अर्जुन उवाच । क्व कलापं च द्ग्रामं कथं शक्यं बिलेन च । कथं स्कंदप्रसादः स्यादेतन्मे ब्रूहि नारद
arjuna uvāca | kva kalāpaṃ ca dgrāmaṃ kathaṃ śakyaṃ bilena ca | kathaṃ skaṃdaprasādaḥ syādetanme brūhi nārada
Arjuna dit : «Où se trouve le village de Kalāpa, et comment peut-on l’atteindre par une grotte ? Et comment obtient-on la grâce de Skanda ? Dis-le-moi, ô Nārada.»
Arjuna
Tirtha: Kalāpa/Kalāpaka (hidden settlement)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nārada
Scene: Arjuna, attentive and reverent, questions sage Nārada seated in a Himalayan hermitage setting; behind them, a stylized map-like landscape shows Kedāra, a cave entrance, and a distant hidden valley labeled Kalāpa.
A sincere seeker asks both for geography (where/how) and theology (how grace is gained)—uniting yātrā with bhakti.
Kalāpa-grāma is introduced as a sacred destination connected to the Kedāra-region narrative.
Not yet; Arjuna inquires about the means to obtain Skanda’s prasāda, which is answered in following verses.