तत: फाल्गुनमासाद्य पञ्चाप्सरसमुत्तमम् । विष्णु: सन्निहितो यत्र स्नात्वास्पर्शद् गवायुतम् ॥ १८ ॥
tataḥ phālgunam āsādya pañcāpsarasam uttamam viṣṇuḥ sannihito yatra snātvāsparśad gavāyutam
- tataḥ
- then
- phālgunam
- Phālguna
- āsādya
- reaching
- pañca-apsarasam
- the lake of the five Apsarās
- uttamam
- exalted
- viṣṇuḥ
- the Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu
- sannihitaḥ
- manifested
- yatra
- wherein
- snātvā
- bathing
- asparśat
- He touched (as part of the ritual in giving as charity)
- gava
- cows
- ayutam
- ten thousand
Next He went to Phālguna-tīrtha and bathed in the sacred Pañcāpsarā Lake, where Lord Viṣṇu had directly manifested Himself. At this place He gave away another ten thousand cows.