व्यास उवाच । हिमवद्वासिनः सर्वे मुनयो वेदपारगाः । त्रिकालज्ञा महात्मानो नैमिषारण्यवासिनः
vyāsa uvāca | himavadvāsinaḥ sarve munayo vedapāragāḥ | trikālajñā mahātmāno naimiṣāraṇyavāsinaḥ
毗耶娑曰:凡居于喜马瓦特(Himavat)之诸牟尼——通达吠陀,了知三时,具大灵性者——皆为奈弥沙林(Naimiṣāraṇya)之住者。
Vyāsa
Tirtha: Naimiṣāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣi assembly at Naimiṣāraṇya
Scene: A vast forest hermitage at Naimiṣāraṇya: fire-altars, kusa seats, and a circle of sages—some with Himalayan attire—holding Vedic staffs and manuscripts; Vyāsa as speaker, the atmosphere calm and timeless.
Purāṇic teaching is anchored in holy assemblies of realized sages; true authority rests on Vedic mastery and spiritual insight.
Naimiṣāraṇya is named as the gathering-place; Ayodhyā remains the upcoming focus of the māhātmya.
None explicitly; it establishes the narrative setting for the discourse.