She passed a long time in the practice of such severe penances. Though her father had been for giving her away in marriage, yet she did not wish for it, for she was no husband worthy of her.
महता तपसोग्रेण कृत्वाऽऽश्रममनिन्दिता। उपवासैः पूजयन्ती पितॄन् देवांश्च सा पुरा॥ तस्यास्तु तपसोग्रेण महान् कालोऽत्यगानृप। सा पित्रा दीयमानापि तत्र नैच्छदनिन्दिता॥ आत्मनः सदृशं सा तु भर्तारं नान्वपश्यत।