विलोक्य भूतेशगिरिं विबुधा विस्मयं ययुः ॥२२॥
paryastaá¹ nandayÄ satyÄḥ
snÄna-puṇyatarodayÄ
vilokya bhÅ«teÅ›a-giriá¹
vibudhÄ vismayaá¹ yayuḥ
paryastam - surrounded; nandayÄ - by the NandÄ; satyÄḥ - of SatÄ«; snÄna - by the bathing; puṇya-tara - especially flavored; udayÄ - with water; vilokya - after seeing; bhÅ«ta-Ä«Å›a - of BhÅ«teÅ›a (the lord of the ghosts, Lord Åšiva); girim - the mountain; vibudhÄḥ - the demigods; vismayam - wonder; yayuḥ - obtained.
There is a small lake named AlakanandÄ in which SatÄ« used to take her bath, and that lake is especially auspicious. All the demigods, after seeing the specific beauty of KailÄsa Hill, were struck with wonder at the great opulence to be found there.
According to the commentary called ÅšrÄ«-BhÄgavata-candra-candrikÄ, the water in which SatÄ« used to bathe was Ganges water. In other words, the Ganges flowed through the KailÄsa-parvata. There is every possibility of accepting such a statement because Ganges water also flows from the hair of Lord Åšiva. Since Ganges water rests on the head of Lord Åšiva and then flows to the other parts of the universe, it is quite possible that the water in which SatÄ« bathed, which was certainly very nicely scented, was Ganges water.
