nihkshatriyam -- rid of kings; mahim -- the earth; kurvan -- having made; ramah -- Lord Parasurama; sastra -- of weapons; bhritam -- of the holders; varah -- the greatest; nripanam -- of kings; rudhira -- of the blood; oghena -- with the floods; yatra -- where; cakre -- he made; maha -- great; hradan -- lakes; ije -- worshiped; ca -- and; bhagavan -- the Supreme Lord; ramah -- Parasurama; yatra -- where; asprishtah -- untouched; api -- even though; karmana -- by material work and its reactions; lokam -- the world in general; sangrahayan -- instructing; isah -- the Lord; yatha -- as if; anyah -- another person; agha -- sins; apanuttaye -- in order to dispel; mahatyam -- mighty; tirtha-yatrayam -- on the occasion of the holy pilgrimage; tatra -- there; agan -- came; bharatih -- of Bharata-varsha; prajah -- people; vrishnayah -- members of the Vrishni clan; ca -- and; tatha -- also; akrura-vasudeva-ahuka-adayah -- Akrura, Vasudeva, Ahuka (Ugrasena) and others; yayuh -- went; bharata -- O descendant of Bharata (Parikshit); tat -- that; kshetram -- to the holy place; svam -- their own; agham -- sins; kshapayishnavah -- desirous of eradicating; gada-pradyumna-samba-adayah -- Gada, Pradyumna, Samba and others; sucandra-suka-saranaih -- with Sucandra, Suka and Sarana; aste -- remained; aniruddhah -- Aniruddha; rakshayam -- for guarding; kritavarma -- Kritavarma; ca -- and; yutha-pah -- leader of the army.

After ridding the earth of kings, Lord Parasurama, the foremost of warriors, created huge lakes from the kings' blood at Samantaka-pancaka. Although he is never tainted by karmic reactions, Lord Parasurama 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 Bharata-varsha a great number of people now came to that Samanta-pancaka on pilgrimage. O descendant of Bharata, among those arriving at the holy place were many Vrishnis, such as Gada, Pradyumna and Samba, hoping to be relieved of their sins; Akrura, Vasudeva, Ahuka and other kings also went there. Aniruddha remained in Dvaraka with Sucandra, Suka and Sarana to guard the city, together with Kritavarma, the commander of their armed forces.