Formerly king Rantideva celebrated a grand sacrifice in which an immense number of kine were offered up and killed. From the juice that was secreted by the skins of the slain animals, a river was formed that passed by the name of Charmanvati.
रन्तिदेवस्य यज्ञे ता: पशुत्वेनोपकल्पिताः॥ अतश्चर्मण्वती राजन् गोचर्मभ्यः प्रवर्तिता।