Sarasvati replied: O scholar! you really are great man. O great Bhramin! my divine complexion is due to noble deeds of performed by the persons engrossed with offering or accumulating the best thing to their account which automatically satiates and gives radiance to me.
सरस्वत्युवाच श्रेष्ठानि यानि द्विपदां वरिष्ठ यज्ञेषु विद्वन्नुपपादयन्ति। तैरेव चाहं सम्प्रवृद्धा भवामि चाप्यायिता रूपवती च विप्र॥