There, in that sacred tirtha of the Sarasvati, the illustrious and old Garga, having a soul cleansed by ascetic penances, O Janamejaya, had mastered the knowledge of time and its course, of the deviations of luminous bodies (in the sky) and of all auspicious and inauspicious portents.
तत्र गर्गेण वृद्धेन तपसा भावितात्मना॥ कालज्ञानगतिश्चैव ज्योतिषां च व्यतिक्रमः। उत्पाता दारुणाश्चैव शुभाश्च जनमेजय॥ सरस्वत्या शुभे तीर्थे विदिता वै महात्मना।