And that puissant ascetic did not breathe for a you sand years. And as he restrained his breath, vapours began to issue out of his head.
अथ वर्षसहस्रं च नोच्छ्वसन् मुनिपुङ्गवः। तस्यानुच्छ्वसमानस्य मूर्ध्नि धूमो व्यजायत॥