Shloka 157
Prayaga-mahatmya
Glory of Prayaga and the Magha Bath at Triveni
अहीनांगो ह्यरोगश्च पंचेंद्रियसमन्वितः । यावंति लोमकूपानि तस्य गात्रे तु धीमतः ॥ १५७ ॥
ahīnāṃgo hyarogaśca paṃceṃdriyasamanvitaḥ | yāvaṃti lomakūpāni tasya gātre tu dhīmataḥ || 157 ||
وہ کامل الاعضا اور بے مرض ہو کر پانچوں حواس سے یُکت ہوتا ہے؛ اس دانا کے بدن میں جتنے بالوں کے مسام ہیں، اتنے ہی ثمرات (پُنّیہ پھل) حاصل ہوتے ہیں۔
Narada (teaching within a Tirtha/Mahatmya narration in Uttara-Bhaga)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It frames dharmic practice (especially in a tirtha/mahatmya setting) as producing both inner merit (puṇya) and outward well-being—wholeness of body, freedom from disease, and a vast, count-like magnitude of spiritual reward.
Though not naming a deity here, the verse uses the Purāṇic phala-śruti style: sincere, wise engagement in sacred practice yields transformative grace—often understood in Narada Purana as supporting steady bhakti through health, purity, and accumulated puṇya.
The verse mainly reflects phala-śruti conventions rather than a specific Vedāṅga; practically, it teaches the Purāṇic method of communicating ritual outcomes (phala) through vivid enumeration (lomakūpa-count) to emphasize the scale of merit.