[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) › c9.3724 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.3724 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.3724 - **Language:** English ### [c9.3724](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3724) VAITARANI III. A river. The prominence of this river is given below: (i) This river stays in the court of Varuṇa and glorifies him. (Mahābhārata, Sabhā Parva, Chapter 9, Stanza 20). (ii) This river gives remission of sins. There is a spot called Virajatīrtha, in this river. He who bathes in this holy place would shine like the moon. (M.B. Vana Parva, Chapter 85, Stanza 6). - [Previous: c9.3723](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3723) - [Next: c9.3725](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3725) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.2.9.20) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3724](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3724) · Pramāṇa