विष्णोः पदं प्रेक्षमाणा विपाशां चापि शाल्मलीम्।
नदीर्वापीस्तटाकानि पल्वलानि सरांसि च॥
पश्यन्तो विविधांश्चापि सिंहव्याघ्रमृगद्विपान्।
ययुः पथातिमहता शासनं भर्तुरीप्सवः॥
viṣṇoḥ padaṁ prekṣamāṇā vipāśāṁ cāpi śālmalīm
nadīr vapīs taṭākāni palvalāni sarāṁsi ca
paśyanto vividhāṁś cāpi siṁha-vyāghra-mṛga-dvipān
yayuḥ pathātimahatā śāsanaṁ bhartur īpsavaḥ
viṣṇoḥ = of Lord Viṣṇu; padam = the lotus feet; prekṣamāṇāḥ = they saw; vipāśām = the river Vipāśā; ca api = and; śālmalīm = the Śālmalī trees on its banks; nadīḥ = other rivers; vapīḥ = ponds; taṭākāni = lakes; palvalāni = pools; sarāṁsi = tanks; ca = and; paśyantaḥ = they saw; vividhān = several; ca api = also; siṁha-vyāghra-mṛga-dvipān = lions, tigers, deer and elephants; yayuḥ = and went; pathā = path; atimahatā = by this long; śāsanam = the instructions; bhartuḥ = of their master; īpsavaḥ = desiring to carry out.
They saw the lotus feet of Lord Viṣṇu, the river Vipāśā and the Śālmalī trees on its banks, other rivers, ponds, lakes, pools and tanks. They also saw several lions, tigers, deer and elephants, and went by this long path desiring to carry out the instruction of their master.
In the mountain Sudāmā there was a place marked with the footprints of Lord Viṣṇu. The river Vipāśā flowed by Sudāmā. The description of the pathway is to point out that these holy places are meant to be taken shelter of by mankind.
NOTE. Taking shelter of the lotus feet of Lord Viṣṇu is the best means to attain liberation from material existence. Prabhupāda explains this fact in his purport to Bhagavad-gītā (5.26) thus:
Of the saintly persons who are constantly engaged in striving toward salvation, one who is in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is the best of all. The Bhāgavatam (4.22.39) confirms this fact as follows:
yat-pāda-paṅkaja-palāśa-vilāsa-bhaktyā
karmāśayaṁ grathitam udgrathayanti santaḥ
tadvan na rikta-matayo yatayo ’pi ruddha-
sroto-gaṇās tam araṇaṁ bhaja vāsudevam
“Just try to worship, in devotional service, Vāsudeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Even great sages are not able to control the forces of the senses as effectively as those who are engaged in transcendental bliss by serving the lotus feet of the Lord, uprooting the deep-grown desire for fruitive activities.”