Chapter 54 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 54

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 54.25

ऋषयस्तत्र बहवो विहृत्य शरदां शतम्। तपसा दिवमारूढाः कपालशिरसा सह॥

ṛṣayastatra bahavo vihṛtya śaradāṃ śatam| tapasā divamārūḍhāḥ kapālaśirasā saha||

English Meaning

There innumerable saints with the hair of their heads rendered white like skulls, having spent hundreds of years, have through austerities ascended heaven.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)