विशीर्णाः किं प्रभावश्च तपसः सूतनन्दन । किं वा मंत्रप्रभावश्च एतन्नः कौतुकं परम्
viśīrṇāḥ kiṃ prabhāvaśca tapasaḥ sūtanandana | kiṃ vā maṃtraprabhāvaśca etannaḥ kautukaṃ param
ໂອ ບຸດແຫ່ງສູຕາ, ມັນແຕກພັງໄດ້ດ້ວຍອຳນາດໃດ—ເປັນພະລັງແຫ່ງຕະປະ (ການບຳເນັດ) ຫຼື ພະລັງແຫ່ງມັນຕຣາ? ນີ້ແມ່ນຄວາມຢາກຮູ້ອັນສູງສຸດຂອງພວກເຮົາ; ຂໍໃຫ້ເຈົ້າອະທິບາຍໃຫ້ຟັງ.
Sages (ṛṣis) addressing Sūta
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūtanandana
Scene: Close-up of the rishis’ earnest faces as they weigh two possibilities—tapas or mantra—while the narrator listens; symbolic split imagery: a small ascetic fire (tapas) on one side and a rosary/manuscript (mantra) on the other.
Spiritual results are traced to dharmic causes—especially the inner power of tapas and the sacred potency of mantra—inviting inquiry rather than blind belief.
The episode sits in a Tīrthamāhātmya context connected with Kedāra/Kedāreśvara worship (as the following verses indicate).
No direct prescription here; the verse frames a question about whether tapas (austerity) or mantra (sacred recitation) caused the effect.
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