Vaishampayana said "Formerly, in the Satya Yuga, O king, the ascetics living in Naimisha were engaged in a great sacrifice extending for twelve years.
वैशम्पायन उवाच पूर्वं कृतयुगे राजन् नैमिषेयास्तपस्विनः। वर्तमाने सुविपुले सत्रे द्वादशवार्षिके॥