Bhishma said "In a beautiful town called by the name of Mahapadma which was situate on the southern side of the river Ganga, there lived, O best of men, a Brahmana of concentrated Soul.
भीष्म उवाच आसीत् किल नरश्रेष्ठ महापद्ये पुरोत्तमे। गङ्गाया दक्षिणे तीरे कश्चिद् विप्रः समाहितः।