And it was the favourite abode of men shorn of malice and devoted to righteousness. Baladeva, having the plough for his weapon, arrived at that tirtha, called the Sapta-Sarasvat, where the great ascetic Mankanaka had his penances successfully practised.
अहिंस्रैर्धर्मपरमैनूभिपत्यर्थसेवितम्। सप्तसारस्वतं तीर्थमाजगाम हलायुधः॥ यत्र मकुणक: सिद्धस्तपस्तेपे महामुनिः॥