युधिष्ठिर उवाच । गोदेहान्निःसृतं कस्माल्लिङ्गं पापक्षयंकरम् । दक्षिणे नर्मदाकूले मणिनागसमीपतः । संक्षेपात्कथ्यतां विप्र गोपारेश्वरसम्भवम्
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | godehānniḥsṛtaṃ kasmālliṅgaṃ pāpakṣayaṃkaram | dakṣiṇe narmadākūle maṇināgasamīpataḥ | saṃkṣepātkathyatāṃ vipra gopāreśvarasambhavam
尤提希提罗说道:为何那自母牛之身涌现的林伽,能成为灭罪之因?在那尔摩陀河南岸、摩尼那伽近旁,请你简要讲述吧,婆罗门啊,戈帕雷湿伐罗的由来。
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Gopāreśvara (near Maṇināga)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira, seated respectfully, asks Mārkaṇḍeya to narrate the brief origin of Gopāreśvara; behind them, the Narmadā flows and a serpent-emblem hints at Maṇināga.
Pilgrimage lore (māhātmya) is preserved through inquiry and transmission—asking about a tīrtha reveals its dharmic meaning.
Gopāreśvara Tīrtha near Maṇināga on the southern bank of the Narmadā.
None directly; the verse requests a concise narration of the tīrtha’s origin.