गङ्गानयनम् (Gaṅgānayana) — “The Bringing/Leading of the Gaṅgā”
कालाग्निमिव लोकांस्त्रीन्दग्ध्वा पूर्वं निजेच्छया / तद्दोषशान्त्यै तपसि प्रवृत्तमिव् देहिनम्
kālāgnimiva lokāṃstrīndagdhvā pūrvaṃ nijecchayā / taddoṣaśāntyai tapasi pravṛttamiv dehinam
He seemed like an embodied being who once, like the fire of Time (kālāgni), burned the three worlds by his own will, and then turned to austerity to quell the taint of that deed.