Then, O king in the neighbourhood of the mountain Gandhamadana and on the sacred plateau of the Himalayas, decked with various sort of trees and creepers, the Pandavas beheld the most sacred hermitage of Vrishaparva encircled by blossoming trees growing near the water courses.
ददृशुः पाण्डवा राजन् गन्धमादनमन्तिकात्। पृष्ठे हिमवतः पुण्ये नानाद्रुमलतावृते॥ सलिलावर्तसंजातैः पुष्पितैश्च महीरुहैः। समावृतं पुण्यतममाश्रमं वृषपर्वणः॥