Now, O best of those endowed with motion, have I related to you how that sin-destroying one flowing with her waters in three diverse directions, first, O child, went to the firmament and then ascended the celestial regions.
एतत् ते सर्वमाख्यातं यथा त्रिपथगामिनी। खं गता प्रथमं तात गतिं गतिमतां वर ॥ सैषा सुरनदी रम्या शैलेन्द्रतनया तदा। सुरलोकं समारूढा विपापा जलवाहिनी॥