मानसं च क्रमसरस्तथैवोत्तरमानसम् । वडवावदनं चैव तीर्थवृन्दं स सादरम् ॥ ३६ ॥
mānasaṁ ca kramasarastathaivōttaramānasam | vaḍavāvadanaṁ caiva tīrthavṛndaṁ sa sādaram || 36 ||
Translation
the Mānasa lake, the Kramasaras and the Uttaramānasa, and Vaḍavāvadana: this host of holy places he visited with reverence;
Word by word
- mānasaṁ
- the Mānasa lake
- ca
- and
- krama
- the Krama
- saras
- (saraḥ) lake
- tathā
- and
- ēva
- also
- uttara
- the northern
- mānasam
- Mānasa
- vaḍavā
- of the mare
- vadanaṁ
- the mouth
- tīrtha
- of holy places
- vṛndaṁ
- this host
- sa
- (saḥ) he
- sādaram
- with reverence
Meaning
Mānasa is the lake at the foot of Kailāsa; the Uttaramānasa, the "northern Mānasa", lies beyond it. Vaḍavāvadana, the "mare's mouth", is named after the fire said to burn beneath the ocean; another commentary identifies it with the shrine of Hayagrīva.