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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
| Canto 3, Ch. 23
PURPORT
Devahūti had spent a long time in the hermitage, not taking much care of her body. She was covered with dirt, and her clothing was not very nice. Kardama Muni was surprised that he could produce such a palace, and similarly his wife Devahūti was also astonished. How could she live in that opulent palace? Kardama Muni could understand her astonishment, and thus he spoke as follows.
TEXT 23
निमज्ज्यासिन् हृदे भीरु विमानमिदमारुह । 
    हृदं शुक्लकृतं तीर्थमाशिषां यापकं नृणाम् ॥२३॥
nimajjyāsmin hrade bhīru 
    vimānam idam āruha 
    idam śukla-kṛtam tīrtham 
    āśiṣām yāpakam 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.
TRANSLATION
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.
PURPORT
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 āśiṣām 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.
TEXT 24
सा तद्भर्तुः समादाय वचः कुवलयेक्षणा । 
    सरजं विभ्रती वासो वेणीभूतांश्च मूर्धजान् ॥२४॥