[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c4.638 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.638 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.638 - **Language:** English ### [c4.638](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.638) (9) The sermon of Aṅgiras on the merits of Tīrthas or holy places (Baths). Dharmaputra once asked Bhīṣma about the importance of holy ghāṭs or tīrthas (Baths). Bhīṣma told Dharmaputra, what Aṅgiras had once told Gautama about the merits obtained by going on pilgrimage to holy tīrthas of baths. Aṅgiras had described the holy nature and character of holy baths in Bhārata such as Puṣkara, Prabhāsa, Naimiśa, Sāgarodaka, Indramārga, - [Previous: c4.637](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.637) - [Next: c4.639](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.639) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.638](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.638) · Pramāṇa