The Race of Vfsni1 - Verse 9-10

Anxiously engrossed in thought, the river decided thus : “I do not find any woman in whom a son like this, endowed with all good qualities, will be born to the king Devavpdha. Hence I shall myself become his wife ( Sahavratd— a woman who performs holy rites in one’s company).” She assumed hands4 (i.e. human form) in accordance with her intention.