याते काले महेन्द्रेण सनन्दनमहोत्सवे । निमंत्रितस्तत्कथितां भाविनीमशृणोत्कथाम्
yāte kāle mahendreṇa sanandanamahotsave | nimaṃtritastatkathitāṃ bhāvinīmaśṛṇotkathām
కాలక్రమేణ మహేంద్రుడు సనందన మహోత్సవాన్ని నిర్వహించినప్పుడు, అతడు అక్కడికి ఆహ్వానింపబడి, అతని ద్వారా భవిష్యత్తులో జరిగే విషయకథను వినెను.
Narrator (Purāṇic voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha: Mahendra/Mahendragiri (contextual)
Type: peak
Scene: A grand festival on a sacred mountain: banners, sacrificial fires, sages seated in rows; Mahendra/host presides; the invited king listens as a revered speaker narrates future events; celestial beings hover.
Divine counsel and foreknowledge guide a dharmic life, especially when linked to sacred vows and pilgrimages.
Not named in this verse; it sets up the later instruction about a specific tīrtha in the Setu region.
None explicitly here; the verse introduces a forthcoming instruction.
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