Bhagavatapurana 10.76.4

10.76.4

iti mūḍhaḥ pratijñāya devaṃ paśu-patiṃ prabhum /
ārādhayām āsa nṛpaḥ pāṃśu-muṣṭiṃ sakṛd grasan //

4. Thus resolved the fool (he went into the forest for tapas, for many years after he left for the forest, his return was being expected, (but) as he did not return, his next brother was installed on the throne by the ministers who wanted a king); by his tapas he propitiated the powerful god Pasupati by swallowing (as food) a handful of dust but once (a day).