तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं देवी नारदस्य सुदान्वितम् । पर्यपृच्छदृषिं भक्त्या धर्मं धर्मभृतांवरा
tacchrutvā vacanaṃ devī nāradasya sudānvitam | paryapṛcchadṛṣiṃ bhaktyā dharmaṃ dharmabhṛtāṃvarā
نارد کے مہربان اور شیریں کلام سن کر، دھرم کو تھامنے والوں میں برتر رانی نے عقیدت سے رِشی سے دھرم کے بارے میں پوچھا۔
Narrator (third-person)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha sphere
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience (implied)
Scene: The queen, dignified and devout, turns from receiving praise to earnest inquiry; Nārada sits as teacher, vīṇā beside him, the setting calm like an āśrama near the river.
Dharma grows through humble inquiry; devotion and questioning a realized sage are praised as the gateway to right practice.
Not specified in this verse; it transitions into teachings within the Revā Khaṇḍa setting.
No specific rite; it introduces the forthcoming instruction on vows, fasting, and charity.