वाल्लभ्यात्तव मे भद्रे कथितं वै वरानने । अष्टषष्टिः प्रगम्यानि भक्त्या तीर्थानि मानवैः
vāllabhyāttava me bhadre kathitaṃ vai varānane | aṣṭaṣaṣṭiḥ pragamyāni bhaktyā tīrthāni mānavaiḥ
ஓ பத்திரே, ஓ வரானனே! உன்னிடத்திலுள்ள அன்பினால் நான் உண்மையாகச் சொல்கிறேன்—மனிதர்கள் பக்தியுடன் அறுபத்தெட்டு தீர்த்தங்களைச் சென்று தரிசிக்க வேண்டும்.
Śiva (deduced)
Tirtha: Aṣṭaṣaṣṭi-tīrtha-samuccaya (set of 68 tīrthas)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (addressed as bhadrā/varānanā)
Scene: A map-like narrative tableau: Devī receiving a revealed list; in the background, a procession of pilgrims moving from shrine to shrine, suggesting a chain of 68 sacred stops.
Pilgrimage is framed as a devotional discipline: holy places yield their fruit when approached with bhakti, not mere travel.
The verse highlights the canonical set of sixty-eight tīrthas as a whole; individual sites are named in subsequent verses.
Devotional visitation (bhaktyā pragamyāni)—the instruction is to undertake tīrtha-yātrā with devotion.