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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.22.6

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 22: Story of Kāma: The loss of his body. At the Sarayū–Gaṅgā confluence, Viśvāmitra recounts how Śiva’s fiery gaze destroyed Kāma’s body, the travellers stay at the hermitage

In the sequence: at the meeting of the Sarayū and Gaṅgā they see an ancient hermitage and ask whose it is

1.22.6

tatrāśramapadaṃ puṇyam ṛṣīṇām ugratejasām
bahuvarṣasahasrāṇi tapyatāṃ paramaṃ tapaḥ

There (they saw) the holy hermitage of seers of fierce splendour, who had been practising supreme austerity for many thousands of years.

Words: tatrāśramapadaṃ — there the hermitage; puṇyam — holy, sacred; ṛṣīṇām — of the seers; ugratejasām — of fierce splendour; bahuvarṣasahasrāṇi — for many thousands of years; tapyatāṃ — of those practising (austerity); paramaṃ — supreme; tapaḥ — austerity

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.