Having dried up Marukāntāra famous throughout the three regions, as well as the reservoirs of water Rāma the son of Dasaratha, learned and of god-like prowess, conferred a boon on the desert, saying. *i.e. the sound.
विख्यातं त्रिषु लोकेषु मरुकान्तारमेव च। शोषयित्वा तु तं कुक्षिं रामो दशरथात्मजः।। वरं तस्मै ददौ विद्वान्मरवेऽमरविक्रमः॥