Placing on the one scale Ganga and all the other rivers with their waters and on the other, the Payoshini, the latter in my opinion would be superior in point of merit to all the Tirthas put together.
गङ्गाद्याः सलिलोच्चयाः। पयोष्णी चैकतः पुण्या तीर्थेभ्यो हि मता मम॥ एकतः सरितः सर्वा