Those Rishis are the creators of all creatures and have been considered as the purifiers of all. Samvarta, Merusavarna, the righteous Markandeya, and Sankhya and Yoga, and Narada and the great Rishi Durvasas, these are gifted with severe penances and great selfcontrol, and arc celebrated over the three worids.
स्रष्टारः सर्वभूतानां कीर्तिता लोकपावनाः। संवर्तो मेरुसावर्णो मार्कण्डेयश्च धार्मिकः॥ सांख्यपोगौ नारदश्च दुर्वासाश्च महानृषिः। अत्यन्ततपसो दान्तास्त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुताः॥