यस्मिन्वटिकया पूर्वं तपस्तप्तं द्विजोत्तमाः । प्राप्ता पुत्रं शुके याते वनं व्यासात्कपिंजलम्
yasminvaṭikayā pūrvaṃ tapastaptaṃ dvijottamāḥ | prāptā putraṃ śuke yāte vanaṃ vyāsātkapiṃjalam
اسی واٹیکا میں پہلے برتر دِویجوں نے تپسیا کی تھی اور پُتر پایا؛ اور جب شُک جنگل کو چلا گیا تو ویاس کی طرف سے کپنجَل وہاں آیا۔
Sūta (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Vāṭikā associated with Vāṭikeśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages
Scene: A dense sacred grove (vāṭikā) with ascetic brāhmaṇas performing tapas; a liṅga shrine under a banyan; a narrative inset shows Śuka departing to the forest while Kapiñjala arrives from Vyāsa, linking the place to sage-tradition.
Austerity performed in a sanctified place is depicted as especially potent, yielding both worldly boons (progeny) and sacred narrative continuity.
The Vaṭikā associated with Vāṭikeśvara in the ongoing sacred-region description.
Tapas (austerity) is referenced as the efficacious practice performed at the Vaṭikā.