[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [The Mahābhārata and its versions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata) › [The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) › 3.83.83 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 3.83.83 Mahābhārata 3.83.83 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.83.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.83.83) yatra gaṅgā mahārāja sa deśastattapovanam | siddhakṣetraṃ tu tajjñeyaṃ gaṅgātīrasamāśritam || 83 || > O great king, the region through which the Ganga flows should be regarded as a sacred asylum, and a spot of land that is on the Ganga's banks, should be regarded as one favourable to the attainment of ascetic success. > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 3.83.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.83.82) - [Next: 3.83.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.83.84) - [Up: 3.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.83) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.3.85.3.5) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.3.83.97) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.3.85.97) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Smṛticandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrticandrika.23.p17) — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.83.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.83.83) · Pramāṇa