Bandi said: Five is the number of fires; five are the feet of Punkti (a meter); five are the sacrifices; it is said in the Vedas that five locks are on the heads of the Apsaras and five are the sacred rivers in the world.
बन्धुवाच र्यज्ञाः पञ्चैवाप्यथ पञ्चेन्द्रियाणि। दृष्टा वेदे पञ्चचूडाप्सराश्च लोके ख्यातं पञ्चनदं च पुण्यम्॥