One day, that best of kings went to a spot on the margin of Ganga. He then bathed in the sacred river and finishing his ablutions turned his face toward his hermitage.
ततः कदाचिद् गङ्गायाः कच्छे स नृपसत्तमः। गङ्गायामाप्लुतो धीमानाश्रमाभिमुखोऽभवत्॥