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## Chapter 404 of the Adi Purana
**Verse 73:** The great sage [Vrishabhadeva] performed a six-month penance. Though his body was emaciated, his fortitude remained unwavering.
**Verse 74:** Despite abstaining from food, he experienced no fatigue. This was a divine manifestation of his extraordinary creation karma.
**Verse 75:** Due to the absence of any rituals, his hair grew into matted locks. These seemed to have hardened to endure the pain of his austerities.
**Verse 76:** The matted locks, blown by the wind, spread far and wide over the head of the great sage. They resembled the dark hue of molten gold, heated by the fire of meditation.
**Verse 77:** The intensity of his penance filled the forest with a radiant glow, day and night, like the brilliance of the morning sun.
**Verse 78:** The branches of the trees, laden with flowers and fruits, bowed down in reverence, as if paying homage to the sage's feet.
**Verse 79:** The bees hummed a sweet melody on the vines, making them seem like musical instruments, playing a devotional song in praise of the world teacher, Vrishabhadeva.
**Verse 80:** The trees surrounding the sage shed their flowers, offering them as a tribute to his feet, like a devotional offering.
**Verse 81:** The young deer, resting at ease near the sage's feet, reflected the tranquility of his hermitage.
**Verse 82:** Lions, abandoning their animosity towards deer and other animals, lived harmoniously with herds of elephants. This was a manifestation of the sage's meditative power.
**Verse 83:** Oh, what a wonder! Tigers, with compassion, used their claws to untangle the matted hair of cows whose hair was caught in thorns.
**Verse 84:** The young deer, mistaking the tigresses for their mothers, freely suckled their milk and found contentment.