10. He passed the region of the clouds, and reached the sphere of the still air (sthíra váyu); and then leaving the realm of the Siddhas behind him, he arrived to the path of the sun—the ecliptic. 11. Then rising higher in his airy car, he got into the city of Indra, where he was cordially embraced by the lord of gods, for the merit of his sight of Súchí. (Visit to sacred persons and holy shrines, is believed to impart a share of holiness to the visitant). 12. Being asked what he saw, he related all that he had seen, before the assembled gods in the synod of Sakra or Indra. 13. Pavana said:—There is the King of mountains the high Himalaya, situate in the midst of Jambudwípa (in Asia); who has the lord Siva, that bears the crescent of the moon on his forehead, for his son-in-law. 14. On the north of it, is a great peak with a plain land above it, where the holy Súchí holds her hermitage, and performs her rigorous devotion. 15. What more shall I relate of her, than that she has abstained herself even of her sustenance of air, and has made a mess of her entrails coiled up together. 16. She has contracted the opening of her mouth to a needle hole, and stopped even that with a particle of dust, in order to restrain it even from the reception of a cold dewdrop for its food. 17. The fervour of her devotion, has made the snowy mountain to forsake its coldness; and assume an igneous form which it is difficult to approach. (The blaze of holiness is said to set mountains on fire, as the presence of the Holy spirit set the sacred mount of Sinai on flame). 18. Therefore let all of us rise and repair soon to the great father of creatures for redress; or know this fervent devotion of hers must prove to our disadvantage in its result. 19. Hearing these words pronounced by Pavana, the lord Indra in company with the other gods, proceeded to the abode of Brahmá, and prayed unto him for their safety. 20. Brahmá answered:—“I am going even now to the summit of the snowy Himalaya, to confer to Súchí her desired boon.” Upon this assurance of Brahmá, the gods all returned to their celestial abodes. 21. During this time Súchí became perfect in her holiness, and began to glow with the fervour of her devotion on the mountain of the immortals. 22. Súchí perceived very clearly the revolution of the time (of her castigation), by fixing her open eyes on the sun, and by counting the days by the rays of solar light penetrating the opening of her mouth:—the needle hole. 23. Súchí though flexible as a bit of thread, had yet attained the firmness of the mountain Meru, by her erect posture. 24. She beheld by the ray of sun light, which penetrated the eye of the needle, that the shadowy attendant upon her erect posture, was the only witness of her upright devotion.