पुरा त्वष्टुः सुतो जज्ञे वृत्रो हि द्विजसत्तमाः । पुलोमदुहितुः पार्श्वाद्विभावर्याः सुवीर्यवान्
purā tvaṣṭuḥ suto jajñe vṛtro hi dvijasattamāḥ | pulomaduhituḥ pārśvādvibhāvaryāḥ suvīryavān
प्राचीन काळी, हे द्विजश्रेष्ठांनो, त्वष्ट्याचा पुत्र वृत्र जन्मला—पुलोमाची कन्या विभावरीच्या गर्भ-पार्श्वातून—अतिशय पराक्रमी.
Narratorial voice within Tīrthamāhātmya (contextually Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa-type narrator)
Listener: Dvija-sattamāḥ / ṛṣi-assembly
Scene: Mythic birth tableau: Tvaṣṭṛ as divine artisan-sage; Vibhāvarī (Puloman’s daughter) giving birth to Vṛtra, depicted not as monstrous but as radiant and powerful, foreshadowing an unusual dharmic asura.
Purāṇas frame tīrtha teachings within sacred history, showing how destinies and dharma unfold through lineage and divine order.
Not specified in this verse; it functions as narrative setup within the ongoing tīrtha-māhātmya.
None; this verse provides genealogical background.
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