 गते तस्मिन्नरश्श्रेष्ठ दिति: परमहर्षिता।कुशप्लवनमासाद्य तपस्तेपे सुदारुणम्।। 
 "O foremost among men after Kasyapa had left, Diti exceedingly delighted at the prospect of having sons reached Kushaplavana, and practised intense mortifications. 