Repairing to the Sarasvati, the Naimisha forest, the Pushkara lake, and the other sacred spots on Earth, one should make gifts, practise renunciation, render his aspect amiable, O king, and purify his body with baths and penances.
दानं त्यागः शोभना मूर्तिरद्भ्यो भूतप्लाव्यं तपसा वै शरीरम्। सरस्वतीनैमिषपुष्करेषु ये चाप्यन्ये पुण्यदेशाः पृथिव्याम्॥