The daughter of the king of mountains, viz., the goddess Parvati, was also there. There near that summit, the Island-born (Vyasa) practised extraordinary austerities.
शैलराजसुता चैव देवी तत्राभवत् पुरा। तत्र दिव्यं तपस्तेपे कृष्णद्वैपायनस्तदा॥