Matsyapurana 146.73

146.73

*vajrāṅga uvāca
āsuro māstu me bhāvaḥ santu lokā mamākṣayāḥ
tapasyeva ratir me'stu śarīrasyāstu vartanam //

'Father ! free me from the Âsuric tendencies, and grant me eternal region Let me always practise austerities and let my body be sustained. Hearing which Brahmâ said. 'It will be so' and then He returned to His abode Afterwards Vajrâṅga also finished his course of austerities. He felt hungry and went to his monastery with the intention of taking some food, but he did not see his wife, he entered into the thick hill forest and came across his wife who was crying in a very distressed condition He consoled her and addressed her thus. 'O Dear ! who has injured you ? He will soon go to the region of Death. What desire of thine shall I fulfil, tell me instantly without reserve.'—74-77.