Shloka 296
Kapālamocana-tīrtha (Auśanasa) and Balarāma’s Sarasvatī Pilgrimage
समाहूता ययौ तत्र पुण्ये हैमवते गिरौ । ब्रह्माजीने एक बार फिर पुण्यमय हिमालयपर्वतपर यज्ञ किया था। उस समय उनके आवाहन करनेपर भगवती सरस्वतीने विमलोदका नामसे प्रसिद्ध होकर वहाँ पदार्पण किया था
samāhūtā yayau tatra puṇye haimavate girau |
Vaiśampāyana said: When she was invoked, she went there—to the sacred Himalayan mountain. Once, Brahmā performed a holy sacrifice upon Himavat; and at his summons the goddess Sarasvatī arrived there, becoming renowned by the name Vimalodakā.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sacred acts performed with proper invocation and reverence are portrayed as drawing divine presence; the epithet Vimalodakā underscores the ethical-religious ideal of inner and outer purification through contact with the sacred.
The narrator states that, upon being summoned, the goddess (understood as Sarasvatī) goes to the holy Himalayan mountain; the surrounding context explains that during Brahmā’s sacrifice there, she appeared and became celebrated as Vimalodakā.