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CC Madhya 18.58

‘পাবনাদি’ সব কুণ্ডে স্নান করিয়া ।
লোকেরে পুছিল, পর্বত-উপরে যাঞা ॥ ৫৮ ॥
‘pāvanādi’ saba kuṇḍe snāna kariyā
lokere puchila, parvata-upare yāñā

Synonyms

pāvana-ādiPāvana and others; saba kuṇḍein every lake; snāna kariyātaking a bath; lokere puchilainquired from persons there; parvata-upare yāñāgoing up a hill.

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bathed in all the celebrated lakes, beginning with Lake Pāvana. Thereafter He climbed a hill and spoke to the people.

Purport

The Pāvana-sarovara is described in the Mathurā-māhātmya:
pāvane sarasi snātvākṛṣṇaṁ nandīśvare girau
dṛṣṭvā nandaṁ yaśodāṁ ca
sarvābhīṣṭam avāpnuyāt
“One who bathes in Pāvana Lake by Nandīśvara Hill will see Kṛṣṇa there along with Nanda and Yaśodā and will fufill all his desires.”