Adhyaya 175: The Supremacy of the Ganga and the Gautami (Godavari) Descent: Dharma, Yugas, and Pilgrimage Obstacles

Adhyaya 175 unfolds as a dialogic exposition on sacred topography centered on the Ganga’s unrivaled sanctifying potency and its southern manifestation as the Gautamī (Godāvarī). Nārada requests a conc