At this time, O Rāghava, there lived at her pleasure a Gandharvi, named Narmadā. O son of Raghu, She hai three daughters, resembling Sri, Hri, and kirti in splendour. And albeit no Rāks asi herself, she, beginning with the eldest, gladly married to the Räkşasas her daughter having faces resembling the full moon.
एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु यथाकामं च राघव। नर्मदा नाम गन्धर्वी बभूव रघुनन्दन ॥ तस्याः कन्यात्रयं ह्यासीद्धीश्रीकिर्तिसमद्युति। ज्येष्ठक्रमेण सा तेषां राक्षसानामराक्षसी॥ कन्यास्ताः प्रददौ हृष्टा पूर्णचन्द्रनिभाननाः।