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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.23.25
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 25
- aṅgaṁ ca mala-paṅkena
- sañchannaṁ śabala-stanam
- āviveśa sarasvatyāḥ
- saraḥ śiva-jalāśayam
aṅgambody — body; caand — and; malawith dirt-paṅkenawith dirt — with dirt; sañchannamcovered — covered; śabaladiscolored — discolored; stanambreasts — breasts; āviveśashe entered — she entered; sarasvatyāḥof the River Sarasvatī — of the River Sarasvatī; saraḥthe lake — the lake; śivasacred — sacred; jalawaters — waters; āśayamcontaining — containing.
Her body was coated with a thick layer of dirt, and her breasts were discolored. She dove, however, into the lake, which contained the sacred waters of the Sarasvatī.