Tale of Shree Nabhakraj

Author(s): Merutungacharya, Gunsundarvijay
Publisher: Divya Darshan Trust

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the shadow of Shree Pundarikgiri! (i.e. the holy mountain of Shree Shatrunjaya) Upon getting this human-birth, whatever is to be done and performed as a result of reading various scriptures, all that becomes successfully done & gained by reading-hearing the tale of Shree Shatrunjaya (holy mountain). Nothing else is to be done. Hence, you act accordingly and make your birth fruitful!
O soul! If you have a desire to know the truth, if you are ambitious to practise the Religion then abandon every thing else and accept the shelter guarding of this Shree Siddhagirijee Mahateerth! (i.e. the holy mountain Shree Shatrunjaya.) In the whole world, there is not a single worthy act other than meditating the God Shri Adinath on the holy mountain Shree Shatrunjaya. There is no superior place of pilgrimage than this, and there is no other religious act than meditating the God on this extremely sacred and holy place of pilgrimage.'
Whatever fruits-benefits-results are obtained by acts of superior type of meditation, donation and worshipping by visiting the other place of pilgrimage, many a times more fruits benefitsresults are obtained-gained by hearing the tale of Shree Shatrunjaya. O fortunate souls! you therefore, hear the importance of the topmost pilgrimage place Shree Shatrunjaya holy mountain! This bestows wealth without calamity.
Rev.P.Aacharya Shree Dhaneshwarsooreeshwarjee Maharaj Saheb
The Glory Fame Of
Shree Shatrunjaya - the holy place of Pilgrimage
THE GOD SHREE MAHAVEER STATES IN HIS PREACHINGS THAT :
One who has not attended a place of pilgrimage Shree Shatrunjaya and worshipped the God Shree Rushabh there, such a soul has lost it's entire life for nothing. The religious merits which a person gains by numerous pilgrimages to other places of pilgrimage, those much religious merits are obtained by a single pilgrimage to this holy mountain of Shree Shatrunjaya.
This holy and sacred mountain is fascinated by the God Shree Aãdinãth. Thus, as penance removes evil karmas of the
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