Then those foremost of beautiful women offered him an excellent seat. Washing his feet and other limbs, Shuka said his evening prayers, sat on that excellent seat, and began to think of the object for which he had come there.
तस्मै शय्यासनं दिव्यं देवाह रत्नभूषितम्॥ स्पास्तरणसंकीर्णं ददुस्ता: परमस्त्रियः। पादशौचं तु कृत्वैव शुकः संध्यामुपास्य च॥ निषसादासने पुण्ये तमेवार्थं विचिन्तयन्।