The Purana Index v2.c7.s4.280

v2.c7.s4.280

Paramāśrama—the fourth āśrama or sannyāsa, to be with guru for a year and then to go about the country, leaving off congregation, subduing anger, eating light food, controlling the senses, and living in deserted places, forests, caves and banks of rivers *Paramesvara*—is Śiva¹ also an epithet of Viṣṇu²