द्विजा ऊचुः । इत्याह भगवान्देव्या पृष्टः स च त्रिलोचनः । तत्रैव नारदः सर्वं संवादं शिवयेरितम्
dvijā ūcuḥ | ityāha bhagavāndevyā pṛṣṭaḥ sa ca trilocanaḥ | tatraiva nāradaḥ sarvaṃ saṃvādaṃ śivayeritam
Các Bà-la-môn thưa: Khi được Nữ Thần hỏi, Đấng Thế Tôn, bậc Tam Nhãn, đã nói như vậy. Ngay tại đó, Nārada đã nghe trọn cuộc đối thoại do Śivā (Pārvatī) thốt ra.
Dvijāḥ (the narrating Brāhmaṇas/sages)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra / Someśvara (Somnātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Implied: the next recipient in the narrative chain (and the audience/reader)
Scene: In Prabhāsa’s sacred grove/temple precinct, Śiva (Trilocana) speaks to Devī; nearby Nārada listens attentively, holding vīṇā, as the dialogue becomes a scripture-stream for future pilgrims.
Purāṇic teaching is safeguarded through witnessed dialogue and faithful transmission by revered hearers like Nārada.
The setting remains Prabhāsakṣetra within the Prabhāsa Māhātmya narration.
None; this verse establishes narrative provenance—who spoke, who asked, and who heard.