नारद उवाच । अहं ते कथयिष्यामि कथामेतां पुरातनीम् । यथा शंखेश्वरो जातः शंखतीर्थं तु पार्थिव
nārada uvāca | ahaṃ te kathayiṣyāmi kathāmetāṃ purātanīm | yathā śaṃkheśvaro jātaḥ śaṃkhatīrthaṃ tu pārthiva
नारद म्हणाले—हे पार्थिवा! मी तुला ही प्राचीन कथा सांगतो—शंखेश्वर कसा प्रकट झाला आणि शंखतीर्थ कसे उत्पन्न झाले.
Nārada
Tirtha: Śaṅkhatīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: The King (pārthiva), contextually Siddhasena
Scene: Nārada begins an ancient narration, gesturing toward the sacred landscape; the king listens as the story of Śaṅkheśvara and Śaṅkhatīrtha’s origin is announced.
Sacred places are rooted in ancient divine narratives; knowing the origin (kathā) deepens faith and the fruit of pilgrimage.
Śaṃkhatīrtha and its deity Śaṃkheśvara.
None; it begins the explanatory narrative of the tīrtha’s origin.