Chapter XVI: Section III: Ráma’s Pilgrimage

32. He went about seeing the many rivers and their banks, visiting the shrines of gods, sacred forests and deserts far and remote from the resorts of men, as also the hills, seas and their shores.

33. He saw the _Mandákiní_ bright as the moon, the _Kálindi_, clear as the lotus, and also the following rivers, _Sarasvatí_, _Satadru_, _Chandrabhágá_ and _Irávatí_.

34. Also _Vení_, _Krishnavení_, _Nirvindhyá_, _Saraju_, _Charmanvatí_, _Vitastá_, _Vipásá_ and _Báhúdaká_.

35. He saw also the (holy places of) _Prayága_, the _Naimisha_, the _Dharmaranya_, _Gyá_, _Varánasí_, _Srígiri_, _Kedára_ and _Pushkara_.

36. He saw the Mánasa and the northern Mánsaravara lakes, and many fiery lakes and springs, the Báda, the Vindhyá range and the sea.

37. He saw the fiery pool of Jwálámukhí, the great shrine of Jagannátha, the fountain of _Indradumna_ and many other reservoirs, rivers and lakes.

38. He visited the shrine of _Kártikeya_ and the Gandak river of _Sálagrámas_, and also the sixty four shrines sacred to Hari and Hara.

39. He saw various wonders, the coasts of the four seas, the _Vindhyá_ range, the groves of Hara, and the boundary hills and level lands.

40. He visited the places of the great _Rájarshis_ and the _Brahmarshis_, and went wherever there was any auspicious sanctuary of the gods and Bráhmans. 41. Thus they all honouring Ráma, travelled far and wide in company with his two brothers, and traversed all the four quarters on the surface of the earth.

42. Honoured by the gods, _Kinnaras_ and by men, and having seen all the places on earth, the descendant of Raghu returned home, like Siva when he returns to the _Sivaloka_.