चमत्कारपुरे पूर्वमासीत्कश्चित्सुशल्यवित् । रजकः शुद्धकोनाम पुत्रपौत्रसमन्वितः
camatkārapure pūrvamāsītkaścitsuśalyavit | rajakaḥ śuddhakonāma putrapautrasamanvitaḥ
Thuở xưa, tại thành Camatkārapura, có một người thợ giặt tên là Śuddhaka, tinh thông nghề nghiệp, và có đủ con trai cùng cháu nội.
Sūta (narrator, continuing)
Listener: Dvijottamāḥ (assembled brāhmaṇas/sages)
Scene: A bustling town scene: the washerman Śuddhaka at work with dyed cloth bundles, surrounded by sons and grandsons; the town’s name hints at marvels to come.
Purāṇas link tīrtha-māhātmya to everyday social life, showing how ordinary professions become part of dharmic storytelling.
The immediate setting is Camatkārapura; the tīrtha context continues from Śuklatīrtha in the same adhyāya.
None; the verse introduces a character and locale for the ensuing tīrtha-related account.