Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 30
The Greatness of the Gaṅgā
Gaṅgāmāhātmya
गोदावरी भीमरथी कृष्णा रेवा सरस्वती । तुङ्गभद्रा च कावेरी कालिन्दी बाहुदा तथा ॥ ३० ॥
godāvarī bhīmarathī kṛṣṇā revā sarasvatī | tuṅgabhadrā ca kāverī kālindī bāhudā tathā || 30 ||
ទន្លេពិសិដ្ឋ គោទាវរី ភីមរថី ក្រឹෂ្ណា រេវា(នರ್ಮដា) សរស្វតី ទុង្គភទ្រា កាវេរី កាលិន្ទី(យមុនា) និង បាហុដា—គួរចងចាំ និងគោរពបូជា។
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
This verse sanctifies a set of major rivers as tīrthas—objects of remembrance and reverence—implying that contact with them (especially through snāna and smaraṇa) supports purification and accrues puṇya within tīrtha-dharma.
While not directly teaching a bhakti doctrine, it supports devotional practice by encouraging sacred remembrance and pilgrimage-oriented reverence, which traditionally become offerings of mind and body in service to dharma and the divine presence associated with tīrthas.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) is taught in this line; the practical takeaway is ritual application—tīrtha-smaraṇa and river-snānā as dharmic observances used in vows and purification contexts.