ऋषय ऊचुः । अष्टषष्टिप्रमाणानि यानि क्षेत्राणि सूतज । त्वयोक्तानि च तान्येव नामतो नः प्रकीर्तय
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | aṣṭaṣaṣṭipramāṇāni yāni kṣetrāṇi sūtaja | tvayoktāni ca tānyeva nāmato naḥ prakīrtaya
ঋষিসকলে ক’লে: “হে সূতপুত্ৰ! তুমি যি অষ্টষষ্টি সংখ্যক ক্ষেত্ৰসমূহ কৈছা, সেইবোৰেই এতিয়া আমাক নামধৰে স্পষ্টকৈ পুনৰ প্ৰকীৰ্তন কৰা।”
Ṛṣis (Sages)
Tirtha: Sixty-eight kṣetras (a catalogued set)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūta
Scene: Sages seated in a forest hermitage address Sūta with folded hands, requesting the names of the sixty-eight kṣetras; a subtle map-like scroll or garland of place-names symbolizes the coming catalogue.
Pilgrimage is guided by śruti-smṛti style remembrance: naming and recalling kṣetras becomes a dhārmic act that directs seekers toward tīrtha-sevā.
No single site yet; the verse introduces the catalog of sixty-eight kṣetras to be named.
A request for nāma-kīrtana (recitation of names) of kṣetras; no specific vrata/snana/dāna is stated here.