पुरा पुरः श्रीदपत्न्याः श्रीमुख्या ब्रह्मसूनुना । नारदेन सुतार्थिन्या व्रतमेतदुदीरितम्
purā puraḥ śrīdapatnyāḥ śrīmukhyā brahmasūnunā | nāradena sutārthinyā vratametadudīritam
កាលពីបុរាណ នារ៉ដៈ កូនប្រុសព្រះព្រហ្ម បានបង្រៀនវ្រតនេះដល់ ស្រីមុខ្យា ព្រះមហេសីដ៏អធិការរបស់ព្រះស្រី (វិษ្ណុ) នៅពេលព្រះនាងប្រាថ្នាពរកូនប្រុស។
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sage Nārada, veena in hand, instructs Śrī (Lakṣmī) seated beside Viṣṇu, conveying a vrata for putra-prāpti; a subtle Kāśī aura—ghats or a liṅga silhouette—frames the teaching.
A dharmic vow (vrata), taught by a realized sage, becomes a sanctified means to seek righteous aims—here, progeny—through devotion and disciplined practice.
The broader setting is Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, where vratas and worship are framed as especially meritorious.
This verse introduces the vrata’s authoritative origin (Nārada’s instruction); the detailed ritual steps follow in subsequent verses.