Now let us see how this most auspicious Salkarma was conducted…..

Sanaka and the other Kumaras then arrived at the bank of the Ganges along with Narada Muni. The news about the great Jnana-Yajna spread all over Bhuloka, Devaloka and Brahmaloka (Satyaloka). Everyone was overjoyed and hurried to Ananda Ghata with the deep desire to hear the stories of the Lord’s leela.

Who were the famous personalities that came to attend the Yajna? They were the great sages like Bhrgu, Vasistha, Cyavana, Gautama, Medhatithi, Devala, Devarata, Parasurama, Visvamitra, Sakala, Markandeya, Dattatreya, Pippalada, Vyasa, Parasara, Chayasuka, Jajali, and Jahnu. They were accompanied by their families and disciples.

And came the Vedas, Upanishads, Mantras, Tantras, the seventeen Puranas, and the Shastras in their personified forms.

Sacred rivers like the Ganges, holy lakes like Pushkara and sanctified kshetras like Kurukshetra, sacred forests like Dandaka, the four directions, and magnificent mountains like the Himalayas, the