niḥkṣatriyām - rid of kings; mahīm - the earth; kurvan - having made; rāmaḥ - Lord Paraśurāma; śastra - of weapons; bhṛtām - of the holders; varaḥ - the greatest; nṛpāṇām - of kings; rudhira - of the blood; oghena - with the floods; yatra - where; cakre - he made; mahā - great; hradān - lakes; īje - worshiped; ca - and; bhagavān - the Supreme Lord; rāmaḥ - Paraśurāma; yatra - where; aspṛṣṭaḥ - untouched; api - even though; karmaṇā - by material work and its reactions; lokam - the world in general; saṅgrāhayan - instructing; īśaḥ - the Lord; yathā - as if; anyaḥ - another person; agha - sins; apanuttaye - in order to dispel; mahatyām - mighty; tīrtha-yātrāyām - on the occasion of the holy pilgrimage; tatra - there; āgan - came; bhāratīḥ - of Bhārata-varṣa; prajāḥ - people; vṛṣṇayaḥ - members of the Vṛṣṇi clan; ca - and; tathā - also; akrūra-vasudeva-āhuka-ādayaḥ - Akrūra, Vasudeva, Āhuka (Ugrasena) and others; yayuḥ - went; bhārata - O descendant of Bharata (Parīkṣit); tat - that; kṣetram - to the holy place; svam - their own; agham - sins; kṣapayiṣṇavaḥ - desirous of eradicating; gada-pradyumna-sāmba-ādayaḥ - Gada, Pradyumna, Sāmba and others; sucandra-śuka-sāraṇaiḥ - with Sucandra, Śuka and Sāraṇa; āste - remained; aniruddhaḥ - Aniruddha; rakṣāyām - for guarding; kṛtavarmā - Kṛtavarmā; ca - and; yūtha-paḥ - leader of the army.

After ridding the earth of kings, Lord Paraśurāma, the foremost of warriors, created huge lakes from the kings’ blood at Samantaka-pañcaka. Although he is never tainted by karmic reactions, Lord Paraśurāma performed sacrifices there to instruct people in general; thus he acted like an ordinary person trying to free himself of sins. From all parts of Bhārata-varṣa a great number of people now came to that Samanta-pañcaka on pilgrimage. O descendant of Bharata, among those arriving at the holy place were many Vṛṣṇis, such as Gada, Pradyumna and Sāmba, hoping to be relieved of their sins; Akrūra, Vasudeva, Āhuka and other kings also went there. Aniruddha remained in Dvārakā with Sucandra, Śuka and Sāraṇa to guard the city, together with Kṛtavarmā, the commander of their armed forces.