Beholding intently (at the river), the holy sage Dvai- payana whose mind was purified with deep devotional feelings and who was himself the knower of the rites of ablutions, took his holy bath along with sages. Bracketed verse : 3A. He the son of Satyavati, worshipped Bhava (Siva), the first cause of the worlds, with different kinds of flowers, after entering the shrine alongwith the leading disciples.