कासि कस्यासि कल्याणि किमर्थं चापि रोदिषि । पृष्टा सा च रतिः सर्वं यथावृत्तं न्यवेदयत्
kāsi kasyāsi kalyāṇi kimarthaṃ cāpi rodiṣi | pṛṣṭā sā ca ratiḥ sarvaṃ yathāvṛttaṃ nyavedayat
“เจ้าเป็นใคร เป็นของผู้ใด โอ้สตรีผู้เป็นมงคล และเหตุใดจึงร่ำไห้?” เมื่อถูกถามเช่นนั้น นางรตีจึงเล่าเรื่องทั้งหมดตามที่เกิดขึ้นจริง
Nārada (narration; dialogue attributed to Himālaya)
Tirtha: Himādri-śṛṅga (mythic peak)
Type: peak
Scene: Himālaya, as a dignified elder, asks Rati her identity and the cause of her tears; Rati begins to recount the full story.
Purāṇic narrative uses compassionate inquiry and truthful recounting to reveal dharma behind painful events.
None explicitly; the setting remains the Himālaya region.
None.