Many Rishis, O king, came to that sacrifice. Passing their time according to proper rites, in the celebration of that sacrifice, those great Rishis, after the termination of that twelve year's sacrifice at Naimisha, set out in large numbers for seeing the various sacred shrines.
ऋषयो बहवो राजंस्तत् सत्रमभिपेदिरे। उषित्वा च महाभागास्तस्मिन् सत्रे यथाविधि॥ निवृत्ते नैमिषेये वै सत्रे द्वादशवार्षिके। आजग्मुर्ऋषयस्तत्र बहवस्तीर्थकारणात्॥