One day, rising up early in the morning, he wished to perform his ablutions and for that purpose went to the river Ganga as the issued out of the pass called Dhruva, and plunged into the stream.
कदाचित् प्रातरुत्थाय पिस्पृक्षुः सलिलं शुचि। ध्रुवद्वारभवां गङ्गां जगामावततार च॥