CC Madhya 18.58
Madhya-līlā, Chapter 18, Text 58
‘পাবনাদি’ সব কুণ্ডে স্নান করিয়া ।
লোকেরে পুছিল, পর্বত-উপরে যাঞা ॥ ৫৮ ॥
লোকেরে পুছিল, পর্বত-উপরে যাঞা ॥ ৫৮ ॥
‘pāvanādi’ saba kuṇḍe snāna kariyā
lokere puchila, parvata-upare yāñā
lokere puchila, parvata-upare yāñā
Word by word
pāvana-ādi — Pāvana and others; saba kuṇḍe — in every lake; snāna kariyā — taking a bath; lokere puchila — inquired from persons there; parvata-upare yāñā — going up a hill.
Translation
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bathed in all the celebrated lakes, beginning with Lake Pāvana. Thereafter He climbed a hill and spoke to the people.
Purport
The Pāvana-sarovara is described in the Mathurā-māhātmya:
pāvane sarasi snātvā kṛṣṇaṁ nandīśvare girau
dṛṣṭvā nandaṁ yaśodāṁ ca sarvābhīṣṭam avāpnuyāt
dṛṣṭvā nandaṁ yaśodāṁ ca sarvābhīṣṭam avāpnuyāt
“One who bathes in Pāvana Lake by Nandīśvara Hill will see Kṛṣṇa there along with Nanda and Yaśodā and will fufill all his desires.”