Shloka 28
Prayaga-mahatmya
Glory of Prayaga and the Magha Bath at Triveni
पापेंधनदवाग्निश्च गर्भवासविनाशनः । विष्णुलोकाय मोक्षाय जाह्नवः परिकीर्तितः ॥ २८ ॥
pāpeṃdhanadavāgniśca garbhavāsavināśanaḥ | viṣṇulokāya mokṣāya jāhnavaḥ parikīrtitaḥ || 28 ||
Si Jāhnavī (ang Ilog Gaṅgā) ay pinupuri bilang isang banal na apoy-gubat na sinusunog ang panggatong ng mga kasalanan, bilang tagawasak ng gapos ng pananatili sa sinapupunan (paulit-ulit na kapanganakan), at bilang daan tungo sa kaharian ni Viṣṇu at sa ganap na kalayaan (mokṣa).
Narada
Vrata: none
Rasa: {"primary_rasa":"bhakti","secondary_rasa":"shanta","emotional_journey":"From fear of sin and rebirth to confidence in purification and liberation through Gaṅgā’s grace."}
FAQs
It declares Gaṅgā (Jāhnavī) as a supremely purifying tīrtha whose contact/remembrance burns sins and supports the highest goal—attaining Viṣṇu’s abode and mokṣa—by cutting the cycle of repeated embodiment (garbha-vāsa).
By linking Gaṅgā’s sanctity directly to Viṣṇu-loka and mokṣa, the verse frames tīrtha-sevā (reverent bathing, remembrance, and praise) as an act aligned with Viṣṇu-bhakti, where purification becomes a support for single-pointed devotion and liberation.
No specific Vedāṅga is taught in this line; the practical takeaway is tīrtha-vidhi in Purāṇic dharma—using sacred geography and ritual purity (snāna, smaraṇa, kīrtana of Gaṅgā) as prescribed religious practice.