अत्र श्लोकौ पुरा गीतौ नारदैन सुर षिंणा । शृण्वंतु मुनयः सर्वे कीर्त्यमानौ मया हि तौ
atra ślokau purā gītau nāradaina sura ṣiṃṇā | śṛṇvaṃtu munayaḥ sarve kīrtyamānau mayā hi tau
یہاں پہلے دو شلوک نارَد نے گائے تھے، جو دیوتاؤں میں رِشی ہیں۔ سب مُنی سنیں، کیونکہ میں اب وہ دونوں شلوک بیان کر رہا ہوں۔
Sūta
Listener: munayaḥ sarve (all sages)
Scene: An assembly of munis seated in a forest āśrama; the narrator recites while invoking Nārada’s earlier song; Nārada appears in memory/vision holding vīṇā.
Tīrtha-māhātmya is preserved through a lineage of transmission; authoritative remembrance strengthens faith and practice.
The verses about to be quoted concern the Bālamaṇḍana tīrtha and Śakreśvara in this chapter’s context.
No ritual is prescribed; it introduces a traditional quotation attributed to Nārada.