विभक्तो भक्तलोकानामानन्दप्रथनः शुभः । मृकण्डतनयः पूर्वं प्राह पार्थाय पृच्छते
vibhakto bhaktalokānāmānandaprathanaḥ śubhaḥ | mṛkaṇḍatanayaḥ pūrvaṃ prāha pārthāya pṛcchate
ଭକ୍ତଲୋକମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ଆନନ୍ଦ ପ୍ରସାର କରୁଥିବା, ଶୁଭ ଓ ହିତକର ଏହି ବିଷୟକୁ ମୃକଣ୍ଡୁଙ୍କ ପୁତ୍ର (ମାର୍କଣ୍ଡେୟ) ପୂର୍ବେ ପ୍ରଶ୍ନକାରୀ ପାର୍ଥଙ୍କୁ କହିଥିଲେ।
Sūta (narrating earlier tradition)
Listener: ṛṣis (framing audience)
Scene: Mārkaṇḍeya, son of Mṛkaṇḍa, speaks auspiciously to Pārtha (Arjuna) who asks; the teaching is portrayed as joy-giving to devotees.
Pilgrimage-wisdom is preserved through saintly transmission, intended to nourish devotees with auspicious joy.
Not a single site; the verse frames the authority behind the Revā tīrtha teaching tradition.
None; it establishes the prior teaching context (Mārkaṇḍeya instructing Arjuna).