धर्मपुत्रवचः श्रुत्वा मार्कण्डेयो मुनीश्वरः । स्मितं कृत्वा बभाषे तां कथां पापप्रणाशनीम्
dharmaputravacaḥ śrutvā mārkaṇḍeyo munīśvaraḥ | smitaṃ kṛtvā babhāṣe tāṃ kathāṃ pāpapraṇāśanīm
دھرم پُتر کے کلمات سن کر مُنی اِشور مارکنڈےیہ نے ہلکی مسکراہٹ کی، پھر اس پاک حکایت کو بیان کیا جو گناہوں کا ناس کرتی ہے۔
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator introducing Mārkaṇḍeya’s reply)
Tirtha: Revā-kathā (within Revā Khaṇḍa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka (frame, implied) / audience of sages
Scene: Mārkaṇḍeya, serene and smiling, begins a sacred tale before Yudhiṣṭhira; disciples sit around, palm-leaf texts and a small fire altar nearby, indicating transmission of a sin-destroying kathā.
Hearing and sharing sacred Purāṇic history is presented as a means to purify sin and strengthen dharma.
The verse frames a purifying narration within the Revā Khaṇḍa setting but does not name a specific tīrtha in this line.
Implicitly, kathā-śravaṇa (listening to sacred narration) is recommended as spiritually purifying.