अथापश्यद्द्रुमोपांते विश्वामित्रं मुनीश्वरम् । उपविष्टं कृतस्नानं वीक्षमाणं जलाशयम्
athāpaśyaddrumopāṃte viśvāmitraṃ munīśvaram | upaviṣṭaṃ kṛtasnānaṃ vīkṣamāṇaṃ jalāśayam
मग त्याने वृक्षाजवळ मुनिश्वर विश्वामित्रांना पाहिले—स्नान करून बसलेले आणि त्या जलाशयाकडे निहारत असलेले।
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context)
Type: kund
Scene: Under a broad tree at the water’s edge, Viśvāmitra sits serene, wet hair and cloth from snāna, eyes fixed on the shimmering reservoir; the king beholds him from a short distance, the forest opening into a sacred clearing.
A tīrtha is sanctified by both the waters and the presence of realized sages; darśana of such a muni is itself purifying.
A jalāśaya (sacred pond/lake) central to Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the precise name is supplied by the broader chapter context.
Snāna (ritual bathing) is indicated as already performed by the sage, highlighting bathing as a key tīrtha-practice.