After all his warriors and sons had been killed in battle, king Vitahavya fled away from his capital to the hermitage of Bhrigu.
हतेषु तेषु सर्वेषु वीतहव्यः सुतेष्वथा प्राद्रवन्नगरं हित्वा भृगोराश्रममप्युत॥