The Celestial said : O descendant of Kuru, there dwell (in their waters) five large crocodiles which carry away the ascetics (who go to bathe in them); therefore these Tirthas are shunned by all.
तापसा ऊचुः ग्राहाः पञ्च वसन्त्येषु हरन्ति च तपोधनान्। तत एतानि वय॑न्ते तीर्थानि कुरुनन्दन।॥