Shloka 3
Jaṭāsura-praveśa, Draupadī-apaharaṇa, and Jaṭāsura-vadha (जटासुरप्रवेशः द्रौपद्यपहरणं च जटासुरवधः)
हरिताम्बुजसंच्छन्नां दिव्यां कनकपुष्कराम् । नानापक्षिजनाकीर्णा सूपतीर्थामकर्दमाम्
haritāmbujasaṃchannāṃ divyāṃ kanakapuṣkarām | nānāpākṣijanākīrṇāṃ sūpatīrthām akardamām ||
毗耶娑波耶那说道：“（他们看见）一方神妙的莲湖，湖面尽覆青莲，金色莲花辉映其间；群鸟与诸类生灵聚集其上；设有上佳的沐浴之处，且澄净无泥。”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds purity and auspiciousness through landscape: a clear, mudless lake with good bathing-places suggests a setting fit for restraint, reflection, and dharmic conduct—outer cleanliness mirroring inner clarity.
The narrator describes a wondrous lotus-lake—green with lotuses, gleaming with golden blooms, alive with birds and other beings, and offering fine, clean access points—setting the scene for the events of this section of the Vana Parva.