तीर्थभूतं हि कस्माच्च कारणात्तद्वदस्व मे । ब्राह्मणाः कतिसं ख्याकाः केन वै स्थापिताः पुरा
tīrthabhūtaṃ hi kasmācca kāraṇāttadvadasva me | brāhmaṇāḥ katisaṃ khyākāḥ kena vai sthāpitāḥ purā
ຂໍທ່ານຈົ່ງບອກຂ້າພະເຈົ້າວ່າ ເພາະເຫດໃດສະຖານທີ່ນີ້ຈຶ່ງກາຍເປັນ ຕີຣຖະ (tīrtha) ອັນສັກສິດ? ແລະມີພຣາຫມັນຈຳນວນເທົ່າໃດ—ໃນການເກົ່າແກ່ ໃຜເປັນຜູ້ສະຖາປະນາໄວ້ທີ່ນີ້?
Unspecified in snippet (a questioner addressing a sage; likely the king in dialogue with Vyāsa in this narrative frame)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya Tīrtha (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A respectful interlocutor questions a sage in a forest-hermitage setting, pointing toward a sanctified ford/clearing marked by ritual signs (kuśa, water-pot, sacrificial ground).
A tīrtha is not merely a location; its sanctity is grounded in a specific sacred cause and dhārmic establishment.
Dharmāraṇya is the setting; the verse asks about the reason it attained tīrtha-status.
None explicitly; the verse is an inquiry into origin, numbers, and establishment.