Matsyapurana 121.35

121.35

etasminneva kāle tu dṛṣṭvā rājānamagrataḥ
dhamanīsaṃtataṃ kṣīṇaṃ kṣudhāvyākulitendriyam //

But, at the same moment, He perceived King Bhagîratha standing in front of Him. He appeared lean, his veins becoming visible, troubled and hungry.—35. The Lord then remembered that the king had first pleased Him by his austerities to get the sacred river—Ganges—which boon He had already granted to him. He therefore suppressed His wrath.—36.