I alone, by means of spies, and through the words of Narada, and through the words of the god (Shiva) and also from the austerities of Amba, was informed (of the child being a son).
अहमेकस्तु चारेण वचनान्नारदस्य च। ज्ञातवान् देववाक्येन अम्बायास्तपसा तथा॥