Paying his adorations to Sharabhanga and taking refuge in the Dandaka, forest he began to dwell on the banks of the beautiful river Godavari.
सत्कृत्य शरभङ्गं स दण्डकारण्यमाश्रितः। नदी गोदावरी रम्यामाश्रित्य न्यवसत् तदा॥