Here, in days of yore, the very Creator and all the gods having performed proper penances, with the Rishis became cleansed and attained to Brahma.
इह प्रजापतिः पूर्वं देवाः सर्षिगणास्तथा। इष्टदेवतपसः पूता ब्रह्मलोकमुपाश्रिताः॥