I have now related to you, O Rāma, the spread of the Mountain's daughter, (Gangā). Do you now together with Lakşmaņa listen to the narration of Bhāgīrathi's potency.
एष ते विस्तरो राम शैलपुत्र्या निवेदितः। गङ्गायाः प्रभवं चैव शृणु मे सहलक्ष्मण ॥