Sacred Places1 for Sraddha - Verse 67-69

Sraddha should be performed with the repetition of Orfikdra by persons who wish for ever-lasting benefit, at the following places : Vinaiana,2 on the Sarasvati river, Plakgaprasravana3, Vyasatirtha on the Sarasvati and especially at Brahma Ksetra, everywhere on the (banks of) Ganga and on the excellent mountain Mainaka and at the source of Yamuna. One gets absolved of sins (thereby). The proof for the same is the excessively hot and extremely cold water there.