Nīlagaṅgā

Nīlagaṅgā · nīla-gaṅgā, “the blue Gaṅgā”

Nīlaparvata has other meanings too: see all meanings of Nīlaparvata.

Nīlagaṅgā is a holy river that comes out of Nīlaparvata, the Blue Mountain. Brahmā calls it the most excellent of all rivers when he speaks to Nārada in Chapter 10 of the Gautamī Māhātmya of the Brahma Purāṇa.

Brahmā’s account

Brahmā first speaks to Nārada of Kuśāvarta, the tīrtha that Gautama Maharshi stirred with kuśa grass when he brought the river, where snāna (holy bath) and dāna (gifts) satisfy the pitṛs. He then speaks of Nīlagaṅgā, and after it he turns to Kapotatīrtha.

If a man pure in mind and body performs snāna and the other rites at Nīlagaṅgā, whatever holy rite he performs there is akshaya, everlasting, and those rites give satisfaction to the pitṛs (ancestors).

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 10

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 10