The Lord of wealth said : O lord of men, once I was proceeding to Kushavati, where a Synod of the gods was being held, surrounded by three hundred Mahapadma terrible-looking Yakshas carrying various weapons. On my way, I beheld the most exalted of the sages Agastya practising rigid austerities on the banks of the Yamuna teeming with various birds and adorned with blossoming plants.
धनेश्वर उवाच देवतानामभू-मन्त्रः कुशवत्यां नरेश्वर। वृतस्तत्राहमगमं महापद्मशतैस्त्रिभिः॥ यक्षाणां घोररूपाणां विविधायुधधारिणाम्। अध्वन्यहमथापश्यमगस्त्यमृषिसत्तमम्॥ उग्रं तपस्तप्यमानं यमुनातीरमाश्रितम्। नानापक्षिगणाकीर्णं पुष्पितद्रुमशोभितम्॥