Nandīśvara said: The bull-emblemed lord then took the pure water embedded in his matted hairs. Saying “Be a river” he Cast it down. Then it began to flow as a great river full of splendid, divine, white (shining) water with lots of lotuses and lilies in it. Mahādeva said to that extremely splendid river—“Since you began to flow as a great river from the waters of my matted hairs you will be an excellent holy river named Jaṭodakā,”