### SB 3.23.23

> निमज्ज्यास्मिन्ह्रदे भीरु विमानमिदमारुह ।\
> इदं शुक्लकृतं तीर्थमाशिषां यापकं नृणाम् ॥२३॥

> nimajjyāsmin hrade bhīru\
> vimānam idam āruha\
> idaṁ śukla-kṛtaṁ tīrtham\
> āśiṣāṁ yāpakaṁ nṛṇām

*nimajjya*—after bathing; *asmin*—in this; *hrade*—in the lake; *bhīru*—O fearful one; *vimānam*—airplane; *idam*—this; *āruha*—ascend; *idam*—this; *śukla-kṛtam*—created by Lord Viṣṇu; *tīrtham*—sacred lake; *āśiṣām*—the desires; *yāpakam*—bestowing; *nṛṇām*—of human beings.

**My dear Devahūti, you look very much afraid. First bathe in Lake Bindu-sarovara, created by Lord Viṣṇu Himself, which can grant all the desires of a human being, and then mount this airplane.**

It is still the system to go to places of pilgrimage and take a bath in the water there. In Vṛndāvana the people take baths in the River Yamunā. In other places, such as Prayāga, they take baths in the River Ganges. The words *tīrtham āśiṣāṁ yāpakam* mean the fulfillment of desires by bathing in a place of pilgrimage. Kardama Muni advised his good wife to bathe in Lake Bindu-sarovara so that she could revive the former beauty and luster of her body.