On account of the number of the Rishis, O king, the tirthas on the southern banks of the Sarasvati all looked like towns and cities.
ऋषीणां बहुलत्वात्तु सरस्वत्या विशाम्पते। तीर्थानि नगरायन्ते कूले वै दक्षिणे तदा॥