Shloka 41
The Greatness of Haridvāra
Gaṅgādvāra-māhātmya
तद्देहो न्यपतत्तत्र तत्राभूद्दक्षजन्म च । तत्र यः स्नाति मनुजो भक्षयेदोषधीं च ताम् ॥ ४१ ॥
taddeho nyapatattatra tatrābhūddakṣajanma ca | tatra yaḥ snāti manujo bhakṣayedoṣadhīṃ ca tām || 41 ||
သူ၏ ကိုယ်ခန္ဓာသည် ထိုနေရာ၌ပင် ကျသွားခဲ့ပြီး ထိုနေရာ၌ပင် ဒက္ခ (Dakṣa) ၏ မွေးဖွားခြင်းလည်း ဖြစ်ပေါ်하였다။ မည်သူမဆို ထိုနေရာတွင် ရေချိုးကာ ထိုဆေးမြက်ကိုလည်း သောက်သုံးပါက သန့်စင်ခြင်းကို ရရှိသည်။
Narada (as narrator/teacher within the Tirtha-Mahatmya discourse)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It teaches that certain tirthas carry transformative power: bathing there and partaking of a locally sanctified oṣadhi are presented as direct means of purification due to the site’s sacred history.
While not explicitly naming a deity here, the verse reflects a bhakti-style trust in sacred places and prescribed acts (snāna and oṣadhi-sevana) performed with faith, which is a common Narada Purana mode of devotional practice.
It highlights ritual praxis (tirtha-snana) and traditional medicinal-sacral usage of oṣadhi; this aligns most closely with applied dharma/kalpa-style guidance rather than technical Vedanga like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa.