Matsyapurana 44.12

44.12

etasminneva kāle tu āpavo jalamāsthitaḥ
daśa varṣasahasrāṇi tatrāste sa mahānṛṣiḥ //

The Sage Âpava, who was practising penances standing in water for ten thousand years, found on his return that his forest had been burnt down by the king—at which he became enraged and cursed him, as stated before. Now listen to the history of the glorious dynasty of King Kroṣṭu. —12-14.