Suparna said This direction is the favorite one of king Varuna, the lord of the seas. In fact this has been the region of the birth of the king of the waters and even the region of his influence.
सुपर्ण उवाच इयं दिग् दयिता राज्ञो वरुणस्य तु गोपतेः। सदा सलिलराज्य प्रतिष्ठा चादिरेव च।।।।