ऋषय ऊचुः । असंख्यातानि तीर्थानि त्वयोक्ता न्यत्र सूतज । देवमानुषजातानि देवतायतनानि च । तथा वानरजातानि राक्षसस्थापितानि च
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | asaṃkhyātāni tīrthāni tvayoktā nyatra sūtaja | devamānuṣajātāni devatāyatanāni ca | tathā vānarajātāni rākṣasasthāpitāni ca
رِشیوں نے کہا: اے سوت کے فرزند! تم نے دوسری جگہوں پر بے شمار تیرتھ بیان کیے ہیں—جو دیوتاؤں اور انسانوں سے وابستہ ہیں، اور دیوتاؤں کے آستانے بھی؛ اسی طرح وانر نسلوں سے متعلق اور راکشسوں کے قائم کردہ بھی۔
Ṛṣis (Sages)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūtaputra (Sūta’s son, the reciter)
Scene: A forest hermitage assembly of ṛṣis addressing Sūta’s son, with scrolls/leaf-manuscripts and a symbolic map-like spread of tīrthas—shrines of devas, humans, vānara and rākṣasa founders indicated by emblematic figures.
Sacred geography is vast and multi-layered; tīrthas arise through divine presence, human devotion, and mythic history.
No single tīrtha is named yet; the sages introduce a broader inquiry about tīrthas and their fruits.
None here; it frames the discussion by classifying types of tīrthas and shrines.