 स गत्वा हिमवत्पार्श्वं किन्नरोरगसेवितम्।महादेवप्रसादार्थं तपस्तेपे महातपा:।। 
 Mighty ascetic Viswamitra, reached the slopes of the Himavat mountain inhabited by kinnaras and uragas serpents and performed  austerities in order to propitiate lord Mahadeva. 