ते सुतीर्थां ततः कृच्छ्रादुपगम्य यशस्विनः। नदी मन्दाकिनी रम्यां सदा पुष्पितकाननाम्॥ शीघ्रस्रोतसमासाद्य तीर्थं शिवमकर्दमम्। सिषिचुस्तूदकं राज्ञे तत एतद् भवत्विति ॥
te sutīrthāṃ tataḥ kṛcchrādupagamya yaśasvinaḥ| nadī mandākinī ramyāṃ sadā puṣpitakānanām|| śīghrasrotasamāsādya tīrthaṃ śivamakardamam| siṣicustūdakaṃ rājñe tata etad bhavatviti ||
English Meaning
Then those illustrious ones, having in distress arrived at the river Mandākini, Mandākini, having convenient descents, charming, ever furnished with blossomag woods, and of rapid currents; and approached it descents, goodly and void of mud, offered water to the monarch, uttering, “May this be so!"
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)