Having heard these words of Vishnu about the drying up of the ocean, they took the permission of Parameshti (Brahma) and went to the hermitage of Agastya.
एतच्छ्रुत्वा तदा देवा विष्णुना समुदाहृतम्। परमेष्ठिनमाज्ञाप्य अगस्त्यस्याश्रमं ययुः॥