O ruler of men, I shall now describe the sacred spots and hermitages, rivers and lakes, situated in the Saurashtra country.
सुराष्ट्रेष्वपि वक्ष्यामि पुण्यान्यायतनानि च। आश्रमान् सरितश्चैव सरांसि च नराधिप॥