सूत उवाच । प्रश्नभारो महानेष यो भवद्भिः प्रकीर्तितः । तथापि कीर्तयिष्यामि नमस्कृत्वा पिनाकिनम्
sūta uvāca | praśnabhāro mahāneṣa yo bhavadbhiḥ prakīrtitaḥ | tathāpi kīrtayiṣyāmi namaskṛtvā pinākinam
سوت نے کہا: “تم لوگوں نے سوالات کا جو بڑا بوجھ اٹھایا ہے وہ واقعی عظیم ہے۔ پھر بھی، پیناکین (شیو) کو نمسکار کر کے میں اسے بیان کروں گا۔”
Sūta
Tirtha: Aṣṭaṣaṣṭi-kṣetra exposition (about to begin)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: Sūta (or Sūtanandana) folds hands in reverence to Śiva (Pinākin) before beginning a long explanation; sages sit attentively, the atmosphere solemn and expectant.
Purāṇic teaching is transmitted with humility and devotion; narration is sanctified by first honoring Śiva.
No single site is named in this verse; it introduces the forthcoming explanation of the kṣetras’ establishment.
A devotional act is implied: namaskāra (obeisance) to Śiva before undertaking sacred narration.