Those foremost of ascetics, having bathed in all the tirthas and obtained great delight, became desirous of acquiring more merit. Those learned sages at last came. O king, to that tirtha where the Sarasvati flowed in a bloody current. Those highly blessed Rishis, arriving at that frightful tirtha.
तेषु सर्वेषु तीर्थेषु स्वाप्लुत्य मुनिपुङ्गवाः। प्राप्य प्रीतिं परां चापि तपोलुब्धा विशारदाः॥ प्रययुर्हि ततो राजन् तेन तीर्थमसृग्वहम्। अथागम्य महाभागास्ततं तीर्थं दारुणं तदा।॥