ऋषय ऊचुः । यास्त्वया देवताः प्रोक्ताश्चतस्रः सूतनंदन । चमत्कारी महित्था च महालक्ष्मीस्तथाऽपरा
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | yāstvayā devatāḥ proktāścatasraḥ sūtanaṃdana | camatkārī mahitthā ca mahālakṣmīstathā'parā
Мудрецы сказали: О сын Суты, ты поведал о четырёх божествах — Чаматкари, Махиттхе и также о Махалакшми как о ещё одной.
Ṛṣis (Sages)
Listener: Sūtanandana (son of Sūta)
Scene: A circle of sages addresses Sūtanandana, asking about four deities—Camatkārī, Mahitthā, Mahālakṣmī, and another—setting a tone of curiosity and reverence.
Pilgrimage narratives proceed through inquiry and clarification, emphasizing careful remembrance of the kṣetra’s presiding deities.
The Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra milieu in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, where multiple local deities are enumerated.
None; it is an interrogative setup for a fuller description of the deities and their māhātmya.