रुद्रस्यानुचरौ राजन्नंदी भृंगी शुभाननौ । पूर्वदृष्टाश्च ताः कन्याः कथयामासतुः शिवम्
rudrasyānucarau rājannaṃdī bhṛṃgī śubhānanau | pūrvadṛṣṭāśca tāḥ kanyāḥ kathayāmāsatuḥ śivam
Tâu Đại vương, Nandī và Bhṛṅgī—tùy tùng của Rudra, dung nhan đoan chính—đã bẩm với Śiva về những thiếu nữ mà họ từng thấy trước đó.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator addressing the King)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (rājan)
Scene: Nandī and Bhṛṅgī, radiant attendants of Rudra, stand before Śiva and narrate what they previously witnessed—mysterious maidens—setting a mythic inquiry in motion.
Devotees and divine attendants serve dharma by truthfully reporting what concerns sacred order to Śiva, the guardian of cosmic balance.
The setting is Dharmāraṇya, a sacred forest-region presented as a dharma-centered holy landscape in this section.
No explicit ritual is prescribed in this verse; it introduces a report being delivered to Śiva.