एवं वर्षसहस्राणि पीनात्माऽतिष्ठदेकदृक् ।शान्त एवासुरपुरे मार्तण्ड इव चोपले
In plain words
Thus, for thousands of years, his body still full, his gaze fixed on the One, he remained utterly still in the city of the asuras, like the sun held quiescent within a stone.