Bagmati and Keshawati (Vishnumati)

To behold Swayambhu Jyoti and Guhyeshwari, Krakucchanda Buddha came to the valley with his seven hundred disciples. He climbed the lofty mountain to the north (Shivapuri) and imparted the essence of dharma and Buddhist teachings to his disciples.

His seven hundred disciples expressed the wish to renounce worldly attachment and become monks. But for shaving and consecrating the disciples, teacher Krakucchanda Buddha lacked water on the mountain.

Then, meditating on Swayambhu Jyoti and Guhyeshwari, with his divine speech he said, "Let a sacred stream of water appear here," and pressed his thumb into the rock of the mountain.

At once a spring of lovely water burst from the face of the rock. Because it originated through the Buddha's 'vak' (speech), that spring was called 'Vagdwar' and the river flowing from it was called 'Bagmati'.

With that same sacred water Krakucchanda Buddha performed the consecration and shaved the disciples' hair. From the place where the cut hair was buried in the ground, a chaitya and another sacred stream appeared. Because it arose from the hair (kesh), that river came to be named 'Keshawati', which later also came to be called 'Vishnumati'.