The sacred hermitage, which even the celestials and the high-souled Rishis adore, which is known by the name of Badarika, which is situate at the source of the Ganges and which is frequented by the Siddhas and the Charanas, O Brahmana, was the abode of Vishnu (Krishna) and Jishnu (Arjuna).
यन्न शक्यं सुरैर्द्रष्टुमृषिभिर्वा महात्मभिः। तदाश्रमपदं पुण्यं बदरीनाम विश्रुतम्॥ स निवासोऽभवद् विप्र विष्णोर्जिष्णोस्तथैव च। यत् प्रववृते गङ्गा सिद्धचारणसेविता॥