देवदेवे गते तस्मिन् सोऽङ्गुष्टाग्रनिपीडिताम्। कृत्वा वसुमती राम वत्सरं समुपासत॥
devadeve gate tasmin so'ṅguṣṭāgranipīḍitām| kṛtvā vasumatī rāma vatsaraṃ samupāsata||
English Meaning
When that god of gods had gone away, Bhagiratha, O Rāma, pressing the earth with his thumb, spent a year in adoring Siva.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)