There were five Tirthas where also lived many ascetics, but these sacred waters themselves were shunned by the ascetics.
वर्जयन्ति स्म तीर्थानि तत्र पञ्च स्म तापसाः। अवकीर्णानि यान्यासन् पुरस्तात् तु तपस्विभिः॥