te - they; vai - indeed; tat - of Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi; āśramam - to the hermitage; jagmuḥ - went; hima-adreḥ - of the Himālaya Mountains; pārśve - to the side; uttare - on the north; puṣpabhadrā nadī - the Puṣpabhadrā River; yatra - where; citrā-ākhyā - named Citrā; ca - and; śilā - the peak; vibho - O powerful Śaunaka.

O most powerful Śaunaka, they went to Mārkaṇḍeya’s hermitage, on the northern side of the Himālaya Mountains where the Puṣpabhadrā River passes by the famous peak Citrā.