 एष ते विस्तरो राम शैलपुत्र्या निवेदित:।गङ्गाया: प्रभवं चैव शृणु मे सहलक्ष्मण:।। 
 "O Rama this story of the daughter of the mountain has been narrated to you. Now listen with Lakshmana the tale of the birth of Ganga"     Thus ends the thirtysixth sarga of Balakanda of the holy Ramayana the first epic composed by sage Valmiki. 