The timid and the beautiful girl then entered the hermitage and saw Vishvamitra, who had destroyed all his sins by penances and who was still engaged in austere penances.
अथापश्यद् वरारोहा तपसा दग्धकिल्बिषम्। विश्वामित्रं तप्यमानं मेनका भीरुराश्रमे॥