अथापृच्छत्सुतस्तत्र जम्बूद्वीपे महानिशि ।कदम्बाग्रावचूडस्थं पितरं पावनाशयम्
In plain words
Then there, in Jambūdvīpa, in the depth of night, the son questioned his father — who sat perched at the very crown, the topmost crest, of a kadamba tree, his heart holy and purifying.