His Yoga penances of the austerest type having been over, he rose from the great lake. Then that prime god of the gods, viz., the eternal Brahman, approached him, and enquired after the progress of his penances and well-being. The god having the bull for his emblem answered, saying,—My penances have been well practised.
उदतिष्ठत् तपस्तप्त्वा दुश्चरं च महाह्रदात्। ततो देवातिदेवस्तं ब्रह्मा वै समसर्पत॥ तपोवृद्धिमपृच्छच्च कुशलं चैवमव्ययः। तपः सुचीर्णमिति च प्रोवाच वृषभध्वजः॥