शाकटायनवार्द्धिक्यावग्निको बादरायणः । वालखिल्या महात्मानो ये च भूमण्डले स्थिताः
śākaṭāyanavārddhikyāvagniko bādarāyaṇaḥ | vālakhilyā mahātmāno ye ca bhūmaṇḍale sthitāḥ
ત્યાં શાકટાયન, વાર્ધિક્ય, અવગ્નિક અને બાદરાયણ હાજર હતા; તેમજ મહાત્મા વાલખિલ્યગણ અને ભૂમંડળ પર સ્થિત અન્ય શ્રેષ્ઠ ઋષિઓ પણ હતા।
Deductive (Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya narration; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A gathering of venerable ṛṣis—Śākaṭāyana, Vārddhikya, Avagnika, Bādarāyaṇa, and Vālakhilyas—seated in a sacred landscape of Prabhāsa, suggesting an ancient hermitage culture and a tīrtha charged with ascetic presence.
The tīrtha is depicted as universally revered—drawing even the most subtle and austere orders of sages.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra and its sanctified mountain setting described in this chapter.
None; the focus is on the site’s greatness demonstrated by the sages’ congregation.
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