O Yudhishthira, the spot where the Ganga rushes onward clearing that foremost of mountains (the Himalayas) frequented by the Gandharvas, the Yakshas, the Rakshasas, the Apsaras and inhabited by the Kiratas and the Kinnaras is called Gangadvara. O king this spot frequented by the celestials Rishis is considered very sacred.