On the Himalaya hills, he performed severe austerities; possessed of great energy and resembling the Sun or the fire, he stood there with his arms upraised.
स तपस्तीव्रमातस्थे शिशिरं गिरिमास्थितः। ऊर्वबाहुर्महातेजा ज्वलनादित्यसंनिभः॥