Vaishampayana said : Having been thus addressed, the celestial lady, the daughter of Jahnu, Ganga, replied to her husband, the best of men, Shantanu.
वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्ता तदा गङ्गा राजानमिदमब्रवीत्। भर्तारं जाह्नवी देवी शान्तनुं पुरुषर्षभ॥