A sacred site of pilgrimage. One may attain svarga (swarga; the heavenly abode)by taking a bath here. It is a blessed site for offering tarpaṇa(tarpana) to the forefathers’ spirit.

Mahābhārata (Kinjawadekar)(13.25.9,16)
Mahābhārata Vols. 1-43 (Siddhāntabāgīśa)(13.26.9,16)