Once on a time, a foremost person, having travelled over this entire Earth adorned with mountains, arrived at last in the house of a foremost person living like a householder in accordance with the shila vow. The latter welcomed his guest with due rites. Received with such hospitality, the happy Rishi passed the night happily in the house of his host.
इमां कश्चित् परिक्रम्य पृथिवीं शैलभूषणाम्। असकृद् द्विपदां श्रेष्ठः श्रेष्ठस्य गृहमेधिनः॥ शिलवृत्तेहं प्राप्तः स तेन विधिनार्चितः। उवास रजनीं तत्र सुमुखः सुखभागृषिः॥