ततः प्रोवाच तं दूतं धर्मराजः प्रहर्षितः । गोकर्णं पुरतो दृष्ट्वा द्वितीयं प्रस्थितं गृहम्
tataḥ provāca taṃ dūtaṃ dharmarājaḥ praharṣitaḥ | gokarṇaṃ purato dṛṣṭvā dvitīyaṃ prasthitaṃ gṛham
するとダルマラージャは、第二のゴーカルナが御前に立つのを見て大いに喜び、出立していたその使者に語りかけた。
Sūta (continued narration)
Tirtha: Gokarṇa (brāhmaṇa-name in narrative)
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)
Scene: Dharmarāja, delighted, beholds the second Gokarṇa standing before him and addresses the messenger who had gone forth.
The Purāṇic narrative highlights the ordered governance of dharma, where even messengers and their missions are evaluated within cosmic law.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the Dharmarāja episode associated with the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya.
None; it introduces Dharmarāja’s speech to the messenger.
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