Lying from the anthill at the distance of six throws of a Shamya (wooden sacrificial stick). O foremost of men, it is seen in the Puranas that as soon as one bathes in it, one obtains the iruits of giving away one thousand Kapila kine and also those of Ashvamedha sacrifice.
घट्सु शम्यानिपातेषु वल्मीकादिति निश्चयः। कपिलानां सहस्रं च वाजिमेधं च विन्दति॥ तत्र स्नात्वा नरव्याघ्र दृष्टमेतत् पुरातनैः।