O king, coming to the breast of Meru, in her own embodied form, the foremost of rivers, viz., Ganga, bathed Shuka with her waters.
तं गङ्गा सरितां श्रेष्ठा मेरुपृष्ठे जनेश्वर॥ स्वरूपिणी तदाभ्येत्य तर्पयामास वारिणा।