[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › [The Geography of the Puranas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966) › c8.20 # The Geography of the Puranas c8.20 The Geography of the Purāṇas c8.20 - **Language:** English ### [c8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8.20) The beautiful river which is one yojana in breadth and is so surrounded with mountain peaks, which was borne by Mahātmā Śaṅkara on his head, and which purifies even the greatest sinners, that river is Gaṅgā. - [Previous: c8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8.19) - [Next: c8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8.21) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8.20) · Pramāṇa