ततः स घृणयाऽविष्टो भीष्मः कुरुपितामहः । मार्कंडेयं मुनिश्रेष्ठं पप्रच्छ विनयान्वितः
tataḥ sa ghṛṇayā'viṣṭo bhīṣmaḥ kurupitāmahaḥ | mārkaṃḍeyaṃ muniśreṣṭhaṃ papraccha vinayānvitaḥ
حينئذ، قام بيشما، جد الكوروس، وقد غلبه الندم والشفقة، بسؤال ماركانديا، أفضل الحكماء، باحترام وتواضع جم.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator)
When burdened by possible wrongdoing, one should approach a realized sage with humility to learn the proper dharma.
Not specified in this verse; it serves as narrative transition into tīrtha-centered expiation.
None directly; the verse introduces the consultation that will yield prescriptions.