yoga, he finally attains liberation. The sages then ask, “At what time should the bathing of Krishna be performed, O lotus-born one, and by what procedure?” The answer is given: Listen, O sages, as I describe the meritorious and sin-destroying bathing of Krishna, as well as Rama and Subhadra. When the month of Jyeshtha arrives, under the lunar asterism presided over by the Moon, on the full moon day, the bathing of Hari is to be performed at all times. There stands a well, pure and spotless, embodying all sacred waters; at that time, the river Bhogavati becomes manifest there. Therefore, in Jyeshtha, water should be drawn with golden vessels for the ablution of Krishna, Rama, and Subhadra. A beautiful platform is prepared, adorned with banners, strong and easy to approach, decorated with cloth and flowers. It should be spacious, perfumed with incense, covered with white cloth, hung with strings of pearls, and intended for the bathing of Rama and Krishna. There, with various kinds of musical instruments, Krishna, clad in blue garments, is placed in the center with Subhadra, amid sounds of victory and auspiciousness. Hundreds of thousands of men and women—Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, Shudras, and others of various castes—gather. Householders, graduates, ascetics, and celibates bathe Krishna, who is on the platform, together with his weapons. All the sacred waters previously mentioned bathe him separately with their own water mixed with flowers. Afterwards, drums and conches, bheri, muraja, kahala, cymbals, mridanga, and jharjhara resound, joined by other instruments adorned with ringing bells, auspicious cries of women, and delightful words of praise. Shouts of victory and hymns, the sounds of vina and flute, create a great sound like the roaring ocean. With Vedic recitations of sages, other mantras, and auspicious hymns, enhanced by the chanting of the Sama Veda, the atmosphere is filled with sanctity. At the time of bathing, ascetics, graduates, householders, and celibates praise Krishna with supreme joy. Even dark-complexioned courtesans, adorned with garlands and necklaces, clad in yellow and red garments, bow down reverently. This sacred ritual, performed at the auspicious time, bestows immense merit, destroys all sins, and leads the devotee toward liberation and the world of Vishnu.