Shloka 4
Indraprastha Prosperity and the Arjuna–Kṛṣṇa Yamunā Excursion (इन्द्रप्रस्थ-वैभवम् तथा यमुनाविहारः)
हिरण्यविन्दोस्तीर्थें च स्नात्वा पुरुषसत्तम: । दृष्टवान् पाण्डवश्रेष्ठ: पुण्यान्यायतनानि च,हिरण्यबिंदुतीर्थमें स्नान करके पाण्डवश्रेष्ठ पुरुषोत्तम अर्जुनने अनेक पवित्र स्थानोंका दर्शन किया
hiraṇyavindos tīrthe ca snātvā puruṣasattamaḥ | dṛṣṭavān pāṇḍavaśreṣṭhaḥ puṇyāny āyatanāni ca ||
Vaiśampāyana said: Having bathed at the sacred ford called Hiraṇyavindu, Arjuna—the best of the Pāṇḍavas, foremost among men—went on to visit many holy shrines.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights tīrtha-yātrā as an ethical and spiritual discipline: bathing at a sacred place and visiting holy shrines symbolizes purification, humility, and the cultivation of merit (puṇya), even for a warrior-hero.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that Arjuna bathes at the Hiraṇyavindu tīrtha and then proceeds to see various sacred sanctuaries, marking a phase of pilgrimage and religious observance within his journey.