Bhishma said Hearing those words of the goddess Earth, the destroyer of Madhu, O you of Kuru's race, said, Excellent, Excellent! and honoured the goddess in due form.
भीष्म उवाच इत्येतद् वचनं श्रुत्वा मेदिन्या मधुसूदनः। साधु साध्विति कौरव्य मेदिनीं प्रत्यपूजयत्॥