Shloka 57
Puruṣottama-māhātmya
The Greatness of Puruṣottama Kṣetra
प्रवक्ष्यामि समासेन श्रिया पृष्टं च यत्पुरा । सुमेरोः कांचने श्रृंगे सर्वाश्चर्यसमन्विते ॥ ५७ ॥
pravakṣyāmi samāsena śriyā pṛṣṭaṃ ca yatpurā | sumeroḥ kāṃcane śrṛṃge sarvāścaryasamanvite || 57 ||
ਹੁਣ ਮੈਂ ਸੰਖੇਪ ਵਿੱਚ ਉਹ ਦੱਸਾਂਗਾ ਜੋ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਸ਼੍ਰੀ (ਲਕਸ਼ਮੀ) ਨੇ ਸੁਮੇਰੂ ਦੇ ਸੋਨੇ ਦੇ ਸ਼ਿਖਰ ਉੱਤੇ, ਸਭ ਅਚੰਭਿਆਂ ਨਾਲ ਭਰੇ ਧਾਮ ਵਿੱਚ ਪੁੱਛਿਆ ਸੀ।
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It frames the teaching as a sacred recollection: knowledge is presented as a remembered divine dialogue (Lakṣmī’s inquiry), giving authority and sanctity to what follows.
By invoking Śrī (Lakṣmī) and a wondrous sacred setting, the verse prepares the listener for devotional hearing (śravaṇa) of a holy narrative—an essential bhakti practice in Purāṇic tradition.
No specific Vedāṅga technique is taught in this line; it functions as a narrative preface establishing speaker, setting, and lineage of instruction.