16. Pancha mukti tirthas of Jagannath Puri dham

Pancha mukti tirthas of Jagannath Puri dham:

1. Indradyumna Sarovara: 

Skanda Purana states that during the opening of Jagannatha temple, King Indradyumna donated thousands of cows to the brahmins at this place. The weight of the cows formed a deep depression which became filled with water from the arghya that the king offered to the hands of the brahmins.

2. Markandeya Sarovara: 

Once Lord Visnu and Siva visited Markandeya's asrama, and Visnu showed the pralaya, universal floods, to the sage. Since then Markandeya stayed here worshiping a Siva linga. 

3. Sveta Ganga: 

This tank is named after a Treta-yuga, devotee king named Sveta who performed intense austerities to see Lord Jagannatha. Skanda Purana says one will attain liberation by bathing here and taking darsana of the presiding Deity of Sveta Madhava. 

4. Rohini Kunda (located inside Jagannatha Mandira, inaccessible to westerners): 

Skanda Purana says the sacred water inside this kunda is left over from the last pralaya, universal deluge of destruction. At the time of pralaya, the flood waters emanate from here, and at the time of the next creation the waters are reabsorbed here. Just by touching this sacred water, one can attain liberation. 

"When visiting here Lord Brahma saw a crow fall into this kunda and then attain a four-armed Visnu form. In other words, the crow got vaikuntha-mukti, liberation by touching the sanctified water. (Skanda P. 2.3-4)

5. Mahodadhi (the ocean): 

The sea is considered sarva-tirtha maya, the sum total of all holy places, because all the sacred rivers (Ganga, Yamuna, Godavari, Kaveri, etc.) of India flow into it.