O king of kings, going to the inaccessible Tirtha, called Sashyana, where the cranes disappear in the forms of Susas and reappear every year in the month of Kartikeya and bathe in the Sarasvati. O descendant of Bharata, O best of the Bharata race, O greatly exalted one. O chief of men, one, bathing there, becomes like the moon and obtains the fruits of giving away one thousand kine.
शशयानं च राजेन्द्र तीर्थमासाद्य दुर्लभम्। शशरूपप्रतिच्छन्नाः पुष्करा यत्र भारत॥ सरस्वत्यां महाराज अनुसंवत्सरं च ते। दृश्यन्ते भरतश्रेष्ठ वृत्तां वै कार्तिकी सदा॥ तत्र स्नात्वा नरव्याघ्र द्योतते शशिवत् सदा। गोसहस्रफलं चैव प्राप्नुयाद् भरतर्षभ॥