गंगामहाद्वारम्

यन्त्रोपारोपितकोशांशः

Purana Encyclopedia

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

GAṄGĀMAHĀDVĀRA(M) : The particular spot on the Himālayan peak wherefrom Gaṅgā starts. Those who go there die in ice-falls. Only Nara and Nārāyaṇa have crossed this place. (Udyoga Parva, Chapter 111, Verse 16).


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*2nd word in left half of page 279 (+offset) in original book.