हिमवानुवाच । का त्वं देवि विशालाक्षि शंस मे संशयो महान्
himavānuvāca | kā tvaṃ devi viśālākṣi śaṃsa me saṃśayo mahān
హిమవానుడు అన్నాడు— “ఓ విశాలనేత్రి దేవీ, నీవెవరు? నాకు చెప్పు; నా సందేహం మహత్తరమైనది.”
Himavān
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dialogue-frame audience within Prabhāsakhaṇḍa
Scene: Himavān, hands folded, eyes lowered yet intent, asks the wide-eyed Goddess her identity; Devī stands tranquil, ready to reveal her nature.
Revelation begins with sincere inquiry; doubt is resolved not by argument alone but by approaching the divine with humility.
Vastrāpathakṣetra, as the setting for a direct theophany and dialogue with the Goddess.
None; this verse initiates the revelatory dialogue.