It was through penances that the powerful Lord of all creatures, O king, practising vows at particular intervals, created all existent objects.
प्रजापतिः प्रजाः पूर्वमसृजत् तपसा विभुः। क्वचित् क्वचिद् ब्रह्मपरो व्रतान्यास्थाय पार्थिव॥