पुलस्त्य उवाच । एवमुक्त्वा तमीशानस्तत्रैवांतरधीयत । वासुदेवोऽपि तल्लिंगं गृहीत्वाऽर्बुदपर्वते । निर्झरे स्थापयामास सुपुण्ये विमलोदके
pulastya uvāca | evamuktvā tamīśānastatraivāṃtaradhīyata | vāsudevo'pi talliṃgaṃ gṛhītvā'rbudaparvate | nirjhare sthāpayāmāsa supuṇye vimalodake
पुलस्त्य बोले—ऐसा कहकर ईशान वहीं अंतर्धान हो गए। फिर वासुदेव ने भी उस लिंग को लेकर अर्बुद पर्वत पर अत्यन्त पुण्य, निर्मल जल वाले झरने में स्थापित किया।
Pulastya
Tirtha: (Emergent) Kṛṣṇa-tīrtha / Kṛṣṇa-hrada complex (named explicitly in following verses)
Type: kund (hrada) / nirjhara-associated tīrtha
Listener: Pārthiva-śārdūla (a king; addressed explicitly in v.34.50)
Scene: Pulastya narrates as Īśāna (a form of Śiva) vanishes; Vāsudeva carries a radiant liṅga to a mountain spring and installs it beside crystal-clear cascading water.
Sacred geography is born from divine acts: installing a liṅga at a pure spring transforms the landscape into a locus of merit for devotees.
A holy spring (nirjhara) on Arbuda-parvata where the liṅga is installed—later identified with Kṛṣṇatīrtha/Kṛṣṇahrada traditions.
Liṅga-sthāpana (installation) at a sanctified water-source; the verse implies tīrtha-creation through consecration.
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