अगस्तिरुवाच । अपूवेंयं कथा ख्याता ब्रह्मणो ब्रह्मवित्तम । किं चकार पुनः शंभुस्तत्र ब्रह्मण्यपि स्थिते
agastiruvāca | apūveṃyaṃ kathā khyātā brahmaṇo brahmavittama | kiṃ cakāra punaḥ śaṃbhustatra brahmaṇyapi sthite
阿伽斯提耶说:这段关于梵天(Brahmā)的前所未闻之事已被叙述了,噢,通达梵(Brahman)者。那么,当梵天住在那里时,商婆(Śambhu,湿婆)又做了什么?
Agastya
Scriptural learning proceeds through reverent inquiry; questions open the next layer of tīrtha-māhātmya and divine action.
Kāśī as the setting of the divine episode, though the verse itself is a narrative question.
None; it is a dialogic transition prompting further narration.