कृतः समाश्रयस्तत्र क्षेत्रे तीर्थैः शुभावहे । बहुत्वादथ कालस्य बहूनि द्विजसत्तमाः
kṛtaḥ samāśrayastatra kṣetre tīrthaiḥ śubhāvahe | bahutvādatha kālasya bahūni dvijasattamāḥ
त्या शुभ व कल्याणदायी क्षेत्रात तीर्थांनी एकत्र आश्रय केला; परंतु काळ फार वाढल्याने, हे द्विजश्रेष्ठांनो, त्यांपैकी अनेक (तीर्थे) बदलून गेली।
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvija-sattamāḥ (elite Brāhmaṇa audience)
Scene: A wide sacred landscape where many tīrtha-personifications (river-goddesses, sages, liṅgas, kuṇḍas) converge as if taking shelter in one radiant kṣetra; in the distance, faint signs of erosion/time hint that some sites will fade.
A kṣetra is a stable spiritual refuge even when individual shrines or markers change across long periods of time.
The auspicious Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra is presented as the shared abode of many tīrthas.
None explicitly; the verse frames the sacred landscape and its continuity.