 पूर्णे वर्षसहस्रे तु व्रतस्नातं महामुनिम्।अभ्यागच्छन् सुरास्सर्वे तप: फलचिकीर्षव:।। 
 All the gods wanted to bestow the fruits of austerties on the mighty ascetic Viswamitra. They approached him after a thousand years of penace and his final ritual bath.  