आपस्तंबोऽथ संवर्तः कात्यः कात्यायनो मुनिः । गौतमः शंखलिखितौ तथा वाचस्पतिर्मुनिः
āpastaṃbo'tha saṃvartaḥ kātyaḥ kātyāyano muniḥ | gautamaḥ śaṃkhalikhitau tathā vācaspatirmuniḥ
Di sana juga ada Āpastamba dan Saṃvarta; Kātya dan resi Kātyāyana; Gautama; Śaṅkha dan Likhita; serta resi Vācaspati.
Deductive (Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya narration; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience
Scene: A scholarly-ascetic gathering: sages holding palm-leaf texts and ritual ladles; a central fire-altar; the sea and temple spire in the background; the atmosphere suggests dharma-śāstra recitation and debate.
Holy places are validated by the presence of realized sages; their tapas and dharma make the kṣetra spiritually potent.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, especially the setting associated with Kṛtasmara Parvata in this chapter’s narrative.
None directly; the verse functions as a reverential catalogue of ṛṣis present at the sacred site.