व्यास उवाच । धर्मक्षेत्रे महाक्षेत्रे गंगाकालिन्दिसंगमे । प्रयागे परमे पुण्ये ब्रह्मलोकस्य वर्त्मनि १ ।
Vyāsa said: Sages of edified souls, engaged in truthful rites, powerful and blessed, performed a great sacrifice at the confluence of Gaṅgā and Kālindī (Yamunā) in the most sacred city of Prayāga, A great holy centre, the path that leads to Brahmaloka.
On hearing that a sacrifice was being performed there, the disciple of Vyāsa, the great sage Sūta, an excellent scholar in the Purāṇas, arrived there to see the sages.