तत्र चन्द्रवसा नाम ताम्रपर्णी वटोदका । तत्पुण्यसलिलैर्नित्यमुभयत्रात्मनो मृजन् ॥ ३५ ॥ कन्दाष्टिभिर्मूलफलै: पुष्पपर्णैस्तृणोदकै: । वर्तमान: शनैर्गात्रकर्शनं तप आस्थित: ॥ ३६ ॥
tatra candravasa nama tamraparni vatodaka tat-punya-salilair nityam ubhayatratmano mrjan kandastibhir mula-phalaih puspa-parnais trnodakaih vartamanah sanair gatra- karsanam tapa asthitah
- tatra
- there
- candravasa
- the Candravasa River
- nama
- named
- tamraparni
- the Tamraparni River
- vatodaka
- the Vatodaka River
- tat
- of those rivers
- punya
- pious
- salilaih
- with the waters
- nityam
- daily
- ubhayatra
- in both ways
- atmanah
- of himself
- mrjan
- washing
- kanda
- bulbs
- astibhih
- and by seeds
- mula
- roots
- phalaih
- and by fruits
- puspa
- flowers
- parnaih
- and by leaves
- trna
- grass
- udakaih
- and by water
- vartamanah
- subsisting
- sanaih
- gradually
- gatra
- his body
- karsanam
- rendering thin
- tapah
- austerity
- asthitah
- he underwent
In the province of Kulacala, there were rivers named Candravasa, Tamraparni and Vatodaka. King Malayadhvaja used to go to those pious rivers regularly and take his bath there. Thus he purified himself externally and internally. He took his bath and ate bulbs, seeds, leaves, flowers, roots, fruits and grasses and drank water. In this way he underwent severe austerities. Eventually he became very skinny.