Bṛhaspati said:: By going to a place devoid of merit, one incurs all types of sins. He can get rid of his sins by climbing the Bhṛgutuṅga, by going to the sacred river Sarasvatī, or to the beautiful river Gaṅgā or to the divine river Mahānadī or to the rivers rising in the Himavān or to the other rivers honoured by the sages.