After performing a most difficult act, a devotee abandoned his life-breaths in a sacred field that has since become renowned as Vedadhara. Upon the slopes of the Himalayas, there are peaks even loftier than the famed four-peaked mountain. In that hallowed region, it is said that whoever bathes there after observing a fast for four nights, and then gives up his life established in the path of divine action, surpasses even the world of the gods and attains the very realm of the Divine. Within this supreme field lies the Pool of the Twelve Suns. There, at the mountain’s summit, beneath a great tree and upon a stone surface, those who bathe on any twelfth lunar day, and then, devoted to divine action, give up their lives, are blessed in that sacred field, known as Lokapala. Amidst the heart of the mountain is a great terrestrial pool, another of the Divine’s sacred places. Bathing there on the twelfth day of the bright fortnight in the month of Jyeshtha, and then departing from this world with intent fixed on divine deeds, leads the soul onward. There exists a place called Merorvara, which holds the Divine’s supreme secret. At Merorvara, three streams descend, gleaming with a radiance like gold. Whoever bathes in these waters after fasting for three nights, and then dies in that most secret place, attains a rare and blessed state. There, too, is another excellent ford called Manasodbheda, a place so secret that even the gods do not know it. Bathing there after fasting for a day and a night brings great merit. There is also a most secret place called Pañcaśira. At the summit of the great-headed rock, five pools are found, with the middle one distinctly marked by the self-born Lord. Whoever bathes there after fasting for five nights, and then gives up the body in that secret place, being wise, intelligent, and free from passion and delusion, attains the highest state. Another supreme tīrtha is called Somābhiṣeka, where, in ancient times, the Brāhmaṇas were enthroned and Soma was anointed by the Divine. There, the Lord was pleased by Atri’s son, granting him the highest perfection through divine grace. In this sacred region, Skanda, Indra, and the hosts of Maruts are born and dissolve. There is also Somagiri, where a holy stream descends to the earth. Bathing there after fasting for three nights, and giving up one’s life after performing a most difficult act, leads to blessedness. Within that field lies the most secret pool, Urvaśikuṇḍa, where the Divine himself performs austerities, even for the sake of the gods. For many years, the Lord practiced austerity there. It is said that each single fruit at Badari holds immense merit. There, the Divine abides for ten crores of years, for ten years, and for ten arbuda—immense spans of time. During these periods, the gods themselves do not see him, for he remains upon the secret path. Yet, established in austerity, the Lord sees all, beholding everything, O Earth.