को वा वृष इति प्रोक्तस्तत्खातं येन खानितम् । एतत्सर्वं यथान्यायं कथयस्व ममानघ
ko vā vṛṣa iti proktastatkhātaṃ yena khānitam | etatsarvaṃ yathānyāyaṃ kathayasva mamānagha
E quem é aquele chamado ‘Vṛṣa’? Por quem foi cavado esse ‘Khāta’, o lugar escavado? Conta-me tudo isso corretamente e na devida ordem, ó irrepreensível.
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Vṛṣakhāta
Type: kund
Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya
Scene: Close-up of Yudhiṣṭhira’s questioning gesture toward a drawn plan of a dug basin (khāta) beside a river; the sage indicates the basin, suggesting an origin story about ‘Vṛṣa’.
Sacred geography is to be understood through rightful narration—names and places carry dharmic history worth learning in order.
Vṛṣakhāta, a famed spot associated with Bhṛgu-tīrtha/Bhṛgukaccha.
None; it is an inquiry into origin and naming.
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