यत्र साम्बं पुरस्कृत्य भविष्यति कथानकम् । प्रोच्यते तत्पुनर्लोके सांबमेव मुनिव्रताः
yatra sāmbaṃ puraskṛtya bhaviṣyati kathānakam | procyate tatpunarloke sāṃbameva munivratāḥ
اے ثابت عہد رِشیو! جو حکایت سامب کو پیشِ نظر رکھ کر بیان کی جائے گی، وہی حکایت دنیا میں پھر صرف ‘سامب’ ہی کے نام سے معروف ہے۔
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Muni-vratāḥ / dvija-ṛṣis (assembly of sages)
Scene: A forest-āśrama assembly at Prabhāsa: steady-vowed sages seated in a semicircle as the narrator announces a kathā with Sāmba placed foremost, implying a named scripture-tradition.
Purāṇic teachings are organized around exemplary figures; centering a narrative on a key devotee or hero preserves its intended dharmic message.
The surrounding section is the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya; this verse itself focuses on identifying a Sāmba-centered narration rather than a named tīrtha.
None; it identifies a Sāmba-focused narrative tradition.