He went to all the rivers and to the ocean as well. The great ascetic spoke of his pain to many Rishis of pure souls, about his having bathed in all the sacred spots without finding any relief. That best of Brahmanas then heard from those sages, about this foremost of tirthas situate on the Sarasvati, known by the name of Ushanasha, which could cleanse every sin and was an excellent place for acquiring ascetic merits.
कथयामास तत् सर्वमृषीणां भावितात्मनाम्। आप्लुत्य सर्वतीर्थेषु न च मोक्षमवाप्तवान्॥ स तु शुश्राव विप्रेन्द्र मुनीनां वचनं महत्। सरस्वत्यास्तीर्थवरं ख्यातमौशनसं तदा॥ सर्वपापप्रशमनं सिद्धिक्षेत्रमनुत्तमम्। स तु गत्वा ततस्तत्र तीर्थमौशनसं द्विजः॥