Shloka 70
The Description of Kāśī (Kāśī-māhātmya): Avimukta, Kapālamocana, and Śiva’s Purification
आत्मनः सुरतार्थाय कुमारी नियमान्विता । एष प्रभावोऽपि हितः क्षेत्रस्यास्य द्विजोत्म ॥ ७० ॥
ātmanaḥ suratārthāya kumārī niyamānvitā | eṣa prabhāvo'pi hitaḥ kṣetrasyāsya dvijotma || 70 ||
হে দ্বিজোত্তম! নিয়ম-ব্রতে সংযত কোনো কুমারী যদি নিজের মিলনসুখের সিদ্ধি কামনা করে, তবুও তা এই ক্ষেত্রের মঙ্গলময় প্রভাবই।
Narada (teaching about the kṣetra’s prabhāva to a dvija interlocutor within the tirtha-mahatmya narration)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It emphasizes the extraordinary prabhāva of a sacred kṣetra: even aims that are ordinarily worldly (kāma) become auspicious when pursued with niyama (disciplined observance) in a holy place.
Indirectly, it suggests that sacred geography and regulated conduct sanctify intention; in the broader Narada Purana tirtha context, such sanctification is typically oriented toward purity and ultimately toward devotion-centered merit.
The practical takeaway is ritual-dharma: the role of niyama/vrata (regulated observances) in determining phala at a kṣetra—an applied aspect of kalpa-style religious procedure rather than grammar or astrology.