[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) › c8.1041 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1041 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1041 - **Language:** English ### [c8.1041](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1041) MUÑJAVĀṬA II. A holy place of pilgrimage devoted to Śiva on the banks of the river Gaṅgā. If a man goes to this place and does circumambulation the idol there singing songs in praise of Śiva he would get the position of Gaṇapati and if he bathes in the Gaṅgā river also, he would be absolved of all sins. (Śloka 67, Chapter 85, Vana Parva). - [Previous: c8.1040](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1040) - [Next: c8.1042](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1042) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1041](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1041) · Pramāṇa