कथयन्तः कथां विष्णोः स्वरूपमनुवर्णनम् । तापसाः प्रययुः सर्वे संहृष्टा ब्रह्मणोंऽतिकम्
kathayantaḥ kathāṃ viṣṇoḥ svarūpamanuvarṇanam | tāpasāḥ prayayuḥ sarve saṃhṛṣṭā brahmaṇoṃ'tikam
行进之间,诸苦行者皆欢喜谈说毗湿奴之圣事,叙述并描绘祂的真实本性,遂一同前往梵天座前。
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Dvārakā Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Dvārakā/Prabhāsa narrative corridor (context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (implied)
Scene: A moving caravan of ascetics, smiling and animated, gesturing as they narrate Viṣṇu’s forms; the road itself glows subtly as if sanctified by their kīrtana.
Remembrance and narration of the Lord’s nature (kathā) sanctifies the journey and uplifts the mind.
Dvārakā is the māhātmya setting, though the verse foregrounds devotion to Viṣṇu while approaching Brahmā.
No formal rite is stated; the devotional act is śravaṇa-kīrtana (hearing/reciting sacred narrative).