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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 20]
The energy of the Lord acts throughout the creation, just as heat and light, the energies of the sun, act within the universe and make everything work. The specific rivers mentioned in the  śāstras  are also energies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and people who regularly bathe in them are purified. It can actually be seen that many people are cured of diseases simply by bathing in the Ganges. Similarly, the inhabitants of Krauñcadvīpa purify themselves by bathing in the rivers there.
TEXT 24
एवं पुरस्तात्क्षीरोदात्परित उपवेशितः शाकद्वीपो द्वात्रिंशल्लक्षयोजनायामः समानेन च दधिमण्डोदेन परीतो यस्मिन् शाक्रो नाम महीरुहः स्वक्षेत्रव्यप- देशको यस्य ह महासुरभिगन्धस्तं द्वीपमनुवासयति ॥२४॥
evam purastāt kṣīrodāt parita upaveśitaḥ śākadvīpo dvātrimśal-lakṣa- yojanāyāmaḥ samānena ca dadhi-maṇḍodena parīto yasmin śāko nāma mahīruhaḥ sva-kṣetra-vyapadeśako yasya ha mahā-surabhi-gandhas tam dvīpam anuvāsayati.
evam—thus; parastāt—beyond; kṣīra-udāt—from the ocean of milk; paritaḥ—all around; upaveśitaḥ—situated; śāka-dvīpaḥ—another is- land, known as Śākadvīpa; dvā-trimśat—thirty-two; lakṣa—100,000; yojana—yojanas; āyāmaḥ—whose measure; samānena—of equal length; ca—and; dadhi-maṇḍa-udena—by an ocean containing water resembling churned yogurt; paritaḥ—surrounded; yasmin—in which land; śākaḥ—śāka; nāma—named; mahīruhaḥ—a fig tree; sva-kṣetra- vyapadeśakaḥ—giving the island its name; yasya—of which; ha—in- deed; mahā-surabhi—a greatly fragrant; gandhaḥ—aroma; tam dvīpam—that island; anuvāsayati—makes fragrant.
TRANSLATION
Outside the ocean of milk is another island, Śākadvīpa, which has a width of 3,200,000 yojanas [25,600,000 miles]. As Krauñcadvīpa is surrounded by its own ocean of milk, Śākadvīpa is surrounded by an ocean of churned yogurt as broad as the island