एकस्मिन्दिवसे विप्राः सर्वे यदुकुमारकाः । वनं जग्मुर्मृगान्हन्तुं सर्वे कृष्णसमन्विताः
ekasmindivase viprāḥ sarve yadukumārakāḥ | vanaṃ jagmurmṛgānhantuṃ sarve kṛṣṇasamanvitāḥ
Un jour, ô brāhmanes, tous les princes des Yadu allèrent dans la forêt pour chasser le cerf, tous accompagnés de Kṛṣṇa.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Dvārakā (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas/Ṛṣis
Scene: A group of Yadu princes with bows and hunting gear enter a forest; Kṛṣṇa at the center, serene, blue-hued, guiding the party.
Purāṇic episodes often begin with ordinary activities that become occasions for divine intervention and moral instruction.
Dvārakā is the māhātmya-frame; the forest episode functions as narrative lead-in to a Dvārakā-centered revelation.
None; it is a narrative transition verse.