[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 5.167.2 # Skandapurana 5.167.2 Skandapurāṇa 5.167.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.167.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.2) .. .. sūta uvāca .. .. evaṃ rājyaṃ parityajya viśvāmitro dvijottamāḥ .. himavantaṃ nagaṃ prāpya tapaścakre sudāruṇam .. 1 .. varṣāsvākāśaśāyī ca hemaṃte salilāśayaḥ .. pañcāgnisādhako grīṣme sthito varṣaśatatrayam .. 2 .. > Sūta said: > Having thus renounced his kingdom, O best of dvijas, > Viśvāmitra reached Mount Himavat and performed most dreadful austerity: > sleeping under the open sky during the rainy seasons, standing in water in winter, > and practicing the five fires in summer, he remained for three hundred years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.166.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.166.167) - [Next: 5.167.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.3) - [Up: 5.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.167.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.2) · Pramāṇa