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Shloka 175

Prayaga-mahatmya

Glory of Prayaga and the Magha Bath at Triveni

Devanagari script

इति श्रीबृहन्नारदीयपुराणोत्तरभागे बृहदुपाख्याने वसुमोहिनीसंवादे प्रयागमाहात्म्ये त्रिषष्टितमोऽध्यायः ॥ ६३ ॥

Transliteration

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇottarabhāge bṛhadupākhyāne vasumohinīsaṃvāde prayāgamāhātmye triṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ || 63 ||

Translation

ဤသို့ဖြင့် သီရိ ဘృဟန္နာရဒီယ ပုရာဏ၏ ဥတ္တရဘားဂ၌၊ ဘృဟဒုပါချာန (ကြီးမားသော ပုံပြင်) အတွင်း၊ ဝಸುနှင့် မိုဟိနီတို့၏ ဆွေးနွေးခန်းတွင် ပါဝင်သော “ပရယာဂ မဟာတ္မ្យ” ဟူသော အခန်း အမှတ် ၆၃ သည် ပြီးဆုံး၏။

Word by Word

इतिthus

श्रीrevered, auspicious

बृहन्नारदीयपुराणोत्तरभागेin the latter part of the Bṛhannāradīya Purāṇa

बृहदुपाख्यानेin the great sub-narrative

वसुमोहिनीसंवादेin the dialogue of Vasu and Mohinī

प्रयागमाहात्म्येin the section on the glory of Prayāga

त्रिषष्टितमःsixty-third

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

Narrator/Redactor (Colophon line concluding the chapter in the Vasu–Mohinī dialogue)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: none

Characters & Entities

Vasu

Mohinī

Prayāga

Bṛhannāradīya Purāṇa

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in Narada Purana?

This is a colophon (chapter-ending marker) that formally seals the Prayāga-māhātmya teaching, indicating the completion and scriptural authority of the tīrtha-glorification within the Vasu–Mohinī narrative frame.

How does this verse explain the path of devotion (Bhakti)?

Direct bhakti instruction is not given here; instead, it situates the devotional practice context—pilgrimage and reverence for Prayāga—by closing the section where such tīrtha-centered devotion and merit are taught.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa) is taught in this line; it functions as a textual-structural cue (anukrama/colophon style) used to organize Purāṇic chapters for accurate recitation and archival referencing.