Knowing that it was Pratarddana who had come, the Rishi Bhrigu himself came out of his hermitage and adored that best of kings according to due rites.
स तं विदित्वा तु भृगुनिश्चक्रामाश्रमात् तदा। पूजयामास च ततो विधिना नृपसत्तमम्॥