कथनीयं महाब्रह्म सूर्यभक्ताय सुव्रते । अर्कस्थलस्य देवस्य माहात्म्यमिदमुत्तमम्
kathanīyaṃ mahābrahma sūryabhaktāya suvrate | arkasthalasya devasya māhātmyamidamuttamam
Hỡi Đại Phạm Thiên, thánh tích tối thượng này về Thần Chủ của Arkasthala nên được truyền dạy cho người giữ giới hạnh, một hành giả sùng kính Sūrya.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice) addressing Devī
Tirtha: Arkasthala
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brahmā (as interlocutor) and, by injunction, a Sūrya-bhakta suvratī as intended recipient
Scene: A luminous Sūrya shrine at Arkasthala; a disciplined votary listens as a sage proclaims the supreme māhātmya, with solar radiance and ritual purity emphasized.
Sacred teachings are to be transmitted to sincere, disciplined devotees—here, especially to Sūrya-bhaktas.
Arkasthala within Prabhāsakṣetra, praised as a seat of Sūrya’s divine greatness.
An instruction of eligibility: the Arkasthala Māhātmya is to be taught to a devoted, well-vowed listener.
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