Vaishampayana said Rama then proceeded to the Tirtha called Vadarapachana where dwell many ascetics and Siddhas, there the daughter of Bharadvaja on was of a peerless Earth for beauty, named Shruvavati, practised severe austerities. She maiden who led the life Brahmacharini.
वैशम्पायन उवाच ततस्तीर्थवरं रामो ययौ बदरपाचनम्। तपस्विसिद्धचरितं यत्र कन्या धृतव्रता॥ भरद्वाजस्य दुहिता रूपेणाप्रतिमा भुवि। श्रुतावती नाम विभो कुमारी ब्रह्मचारिणी॥