I, then, began the practice of the austerest penances for pleasing Shankara. For one thousand years I stood on my left toe.
ततोऽहं तप आस्थाय तोषयामास शङ्करम्। एकं वर्षसहस्रं तु वामाङ्गुष्ठाग्रविष्ठितः॥