ऋषय ऊचुः । अष्टषष्टिप्रमाणानि यानि क्षेत्राणि सूतज । त्वयोक्तानि च तान्येव नामतो नः प्रकीर्तय
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | aṣṭaṣaṣṭipramāṇāni yāni kṣetrāṇi sūtaja | tvayoktāni ca tānyeva nāmato naḥ prakīrtaya
ரிஷிகள் கூறினர்— ஓ சூதபுத்ரா! நீ கூறிய அறுபத்தெட்டு புண்ணியக் க்ஷேத்ரங்களை, அவற்றையே எங்களுக்கு பெயர்களோடு தெளிவாக மீண்டும் உரைத்தருள்வாய்।
Ṛṣis (Sages)
Tirtha: Sixty-eight kṣetras (a catalogued set)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūta
Scene: Sages seated in a forest hermitage address Sūta with folded hands, requesting the names of the sixty-eight kṣetras; a subtle map-like scroll or garland of place-names symbolizes the coming catalogue.
Pilgrimage is guided by śruti-smṛti style remembrance: naming and recalling kṣetras becomes a dhārmic act that directs seekers toward tīrtha-sevā.
No single site yet; the verse introduces the catalog of sixty-eight kṣetras to be named.
A request for nāma-kīrtana (recitation of names) of kṣetras; no specific vrata/snana/dāna is stated here.
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