O Yudhishthira, the spot where the Ganga rushes onward clearing that foremost of mountains (the Himalayas) frequented by the Gandharvas, the Yakshas, the Rakshasas, the Apsaras and inhabited by the Kiratas and the Kinnaras is called Gangadvara. O king this spot frequented by the celestials Rishis is considered very sacred.
गन्धर्वयक्षरक्षोभिरप्सरोभिश्च सेवितम्। किरातकिन्नरावासं शैलं शिखारेणां वरम्॥ विभेद तरसा गङ्गा गङ्गाद्वारं युधिष्ठिर। पुण्यं तत् ख्यायते राजन् ब्रह्मर्षिगणसेवितम्॥