Flowers being thus collected, Rāvana, the king of Rākşasas descended into the Narmadā for bathing like a huge elephant into the Gangā. And having bathed he got up, reciting excellent incantations.
पुष्पेषूपहतेष्वेवं रावणो राक्षसेश्वरः॥ अवतीर्णो नदी स्नातुं गङ्गामिव महागजः। तत्र स्नात्वा च विधिवज्जप्त्वा जप्यमनुत्तमम्॥ नर्मदासलिलात्तस्मादुत्ततार स रावणः।