nāsike tryambaka dekhi' gelā brahmagiri
kuśāvarte āilā yāhāṅ janmilā godāvarī
nāsike - at the holy place Nāsika; tryambaka - a deity of Lord Śiva; dekhi' - after seeing; gelā - went; brahmagiri - to the place known as Brahmagiri; kuśāvarte āilā - then He came to the holy place known as Kuśāvarta; yāhāṅ - where; janmilā - took birth; godāvarī - the river Godāvarī.
Kuśāvarta is located in the western ghāṭa, at Sahyādri. It is near Nāsika, a holy place, but according to some it was situated in the valley of Vindhya.