Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.22.29-30
SB 3.22.29-30
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barhiṣmatī nāma purī sarva-sampat-samanvitā nyapatan yatra romāṇi yajñasyāṅgaṁ vidhunvataḥ kuśāḥ kāśās ta evāsan śaśvad-dharita-varcasaḥ ṛṣayo yaiḥ parābhāvya yajña-ghnān yajñam ījire
Translation
The city of Barhiṣmatī, rich in all kinds of wealth, was so called because Lord Viṣṇu's hair dropped there from His body when He manifested Himself as Lord Boar. As He shook His body, this very hair fell and turned into blades of evergreen kuśa grass and kāśa [another kind of grass used for mats], by means of which the sages worshiped Lord Viṣṇu after defeating the demons who had interfered with the performance of their sacrifices.