Vaishampayana said : Nor far from the place where they (the Pandavas) slept there was a Rakshasas, named Hidimba, living on a Sala tree.
वैशम्पायन उवाच तत्र तेषु शयानेषु हिडिम्बो नाम राक्षसः। अविदूरे वनात् तस्माच्छालवृक्षं समाश्रितः॥श।