Vyasa said : There was in a certain wood a daughter of an illustrious Rishi, who though handsome and chaste, did not get a husband,
व्यास उवाच आसीत् तपोवने काचिदृषेः कन्या महात्मनः। नाध्ययगच्छत् पतिं सा तु कन्या रूपवती सती॥४४।