श्रीराम उवाच । एतदाश्चर्यमतुलं किमादि द्वारकाभवत् । कियत्कालसमुत्पन्ना वसिष्ठेदं वदस्व मे
śrīrāma uvāca | etadāścaryamatulaṃ kimādi dvārakābhavat | kiyatkālasamutpannā vasiṣṭhedaṃ vadasva me
શ્રીરામ બોલ્યા—આ અતુલ આશ્ચર્ય! દ્વારકાનો આરંભ કેવી રીતે થયો, કયા આદિથી? કેટલા કાળ પછી તે ઉત્પન્ન થઈ? હે વસિષ્ઠ, મને આ કહો.
Śrī Rāma
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Vasiṣṭha
Scene: Rāma, in a contemplative pause during pilgrimage, asks about the wondrous beginning of Dvārakā; the imagined city glimmers in the mind—gates, sea, and divine architecture—while the sage listens.
Reverence for sacred places includes inquiry into their divine origin; knowing a tīrtha’s beginnings deepens faith and right practice.
Dvārakā is introduced as a wondrous sacred city within the pilgrimage discourse.
None; this verse is a question initiating a māhātmya-style explanation.