सांप्रतं कीर्तयिष्यामि कथां पातकनाशिनीम् । केदारसंभवां पुण्यां तां शृणुध्वं समाहिताः
sāṃprataṃ kīrtayiṣyāmi kathāṃ pātakanāśinīm | kedārasaṃbhavāṃ puṇyāṃ tāṃ śṛṇudhvaṃ samāhitāḥ
اب میں ایک گناہ نِیست کرنے والی حکایت بیان کروں گا—جو کیدار سے اُبھری ہوئی، پاک اور پُنیہ بخش ہے۔ تم سب یکسو دل سے اسے سنو۔
Sūta
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedārnātha)
Type: peak
Listener: Ṛṣis (samāhitāḥ requested)
Scene: Sūta announces a new sacred tale; behind him, a visionary glimpse of snow-clad Kedāra peaks and a stone Śiva shrine, suggesting the tale’s Himalayan origin entering the Nāgara landscape.
Hearing sacred tīrtha-kathā with attention is itself purifying and supports inner transformation.
Kedāra (Kedarnath tradition) is named as the source-context of the forthcoming holy account.
Śravaṇa (devout listening) with concentration is prescribed as the proper approach to the kathā.