स्त्रीणामश्वमुखीनां तु निकेतस्तत्र तत्र तु। तं देशं समतिक्रम्य आश्रमं सिद्धसेवितम्॥ सिद्धा वैखानसा यत्र बालखिल्याश्च तापसाः। दतव्यास्ततः सिद्धास्तपसा वीतकल्मषाः॥ प्रष्टव्या चापि सीतायाः प्रवृत्तिर्विनयान्वितैः।
strīṇāmaśvamukhīnāṃ tu niketastatra tatra tu| taṃ deśaṃ samatikramya āśramaṃ siddhasevitam|| siddhā vaikhānasā yatra bālakhilyāśca tāpasāḥ| datavyāstataḥ siddhāstapasā vītakalmaṣāḥ|| praṣṭavyā cāpi sītāyāḥ pravṛttirvinayānvitaiḥ|
English Meaning
There are all over, the homes of females with faces resembling those of horses. Going beyond that part, (you shall come to) the asylum inhabited by Siddhas; where ascetics—Vālakhilyas, Siddhas and Vaikhānasas. Saluting those Siddhas, who have been cleansed of their sins on account of their asceticism, you should in humble guise ask them concerning Sītā.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)