Verse 1

अथ ते दानवास्तत्र बलेरनुचरास्तदा ।तद्गेहं स्फाटिकं सौधमुच्चैरारुरुहुः क्षणात्

In plain words

Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: Then, at that time, those Dānavas there, the attendants of Bali, climbed in an instant up to that lofty crystal palace of his.