कथयन्तः कथां विष्णोः स्वरूपमनुवर्णनम् । तापसाः प्रययुः सर्वे संहृष्टा ब्रह्मणोंऽतिकम्
kathayantaḥ kathāṃ viṣṇoḥ svarūpamanuvarṇanam | tāpasāḥ prayayuḥ sarve saṃhṛṣṭā brahmaṇoṃ'tikam
Habang naglalakbay, ang lahat ng mga asceta ay masayang nagsasalaysay ng katha ni Viṣṇu, inilalarawan ang Kanyang tunay na anyo, at nagpatuloy patungo sa kinaroroonan ni Brahmā.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Dvārakā Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Dvārakā/Prabhāsa narrative corridor (context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (implied)
Scene: A moving caravan of ascetics, smiling and animated, gesturing as they narrate Viṣṇu’s forms; the road itself glows subtly as if sanctified by their kīrtana.
Remembrance and narration of the Lord’s nature (kathā) sanctifies the journey and uplifts the mind.
Dvārakā is the māhātmya setting, though the verse foregrounds devotion to Viṣṇu while approaching Brahmā.
No formal rite is stated; the devotional act is śravaṇa-kīrtana (hearing/reciting sacred narrative).