 नष्टज्वलनसन्तापा प्रशान्ताध्यायसत्कथा।तिमिरेणाभिलिप्तेव सा तदा नगरी बभौ।। 
 With sacrificial fires extinguished and the reading of holy scriptures and sacred recitations stopped, Ayodhya looked as if besmeared with darkness. 