सोऽहं देवि वदिष्यामि कर्णं देहि वरानने । पृथिव्यामपि सर्वेषां तीर्थानां सुरसुंदरि
so'haṃ devi vadiṣyāmi karṇaṃ dehi varānane | pṛthivyāmapi sarveṣāṃ tīrthānāṃ surasuṃdari
ଏହେତୁ, ହେ ଦେବୀ, ମୁଁ କହିବି—ହେ ବରାନନେ, କାନ ଦେଇ ଶୁଣ। ହେ ସୁରସୁନ୍ଦରୀ, ପୃଥିବୀରେ ଥିବା ସମସ୍ତ ତୀର୍ଥ ବିଷୟରେ ମୁଁ ବର୍ଣ୍ଣନା କରିବି।
Śiva
Tirtha: Sarva-tīrtha-kathā (leading to Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: The narrator invites Devī to listen to a grand enumeration of earthly tīrthas—suggesting a cosmic map unfurling before them.
Scriptural listening (śravaṇa) is presented as the gateway to understanding tīrtha-māhātmya.
This verse introduces discourse on all earthly tīrthas, within the Prabhāsa-centered narrative.
Attentive listening to the teaching (karṇaṃ dehi), implying śravaṇa as a dharmic practice.