Wishing to serve her father (the fisherman), she plied a boat on the waters of the Yamuna. Parashara when going on a pilgrimage, saw her one day.
शूश्रूषार्थं पितुर्नावं वाहयन्तीं जले च ताम्। तीर्थयात्रां परिक्रामन्नपश्यद्वै पराशरः॥