शंखतीर्थे स्थितो नित्यं समाहूय ततः सुतान् । पुत्रान्पौत्रांस्तथा भृत्यान्वाक्यमेतदुवाच ह
śaṃkhatīrthe sthito nityaṃ samāhūya tataḥ sutān | putrānpautrāṃstathā bhṛtyānvākyametaduvāca ha
彼は常にシャṅカティールタに住し、やがて息子たちを、さらに孫たちと従者たちも呼び集めて、次の言葉を告げた。
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Śaṅkhatīrtha
Type: ghat
Scene: At Śaṅkhatīrtha, the elder founder sits in a sacred precinct and summons sons, grandsons, and attendants into an orderly assembly to deliver a charge of protection.
Dharma is preserved through deliberate transmission—elders instruct heirs and dependents to uphold sacred trusts.
Śaṅkhatīrtha.
No specific rite is prescribed here; it introduces an instruction regarding dharmic protection connected to the tīrtha.