युधिष्ठिर उवाच । किमर्थं मुनिशार्दूल ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः । आराधयद्देवदेवं महाभक्त्या महेश्वरम्
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | kimarthaṃ muniśārdūla brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ | ārādhayaddevadevaṃ mahābhaktyā maheśvaram
યુધિષ્ઠિરે કહ્યું—હે મુનિશાર્દૂલ! લોકપિતામહ બ્રહ્માએ કયા કારણથી દેવદેવ મહેશ્વરની મહાભક્તિથી આરાધના કરી?
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Bhṛgu-tīrtha / Paitāmaha (contextual)
Type: ghat
Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira respectfully questions Mārkaṇḍeya, hands folded, about why Brahmā worshipped Maheśvara; the riverbank hermitage setting suggests a teaching moment before the tīrtha visit.
True inquiry (jijñāsā) into sacred history deepens faith; even Brahmā’s devotion to Śiva is presented as worthy of contemplation.
Implicitly the Bhṛgu-tīrtha context continues, though the verse itself frames the question about Brahmā’s worship rather than naming the site.
None directly; it introduces the rationale behind Brahmā’s ārādhana of Maheśvara.
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