Verse 12·VR 1.55.12

स गत्वा हिमवत्पारर्श्वं किंनरोरगसेवितम् | महादेवप्रसादार्थं तपस्तेपे महातपाः || १-५५-१२

evam uktaH tu devena vishvaamitro mahaatapaaH | praNipatya mahaadevam vishvaamitro abraviit idam || 1-55-15

Translation

On going to the mountainsides of Himalayas, whereat it is adored by kinnaraa-s and uragaa-s, the nymphs and nymphean serpents, he that great practiser of ascesis, Vishvamitra, undertook an austere ascesis for the sake of beneficence of the Great God, Shiva. [1-55-12]

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mahaatapaaH

great practiser of ascesis

saH

he [Vishvamitra]

kinnaroragasevitam

adored by kinnaraa-s, uragaa-s

himavat paarshvam

side of Himalayas

gatvaa

on going

mahaadevaprasaadaartham

for the sake of beneficence of Great God's [Shiva's]

tapaH tepe

undertook [austere] ascesis.

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Vishvamitra ruins Vashishtha's hermitage

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