देव्युवाच । भगवन्विस्तराद्ब्रूहि दामोदरमहोदयम् । क्षेत्रगर्भस्य माहात्म्यं कर्णिकारूपसंस्थितम्
devyuvāca | bhagavanvistarādbrūhi dāmodaramahodayam | kṣetragarbhasya māhātmyaṃ karṇikārūpasaṃsthitam
دیوی نے کہا: اے بھگون! دامودر کی عظیم شان مجھے تفصیل سے بیان کیجیے، اور کشتَر کے گربھ (باطنی جوہر) کی مہاتمیا بھی—جو کرنِکا، یعنی کنول کے مرکزی مغز کی صورت میں قائم ہے۔
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (kṣetra-garbha/karṇikā)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara (Śiva)
Scene: The Goddess, reverent and inquisitive, addresses Īśvara; behind them a symbolic lotus-maṇḍala of the kṣetra appears, with a bright central karṇikā indicating Dāmodara’s seat.
True tīrtha-understanding seeks the ‘inner core’ of holiness, not merely external geography—symbolized by the lotus-core (karṇikā).
Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (by context), especially its ‘kṣetra-garbha’—the central, most sacred locus.
None; this is a request for detailed teaching about the site’s inner sanctity and Dāmodara’s glory.