Bhishma said The learned ascetic gifted with high soul and great slendour and crowned with success having in this manner described to that poor Brahmana observing the Shila vow, on the subject of the infinite merits of Ganga, then ascended the sky.
भीष्म उवाच शिलरतये त्रिपथानुयोगरूपान्। बहुविधमनुशास्य तथ्यरूपान् गगनतलं द्युतिमान् विवेश सिद्धः॥