Brought by his sons to the sacred Sarasvati containing hundreds of tirthas and on whose banks lived Rishis disassociated from the world, that intelligent ascetic, of hard penances, bathed in that tirtha duly and conversant as that best of Rishis was with the virtues of tirthas, then cheerfully said to all his sons who were dutifully waiting upon him these words.
स तैः पुत्रैस्तदा धीमानानीतो वै सरस्वतीम्। पुण्यां तीर्थशतोपेतां विप्रसङ्घनिषेविताम्॥ स तत्र विधिना राजन्नाप्लुत्य सुमहातपाः। सुप्रीतः पुरुषव्याघ्र सर्वान् पुत्रानुपासतः। सरस्वत्युत्तरे तीरे यस्त्यजेदात्मनस्तनुम्॥ पृथूदके जप्यपरो नैनं श्वोमरणं तपेत्। तत्राप्लुत्य स धर्मात्मा उपस्पृश्य हलायुधः॥