Anushasana Parva 145.18
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Anushasana Parva Chapter 145 · Verse 18
Sanskrit Original
विपाशा च वितस्ता च चन्द्रभागा इरावती। शतदूर्देविका सिन्धुः कौशिकी गौतमी तथा॥ तथा देवनदी चेयं सर्वतीर्थाभिसम्भृता। गगनाद् गां गता देवी गङ्गा सर्वसरिद्वरा॥ इत्युक्त्वा देवदेवस्य पत्नी धर्मभृतां वरा। स्मितपूर्वमथाभाष्य सर्वास्ताः सरितस्तथा॥
Vipasha, also, is here, here, and Vitasta, Chandrabhaga, Iravati, Shatadru, the river Devika, Kaushiki, and Gomati, and this celestial River who has in her all the sacred Tirthas, viz., the goddess Ganga, who having originated from the celestial region has descended on the Earth and is considered as the foremost of all rivers! Having said this, the wife of that god of gods, that foremost of all pious persons, smilingly addressed all those Rivers of her sex.