Brahmā said: In the different dry tracts of land, or in the caves of the mountains or in the auspicious but isolated banks of the rivers they performed penances. Some stayed in water, looking splendid with moss clinging to them, some were exposed to the rain in the course of penance and some stood on the tips of their toes. Others lived on grains crushed by teeth. Others on grains crushed with pieces of rocks. Some adopted Vīrāsana postures and others were engaged in the activities of deer. Thus these wise devotees spent time in penance and worship. When a year was completed and Spring arrived, in that Kṛta age, the lord wanted to bless them with his grace. With sympathy towards his devotees, the delighted lord came to Dāru forest on the splendid mountain Himālaya.[5]