Upamanyu said There was in the golden cycle. O sire, a Rishi named Tandi. With devoted heart he worshipped with the help of Yoga meditation, the great God for ten thousand years. Hear me as I tell you the fruit, or reward he reaped of such wonderful devotion. He succeeded in seeing Mahadeva and lauded him by uttering some hymns.
उपमन्युरुवाच ऋषिरासीत् कृते तात तण्डिरित्येव विश्रुतः। दशवर्षसहस्राणि तेन देव: समाधिना॥ आराधितोऽभूद् भक्तेन तस्योदकं निशामय। स दृष्टवान् महादेवमस्तौषीच्च स्तवैर्विभुम्॥