Vaishampayana said, In days of yore Daksha made arrangements for celebrating a Sacrifice on the breast of Himavat in that sacred region inhabited by Rishis and Siddhas where the Ganges comes out of the mountains.
वैशम्पायन उवाच पुरा हिमवतः पृष्ठे दक्षो वै यज्ञमाहरत्। गङ्गाद्वारे शुभे देशे ऋषिसिद्धनिषेविते॥