Markandeya said : Then, Rama, distracted with grief at the abduction of Sita, got to the Lake Pampa situated at a short distance and full of several kinds of lotuses.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच ततोऽविदूरे नलिनी प्रभूतकमलोत्पलाम्। सीताहरणदुःखार्तः पम्पां रामः समासदत्॥