ततो वस्त्रं समुत्क्षिप्य सतीवक्त्रं पितामहः । वीक्षयामास कामार्तः प्रहृष्टेनांतरात्मना
tato vastraṃ samutkṣipya satīvaktraṃ pitāmahaḥ | vīkṣayāmāsa kāmārtaḥ prahṛṣṭenāṃtarātmanā
Bấy giờ, nhấc tấm vải lên, vị Tổ phụ—bị dục vọng thiêu đốt—đưa mắt nhìn dung nhan của Satī, lòng trong hân hoan, rạo rực.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not stated in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Interlocutor in māhātmya frame (not explicit)
Scene: In the smoke-darkened ritual space, Brahmā (Pitāmaha) lifts a cloth/veil and gazes upon Satī’s face, inwardly delighted, revealing the transgressive thrill of desire.
Inner delight in transgression signals the fall of conscience; dharma requires purity of heart, not merely outward decorum.
Not stated in this verse; it is embedded in a tīrtha-glorifying chapter but the location is not given in the excerpt.
None; it continues the narrative action occurring amid the ritual setting.