In the middle I espied a pond extending over a Yojana. There was no moss in that deep, calm, clear and sweet water; there were lotuses and lilies and swans, Kārandavas, Cakravākas and many other water fowls were playing in the waters. O lord of creatures, at no distance from that pond I saw an old, holy hermitage but there was no creature or animal around it.
तस्यारण्यस्य मध्ये तु सरो योजनमायतम्। हंसकारण्डवाकीर्णं चक्रवाकोपशोभितम्॥ पद्मोत्पलसमाकीर्णं समतिक्रान्तशैवलम्। तदाश्चर्यमिवात्यर्थं सुखास्वादमनुत्तमम्॥ अरजस्कं तदाक्षोभ्यं श्रीमत्पक्षिगणायुतम्। तस्मिन्सर:समीपे तु महदद्भुतमाश्रमम्॥ पुराणं पुण्यमत्यर्थं तपस्विजनवर्जितम्।