And approaching the picturesque Bhagavati (Sarasvati) he many ascetics of accomplished piety in that forest in the hermitages of pious (Rishis) of purified souls and wearing bark and matted-locks.
मनोरमां भोगवतीमुपेत्य पूतात्मनां चीरजटाधराणाम्। तस्मिन् वनेधर्मभृतां निवासे ददर्श सिद्धर्षिगणाननेकान्॥