Going towards the northern side of those grand mountains, Mahadeva, having the bull for his emblem, had practised the austerest penances.
तत्रोत्तरां दिशं गत्वा शैलराजस्य पार्श्वतः॥ तपोऽतप्यत दुर्धर्षं तात नित्यं वृषध्वजः।