एवंविधं नमस्कृत्य परमात्मानमीश्वरम् । कथां वदिष्ये द्विविधां द्विशरीरां तथैव तु
evaṃvidhaṃ namaskṛtya paramātmānamīśvaram | kathāṃ vadiṣye dvividhāṃ dviśarīrāṃ tathaiva tu
یوں پرماتما، ربِّ مطلق کو سجدۂ تعظیم کرکے، اب میں اس مقدّس حکایت کو بیان کروں گا—طریق میں دو رُخی، اور اسی طرح دو قالب/دو پہلوؤں والی صورت میں۔
Romaharṣaṇa (Sūta)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Assembly of ṛṣis/śrotṛs (implied)
Scene: A narrator-sage, seated with palm-leaf manuscript, bows to a radiant, unseen Lord before commencing the Prabhāsa account; two scrolls or two panels hint at the ‘twofold/double-bodied’ structure.
After salutations to the Supreme, sacred storytelling becomes a disciplined transmission of dharma and tīrtha-glory.
The coming narration concerns Prabhāsakṣetra; this verse signals the beginning of its māhātmya account.
No specific ritual; it establishes the customary order: obeisance first, then dharmic narration.