कथयिष्यामि भूनाथ यत्पृष्टं तु त्वयाऽनघ । नमस्कृत्य विरूपाक्षं वेदव्यासं महाकविम्
kathayiṣyāmi bhūnātha yatpṛṣṭaṃ tu tvayā'nagha | namaskṛtya virūpākṣaṃ vedavyāsaṃ mahākavim
اے زمین کے مالک، اے بے عیب! جو کچھ تم نے پوچھا ہے میں وہ بیان کروں گا—پہلے تین آنکھوں والے ربّ وِروپاکش اور مہاکوی ویدویاس کو سجدۂ تعظیم کر کے۔
Vaiśaṃpāyana
Listener: Bhūnatha (king) (implied by address)
Scene: Vaiśaṃpāyana promises to narrate, first offering obeisance to Virūpākṣa (three-eyed Śiva) and to Vedavyāsa; a devotional preface before the pilgrimage account.
Dharmic narration begins with reverence—saluting Śiva and the guru-lineage that safeguards sacred history.
No specific site is named; it is an invocation that sanctifies the coming Revā tīrtha account.
Namaskāra (obeisance) to the deity (Śiva as Virūpākṣa) and to Vyāsa before recitation/teaching.