Shloka 2.80.5
मर्गनिर्माणम् (Roadworks and the Royal Route Prepared for Bharata)
ते स्ववारं समास्थाय वर्त्मकर्मणि कोविदाः।करणैर्विविधोपेतैः पुरस्तात्सम्प्रतस्थिरे।।।।
jāhnavīṃ tu samāsādya vividhadrumakānanām | śītalāmalapānīyāṃ mahāmīnasamākulām ||
Reaching the Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā), whose banks held groves of many kinds of trees, whose waters were cool and clear, and which teemed with great fish, they arrived at the river’s side.
Those groups who were skilled in the construction of roads took up their places with every kind of tool and departed ahead of others.
Respect for sacred geography: the Gaṅgā is approached as a life-giving, purifying presence, reminding one to treat natural and sacred waters with reverence and restraint.
The traveling party reaches the river Gaṅgā, described through its purity, abundance, and wooded banks.
Reverence and mindfulness—approaching a sacred natural space with awareness of its sanctity.