देव्युवाच । प्रभासे संस्थिता या तु सावित्री ब्रह्मणः प्रिया । तस्याश्चरित्रं मे ब्रूहि देवदेव जगत्पते
devyuvāca | prabhāse saṃsthitā yā tu sāvitrī brahmaṇaḥ priyā | tasyāścaritraṃ me brūhi devadeva jagatpate
ଦେବୀ କହିଲେ—ହେ ଦେବଦେବ ଜଗତ୍ପତେ! ପ୍ରଭାସରେ ଅବସ୍ଥିତ ବ୍ରହ୍ମାଙ୍କ ପ୍ରିୟା ସାବିତ୍ରୀଙ୍କ ଆଶ୍ଚର୍ଯ୍ୟ ଚରିତ୍ର ମୋତେ କହନ୍ତୁ।
Devī (the Goddess, questioner)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa (with Sāvitrī-sthala)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara/Śiva (addressed as Devadeva, Jagatpati)
Scene: Devī addresses Īśvara with folded hands, asking for the wondrous account of Sāvitrī who abides at Prabhāsa; the background suggests a luminous coastal tīrtha with temple silhouettes and sacred waters.
Reverent inquiry (praśna) into a tīrtha’s sacred narrative is upheld as the gateway to understanding its dharma and spiritual power.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, specifically Sāvitrī’s residence there.
No direct ritual is prescribed; the verse initiates a māhātmya narration through Devī’s question.