श्रीशुक उवाच
एकदा गिरिशं द्रष्टुम् ऋषयस्तत्र सुव्रताः ।
दिशो वितिमिराभासाः कुर्वन्तः समुपागमन् ॥ २९ ॥
sri-sukah uvaca-Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; ekada-once upon a time; girisam-Lord Siva; drastum-to see; rsayah-very saintly persons; tatra-in that forest; su-vratah-highly elevated in spiritual power; disah-all directions; vitimira-abhasah-having been cleared of all darkness whatsoever; kurvantah-doing so; samupagaman-arrived.
Sukadeva Gosvami answered: Great saintly persons who strictly observed the spiritual rules and regulations and whose own effulgence dissipated all the darkness of all directions once came to see Lord
Siva in that forest.