Seeing that (golden) lotus, they were very much surprised. The foremost of heroes among them, Indra, went (to find out where it grew). Going to the place where from the Ganges always issues forth, he saw a lady as effulgent as the fire.
स्तेषामिन्द्रस्तत्र शूरो जगाम। सोऽपश्यद् योषामथ पावकप्रभां यत्र देवी गङ्गा सततं प्रसूता॥