Matsyapurana 35.15

35.15

pūrṇaṃ sahasraṃ varṣāṇām evaṃvṛttir abhūnnṛpaḥ
ambubhakṣaḥ sa cābdāṃstrīn āsīn niyatavāṅmanāḥ //

King Yayâti, after putting his son on the throne, went to the forest as an anchorite, in other words, he made over his vast dominions to Puru and put his other sons, Yadu, &c., to discharge the various offices of the state, after doing which he passed a great number of days in the forest, living on fruits and herbs. By subduing his mind and conquering his anger he regularly performed agnihotra and offered libations to the Deities and the manes of ancestors, according to the rules prescribed for anchorites. He entertained his guests by offering them the jungle fruits and ate what he could get by picking up gleanings of harvest (Śiloñchha-vritti). Thus he passed a thousand years. Then he lived only on water for three years and kept up his vow of silence. Afterwards he warmed himself with the heat of fire around him, and for six months he practised penance by standing on one leg only. The glory of the king's asceticism went up to heaven from the earth.—11-17.