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 ||
O best of the twice-born, even a maiden, restrained by vows, who seeks the fulfillment of her own desire for union—this too becomes an auspicious, beneficial potency of this sacred field (kṣetra).
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.