Sūta said: O lord, in the eighteenth cycle the sage Ṛtañjaya will become a Vyāsa. Then I shall be born in the name of Sikhaṇḍin in the most sacred region of the Siddhas which is adored by Devas as well as Dānavas. On the beautiful peak of the Himālayas there is a hill named Śikhaṇḍin,[16] wherein is situated the penance grove of the sage Śikhaṇḍin, resorted to by the Siddhas. There too four ascetics will be born to me. They will be known as Vācaśravas, Ṛcīka, Śyāvāśva and Yatīśvara. They will be yogic and noble sons and masters of the Vedas. After attaining the yoga of Maheśvara they will go to Rudraloka.