As evening camne, the king, and the illustrious Gandhari, both descended into the stream of the Bhagirathi and duly performed their ablutions for purifying themselves.
सायाह्ने स महीपालस्ततो गङ्गामुपेत्य च। चकार विधिवच्छौचं गान्धारी च यशस्विनी॥