O best of the Bharata race, it was a sacred and holy forest from the remotest time. As soon as one enters it, he is cleansed of all his sins.
धर्मारण्यं हि तत् पुण्यमाद्यं च भरतर्षभ। यत्र प्रविष्टमात्रो वै सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते॥