The incident which I shall describe, took place in the hermitage of certain twice born sages which stood on the auspicious breast of Himavat. There, on the breast of that king of mountains, was a sacred asylum adorned with trees of various kinds.
ब्रह्माश्रमपदे वृत्तं पाश्र्वं हिमवतः शुभे। तत्राश्रमपदं पुण्यं नानावृक्षगणायुतम्॥