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The Activities of King Bharata
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yatra —where;  āśrama-padāni —all hermitages;  ubhayataḥ —both on top and below;  nābhibhiḥ —like the symbolic mark of a navel;  dṛṣat —visible;  cakraiḥ —with the circles;  cakra-nadī —the Cakra-nadī River (generally known as the Gaṇḍakī);  nāma —of the name;  sarit-pravarā —the most important river of all;  sarvataḥ —everywhere;  pavitrī-karoti —sanctifies.
TRANSLATION
In Pulaha-āśrama is the Gaṇḍakī River, which is the best of all rivers. The śālagrāma-śilā, the marble pebbles, purify all those places. On each and every marble pebble, up and down, circles like navels are visible.
PURPORT
Śālagrāma-śilā  refers to pebbles that appear like stones with circles marked up and down. These are available in the river known as Gaṇḍakī-nadī. Wherever the waters of this river flow, the place becomes immediately sanctified.
TEXT 11
तस्मिन् वाव किल स एकलः पुलहाश्रमोपवने विविधकुसुम-किसलयतुलसिकाम्बुभिः कन्दमूलफलोपहारैश्च समीहमानो मगवत आराधनं विविक्त उपरतविषयाभिलाष उपभृतोपशमः परां निर्धृतिमवाप ॥ ११ ॥
tasmin vāva kila sa ekalaḥ pulahāśramopavane vividha-kusuma-kisalaya-tulasikāmbubhiḥ kanda-mūla-phalopahāraiś ca samīhamāno bhagavata ārādhanam vivikta uparata-viṣayābhilāṣa upabhṛtopaśamaḥ parām nirvṛtim avāpa.
tasmin —in that  āśrama ;  vāva kila —indeed:  saḥ —Bharata Mahārāja:  ekalaḥ —alone, only:  pulaha-āśrama-upavane —in the gardens situated in Pulaha-āśrama:  vividha-kusuma-kisalaya-tulasikā-ambubhiḥ —with varieties of flowers, twigs and  tulasī  leaves, as well as with water:  kanda-mūla-phala-upahāraiḥ —by offerings of roots, bulbs and fruits:  ca —and;  samīhamānaḥ —performing:  bhagavataḥ —of the Supreme