1.1.1

लोमहर्षणपुत्र उग्रश्रवाः सूतः पौराणिको नैमिषारण्ये शौनकस्य कुलपतेर्द्वादशवार्षिके सत्रे ॥ १ ॥

lomaharṣaṇaputra ugraśravāḥ sūtaḥ paurāṇiko naimiṣāraṇye śaunakasya kulapaterdvādaśavārṣike satre || 1 ||

लोमहर्षणपुत्रः उग्रश्रवाः सूतः पौराणिकः नैमिष-अरण्ये शौनकस्य कुलपतेः द्वादश-वार्षिके सत्रे॥
  • लोमहर्षण-पुत्रः = son of Lomaharshana
  • उग्रश्रवाः = Ugrasravas
  • सूतः = of the Suta jati
  • पौराणिकः = reciter of the Puranas
  • नैमिष-अरण्ये = in the forest of Naimisha
  • शौनकस्य कुलपतेः = of Shaunaka the Kulapati
  • द्वादश-वार्षिके सत्रे = 12 year yajna

at the twelve years' sacrifice of Kulapati Shaunaka, in the Naimish forest, Rishi Lomaharshana's son, Ugrashrava, popularly known as Sauti, well-read in the Puranas,

पौराणिकः सूतः लोमहर्षण-पुत्रः उग्रश्रवाः नैमिषारण्ये कुलपतेः शौनकस्य र्द्वादश-वार्षिके सत्रे, 

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