Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 52
The Greatness of the Gaṅgā
Gaṅgāmāhātmya
काशीप्रदक्षिणा येन कृता त्रैलोक्यपावनी । सप्तद्वीपासाब्धिशैला भूः परिक्रमितामुना ॥ ५२ ॥
kāśīpradakṣiṇā yena kṛtā trailokyapāvanī | saptadvīpāsābdhiśailā bhūḥ parikramitāmunā || 52 ||
ത്രൈലോക്യത്തെ പാവനമാക്കുന്ന കാശീപ്രദക്ഷിണ ചെയ്തവൻ, ആ മുനി സപ്തദ്വീപങ്ങളും സമുദ്രങ്ങളും പർവതങ്ങളും ഉൾപ്പെടെ സമസ്ത ഭൂമിയെയും പരിക്രമിച്ചതുപോലെ ആകുന്നു।
Suta (narrating the glory of Kāśī-pradakṣiṇā within the Purāṇic discourse)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It declares that performing Kāśī-pradakṣiṇā is supremely purifying—so potent that it is poetically equated with making a sacred circuit of the whole world, including the seven dvīpas, oceans, and mountains.
By exalting a tirtha-practice (pradakṣiṇā) as world-purifying, it supports bhakti expressed through embodied acts of reverence—walking, remembering, and honoring a sacred place associated with divine presence.
It primarily reflects ritual praxis (kalpa-oriented tirtha-acara): the disciplined act of pradakṣiṇā as a meritorious observance, rather than a technical lesson in vyākaraṇa or jyotiṣa.