We have in various sacred hermitages performed ablutions with the Brahmanas; we have also heard from them the accounts of the) lives and acts of many Rishis and also of many royal sages of yore and also other pleasant stories.
ऋषीणां पूर्वचरितं तथा कर्म विचेष्टितम्। राजर्षीणां च चरितं कथाश्च विविधाः शुभाः॥ शृण्वानास्तत्र तत्र स्म आश्रमेषु शिवेषु च। अभिषेकं द्विजैः सार्धं कृतवन्तो विशेषतः॥