It was crowded by the great Rishis and adorned with the grace of the Vedas. It was inaccessible to those men who were beyond the pale of religion.
महर्षिगणसम्बाधं ब्राह्म या लक्ष्या समन्वितम्। दुष्प्रवेशं महाराज नरैर्धर्मबहिष्कृतैः॥