ऋषय ऊचुः । असंख्यातानि तीर्थानि त्वयोक्ता न्यत्र सूतज । देवमानुषजातानि देवतायतनानि च । तथा वानरजातानि राक्षसस्थापितानि च
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | asaṃkhyātāni tīrthāni tvayoktā nyatra sūtaja | devamānuṣajātāni devatāyatanāni ca | tathā vānarajātāni rākṣasasthāpitāni ca
Мудрецы сказали: «О сын Су́ты, в иных местах ты поведал о бесчисленных тиртхах — священных местах омовения — связанных с богами и людьми, а также о святилищах божеств; равно и о тех, что относятся к родам ванаров, и о тех, что были основаны ракшасами».
Ṛṣis (Sages)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūtaputra (Sūta’s son, the reciter)
Scene: A forest hermitage assembly of ṛṣis addressing Sūta’s son, with scrolls/leaf-manuscripts and a symbolic map-like spread of tīrthas—shrines of devas, humans, vānara and rākṣasa founders indicated by emblematic figures.
Sacred geography is vast and multi-layered; tīrthas arise through divine presence, human devotion, and mythic history.
No single tīrtha is named yet; the sages introduce a broader inquiry about tīrthas and their fruits.
None here; it frames the discussion by classifying types of tīrthas and shrines.