Issuing first from the matted locks of Sambhu (Shiva), this favourite queen of the ocean floods the southern country, (thereby benefiting it) as a mother. Bathe freely in this highly sacred river.
दक्षिणां वै दिशं सर्वां प्लावयन्ती च मातृवत्। पूर्वं शम्भोर्जटाभ्रष्टा समुद्रमहिषी प्रिया। अस्यां नद्यां सुपुण्यायां यथेष्टमवगाह्यताम्॥