The going to Gokarna, celebrated all over the three worlds and, O king of kings, which is situated in the midst of the ocean and is reverenced by all the worlds. Where Brahma and other celestials, the ascetic Rishis, the Bhutas, the Yakshas, the Kinnaras, the great Nagas, the Siddhas, the Charanas, the Gandharvas, the men, the snakes, the rivers, the seas and the hills, worship the lord of Uma.
अथ गोकर्णमासाद्य त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतम्। समुद्रमध्ये राजेन्द्र सर्वलोकनमस्कृतम्॥ यत्र ब्रह्मादयो देवा ऋषयश्च तपोधनाः। भूतयक्षपिशाचाश्च किंनराः समहोरगाः॥ सिद्धचारणगन्धर्वमानुषाः पन्नगास्तथा। सरितः सागराः शैला उपासन्त उमापतिम्॥