And that highly energetic lord, being propitiated, let Ganga off through his ears. Therefore it is that Gangā goes by the name of Jahnu's daughter.
गङ्गां चापि नयन्ति स्म दुहितृत्वे महात्मनः॥ ततस्तुष्टो महातेजाः श्रोत्राभ्यामसृजत् प्रभुः। तस्माज्जह्वसुता गङ्गा प्रोच्यते जाह्नवीति च॥