O ruler of men, one should then go to the Tirtha, called Sapta-Sarasvata. Where the celebrated great Rishi Mankanaka obtained success in asticism. O king, we have heard that in the days of yore Mankanaka cut his hand with kusha grass and from his that wound vegetable juice flowed out (instead of blood). O king, seeing that vegetable juice, he began to dance in joy.
सप्तसारस्वतं तीर्थं ततो गच्छेन्नराधिप॥ यत्र मङ्कणकः सिद्धो महर्षिर्लोकविश्रुतः। पुरा मङ्कणको राजन् कुशाचेणेति नः श्रुतम्॥ क्षतः किल करे राजंस्तस्य शाकरसोऽस्रवत्। स वै शाकरसं दृष्ट्वा हर्षाविष्टः प्रनृत्तवान्॥