Janamejaya said Describe to me, O foremost of men, the characteristics, the origin and the merits of the several Tirthas on the Sarasvati and the rites to be performed while going there.
जनमेजय उवाच सारस्वतानां तीर्थानां गुणोत्पात्त वदस्व मे। फलं च द्विपदां श्रेष्ठ कर्मनिर्वृत्तिमेव च॥