O descendant of Bharata, it is for this she was given the name of Shakambhari. Going to Shakambhari with rapt attention and with Brahmacharya life and living in purity three nights there on herbs alone, the merit of living on herbs for twelve years a man obtains at the will of the goddess.
ततः शाकम्भरीत्येव नाम तस्याः प्रतिष्ठितम्। शाकम्भरी समासाद्य ब्रह्मचारी समाहितः॥ त्रिरात्रमुषितः शाकं भक्षयित्वा नरः शुचिः। शाकाहारस्य यत् किंचिद् वर्षेञदशभिः कृतम्॥ तत् फलं तस्य भवति देव्याश्छन्देन भारत।