Seeing the great goddess Aditi thus practising the severest austerities, the daughter of Daksha, viz., the illustrious Surabhi, herself given to virtue likewise practised very severe austerities upon the breast of the charming mountains of Kailasa that are resorted to by both the celestials and the Gandharvas. Established on the highest Yoga, she also stood upon the leg for eleven thousand years. The celestials with the Rishis and the great Nagas all became scorched with the severity of her penances. Going there with me, all of them began of worship that auspicious goddess.
पुत्रार्थममरश्रेष्ठ पादेनैकेन नित्यदा। तां तु दृष्ट्वा महादेवीं तप्यमानां महत्तपः॥ दक्षस्य दुहिता देवी सुरभी नाम नामतः। अतप्यत तपो घोरं हृष्टा धर्मपरायणा॥ कैलासशिखरे रम्ये देवगन्धर्वसेविते। व्यतिष्ठदेकपादेन परमं योगमास्थिता॥ दशवर्षसहस्राणि दशवर्षशतानि च। संतप्तास्तपसा तस्या देवाः सर्षिमहोरगाः॥