O king, by merit of her austerities that maiden became a river by only half her body, while by the other half she remained a maiden in Vatsabhumi, as before.
सा कन्या तपसा तेन देहार्धेन व्यजायत। नदी च राजन् वत्सेषु कन्या चैवाभवत् तदा॥