One day that best of the Pandavas, the son of Kunti (Arjuna), in order to perform his ablutions, went to the Ganges which flowed in the midst of the Brahmanas.
तथा पर्याकुले तस्मिन् निवेशे पाण्डवर्षभः। अभिषेकाय कौन्तेयो गङ्गामवततार ह॥