Shloka 41
Prayaga-mahatmya
Glory of Prayaga and the Magha Bath at Triveni
यो राज्ञसूयाख्यसमाध्वरस्य स्नानात्फलं संप्रददाति चाखिलम् । पापानि सर्वाणि निहत्य लीलया नूनं प्रयागः स कथं न वर्ण्यते ॥ ४१ ॥
yo rājñasūyākhyasamādhvarasya snānātphalaṃ saṃpradadāti cākhilam | pāpāni sarvāṇi nihatya līlayā nūnaṃ prayāgaḥ sa kathaṃ na varṇyate || 41 ||
وہ پریاگ جو راجسوئے یَجْیَ سے وابستہ سْنان کا پورا پھل عطا کرتا ہے اور محض لیلا سے تمام پاپوں کو مٹا دیتا ہے—ایسے پریاگ کی تعریف آخر کیسے نہ کی جائے؟
Suta (narrating the Prayaga-Mahatmya as part of Narada Purana’s Uttara-Bhaga tradition)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It elevates Prayāga as a supreme tīrtha whose bath grants extraordinary yajña-like merit and removes all sins, emphasizing tīrtha-snānā as a powerful purifier in the Uttara-Bhāga’s pilgrimage theology.
By praising Prayāga’s grace to destroy sins “effortlessly,” the verse supports the bhakti-oriented idea that divine sacred places and acts done with faith can confer immense spiritual benefit beyond one’s ritual capacity.
Ritual doctrine (Kalpa) is implied: the verse compares tīrtha-snānā merit to the Rājasūya yajña’s bath-related fruit, reinforcing the Purāṇic application of Vedic ritual concepts to pilgrimage practice.