Sanctified rivers

Expressions researched:
"river at once became sanctified" |"rivers are sanctified" |"rivers become at once sanctified" |"rivers, Nanda and Alakananda, are sanctified" |"rivers, and Yamuna is still more sanctified" |"sanctified rivers" |"sanctified the River Yamuna" |"sanctified waters of the rivers" |"waters of this river flow, the place becomes immediately sanctified"

SB Canto 1

Both the Ganges and the Yamunā are amartyā (transcendental) rivers, and Yamunā is still more sanctified.

SB 1.19.5, Purport:

Modern scientists are very eager to reach the moon by material arrangements, but they cannot conceive of the highest planet of this universe. But a devotee like Mahārāja Parīkṣit does not care a fig for the moon or, for that matter, any of the material planets. So when he was assured of his death on a fixed date, he became more determined in the transcendental loving service of Lord Kṛṣṇa by complete fasting on the bank of the transcendental River Yamunā, which flows down by the capital of Hastināpura (in the Delhi state). Both the Ganges and the Yamunā are amartyā (transcendental) rivers, and Yamunā is still more sanctified for the following reasons.