Nandīśvara said: “Any man will be liberated from all sins by taking bath in you.” Then lord Mahādeva said to the goddess “This is your son” and made me the son of Śilāda, fall at her feet. She kissed me on the head and stroked me with her hands. With three pourings of water as white as the conch, with three sons she bathed me with the affection due to a son all the while glancing at the lord of Devas. These three pourings flowed down to become a river with three branches. The lord Bhava therefore called it Trisrotas (river with three tributaries).