Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 16
The Description of the Index (Anukramaṇikā) of the Padma Purāṇa
कालिंदीपुण्यकथनं काशीमाहात्म्यवर्णनम् । गयायाश्चैव माहात्म्यं प्रयागस्य च पुण्यकम् ॥ १६ ॥
kāliṃdīpuṇyakathanaṃ kāśīmāhātmyavarṇanam | gayāyāścaiva māhātmyaṃ prayāgasya ca puṇyakam || 16 ||
บอกเล่าบุญกถาแห่งกาลินที (ยมุนา) พรรณนามหาตมยะของกาศี และยังกล่าวถึงความรุ่งเรืองศักดิ์สิทธิ์ของคยา กับความเป็นบุญอันชำระล้างของประยาคด้วย
Suta (narrating the Anukramanika/contents of the Narada Purana)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
This verse functions as a contents-marker (anukramaṇikā), highlighting that the text teaches the sanctifying power (puṇya) and sacred greatness (māhātmya) of major tīrthas—Kāliṇdī/Yamunā, Kāśī, Gayā, and Prayāga—central to Purāṇic dharma and pilgrimage.
While not directly prescribing bhakti practices, it points the reader toward tīrtha-māhātmyas that traditionally cultivate devotion through remembrance of sacred places, reverence for divine presence at tīrthas, and faith in the purifying results of dhārmic pilgrimage.
No Vedāṅga technical discipline (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) is taught in this line; it instead signals a ritual-pilgrimage framework—tīrtha-yātrā and māhātmya-based practice—often connected with śrāddha at Gayā and bathing/rites at river confluences like Prayāga.