युधिष्ठिर उवाच । तस्य तीर्थस्य माहात्म्यं श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः । भ्रातृभिः सहितः सर्वैस्तथान्यैर्द्विजसत्तमैः
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | tasya tīrthasya māhātmyaṃ śrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ | bhrātṛbhiḥ sahitaḥ sarvaistathānyairdvijasattamaiḥ
ಯುಧಿಷ್ಠಿರನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಆ ತೀರ್ಥದ ತತ್ತ್ವಸಹಿತ ಮಹಾತ್ಮ್ಯವನ್ನು ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಿ ಕೇಳಲು ಇಚ್ಛಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ; ನನ್ನ ಎಲ್ಲ ಸಹೋದರರೊಂದಿಗೆ ಹಾಗೂ ಇತರ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣರೊಂದಿಗೆ।
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Śukla-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira seated respectfully with the Pāṇḍavas and assembled brāhmaṇa-sages, requesting the full truth of the tīrtha’s greatness from Mārkaṇḍeya.
Approaching tīrtha-glories with sincere inquiry and in the company of the righteous is itself a dhārmic act.
Śukla-tīrtha is the subject being requested for detailed glorification.
No ritual is prescribed; the verse frames a listening (śravaṇa) context for receiving the tīrtha-māhātmya.