व्यास उवाच । अथ किंचिद्गते काले युगांतसमये सति । त्रेतादौ लोलजिह्वाक्ष अभवद्राक्षसेश्वरः
vyāsa uvāca | atha kiṃcidgate kāle yugāṃtasamaye sati | tretādau lolajihvākṣa abhavadrākṣaseśvaraḥ
ویاس نے فرمایا: “پھر کچھ زمانہ گزرنے پر، جب یُگ کے اختتام کا وقت قریب آیا، تریتا یُگ کے آغاز میں لولَجِہواکش نامی راکشسوں کا سردار پیدا ہوا۔”
Vyāsa
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: Vyāsa narrates the ominous emergence of a rākṣasa-lord at the dawn of Tretā; visualized as a shadowy figure rising against a cosmic backdrop of turning ages.
Purāṇas frame moral decline and renewal through yuga-cycles; adharma rises, and sacred spaces become arenas for dharma’s protection.
Dharmāraṇya is the locus of the coming events; its sanctity is highlighted by the threat that approaches it.
None in this verse; it sets historical-cosmic context for the narrative.