At no distance from where on the banks of the river Narmadā, that dreadful lord of Rākşasas collected the flowers, Arjuna, the King of Māhismatī, and the foremost of the victorious, was sporting with his wives in the water.
नर्मदापुलिने यत्र राक्षसेन्द्रः स दारुणः। पुष्पोपहारं कुरुते तस्माद्देशाददूरतः॥ अर्जुनो जयतां श्रेष्ठो माहिष्मत्याः पतिः प्रभुः। क्रीडते सह नारीभिर्नर्मदातोयमाश्रितः॥