Text-16-17
SB 10.79.16-17
tatrayutam adad dhenur
brahmanebhyo halayudhah
krtamalam tamraparnim
malayam ca kulacalam
tatragastyam samasinam
namaskrtyabhivadya ca
yojitas tena casirbhir
anujñato gato ’rnavam
daksinam tatra kanyakhyam
durgam devim dadarsa sah
Translation:
There at Setubandha [Ramesvaram] Lord Halayudha gave brahmanas ten thousand cows in charity. He then visited the Krtamala and Tamraparni rivers and the great Malaya Mountains. In the Malaya range Lord Balarama found Agastya Rsi sitting in meditation. After bowing down to the sage, the Lord offered him prayers and then received blessings from him. Taking leave from Agastya, He proceeded to the shore of the southern ocean, where He saw Goddess Durga in her form of Kanya-kumari.