The Rishi in that state with Shula practised the austerest penances and he thus conquered by his asceticism many regions difficult to be obtained.
स तथान्तर्गतेनैव शूलेन व्यतरन्मुनिः। तेनातितपसा लोकान् विजिग्ये दुर्लभान् परैः॥