कृतार्हणातिथ्यविधिं विश्रांतं मां च फाल्गुन । प्रणम्य तेऽथ पप्रच्छुर्नाडीजंघपुरः सराः
kṛtārhaṇātithyavidhiṃ viśrāṃtaṃ māṃ ca phālguna | praṇamya te'tha papracchurnāḍījaṃghapuraḥ sarāḥ
Ô Phālguna, après qu’ils eurent accompli comme il se doit les rites d’accueil de l’hôte et que j’eus pris repos, les gens de Nāḍījaṅgha, s’étant inclinés avec vénération, m’interrogèrent.
Narrator (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Nāḍījaṅgha (as a dharmic settlement in the narrative)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Phālguna
Scene: Residents welcome the sage: offering pādya/arghya, a seat, and food; the sage rests; afterward, the group bows and begins inquiry.
Honoring guests (ātithya) is presented as a foundational dharma that prepares the ground for higher spiritual inquiry.
The verse sets up a discourse that will soon point toward Kāśī/Varanasi through the yogī Saṃvarta, though this line itself names Nāḍījaṅgha.
Proper guest-honoring rites (arhaṇa and ātithya-vidhi) are referenced as the prescribed conduct.