Shalva however abandoned that daughter of the ruler of the Kashis who spoke thus, O chief among the Bharatas, like a serpent casting off its slough.
तामेवं भाषमाणां तु शाल्व: काशिपते: सुताम्। अत्यजद् भरतश्रेष्ठ जीर्णां त्वचमिवोरगः॥