Skandapurana 7.18.89_116

7.18.89_116

tasyaivaṃ tapaso35 vahniḥ prītastuṣṭimagāt parām .
śubhaditsurabhūccāsya samīhitaphalapradaḥ . .42 . .
kadācidatha kālena ṣaṣṭhe kāle samāgate .
himamegholbaṇe śīte durdine paryaṭan dvijaḥ . .43 ..

Pleased with his austerity in this way, Fire experienced the highest satisfaction; / he desired to bestow good upon him, granting the fruits he sought.
Then once, in the course of time, when the sixth mealtime had arrived / on a foul day, cold and thick with frosty clouds, the twice-born wandered about;