O king, O Yudhishthira, in this place the Bhagirathi enters a lake, where there is also the sacred river known by the name of Brahmashala. The very sight of which produces great virtue and the banks of which are inhabited by men whose sins are destroyed.
यत्र भागीरथी पुण्या सरस्यासीद् युधिष्ठिर। यत्र सा ब्रह्मशालेति पुण्या ख्याता विशाम्पते॥ धूतपाप्मभिराकीर्णा पुण्यं तस्याश्च दर्शनम्।