History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c74.t2.17

v5.c74.t2.17

The Vanaparva¹³⁶² and some of the Purāṇas represent that the country between the Ganges and the Yamunā is (like) the hips and loins of the earth (i e. it is the most prosperous and plentiful part of the earth) and that Prayāga is like the inmost part of the hips.