शौनक उवाच । अत्यद्भुतमिदं सूत गुप्तक्षेत्रस्य पावनम् । महन्माहात्म्यमतुलं कीर्तितं हर्षवर्धनम्
śaunaka uvāca | atyadbhutamidaṃ sūta guptakṣetrasya pāvanam | mahanmāhātmyamatulaṃ kīrtitaṃ harṣavardhanam
ಶೌನಕನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಹೇ ಸೂತ, ಇದು ಅತ್ಯದ್ಭುತ—ಗುಪ್ತಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದ ಪಾವನ ಮಹಿಮೆ. ಇದರ ಮಹತ್, ಅತುಲ ಮಾಹಾತ್ಮ್ಯವನ್ನು ಕೀರ್ತಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ; ಅದು ಹರ್ಷವನ್ನು ವೃದ್ಧಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.
Śaunaka
Tirtha: Guptakṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūta
Scene: In Naimiṣāraṇya, Śaunaka addresses Sūta with uplifted hand, eyes bright with wonder; surrounding sages lean in, the atmosphere charged with joy as the ‘Guptakṣetra’ is praised as supremely purifying.
Recognizing and celebrating a kṣetra’s māhātmya strengthens faith and inspires dharmic pilgrimage.
Guptakṣetra is explicitly praised as purifying and wondrous.
No direct prescription; the verse models śraddhā through appreciative acknowledgment of the narrated māhātmya.