Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 52
The Greatness of the Gaṅgā
Gaṅgāmāhātmya
काशीप्रदक्षिणा येन कृता त्रैलोक्यपावनी । सप्तद्वीपासाब्धिशैला भूः परिक्रमितामुना ॥ ५२ ॥
kāśīpradakṣiṇā yena kṛtā trailokyapāvanī | saptadvīpāsābdhiśailā bhūḥ parikramitāmunā || 52 ||
Chính vị ấy đã thực hiện cuộc nhiễu quanh Kāśī—nghi lễ thanh tịnh hóa ba cõi. Quả thật, nhờ bậc hiền triết ấy, như thể toàn cõi địa cầu, cùng bảy châu, biển cả và núi non, đều đã được nhiễu quanh.
Suta (narrating the glory of Kāśī-pradakṣiṇā within the Purāṇic discourse)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It declares that performing Kāśī-pradakṣiṇā is supremely purifying—so potent that it is poetically equated with making a sacred circuit of the whole world, including the seven dvīpas, oceans, and mountains.
By exalting a tirtha-practice (pradakṣiṇā) as world-purifying, it supports bhakti expressed through embodied acts of reverence—walking, remembering, and honoring a sacred place associated with divine presence.
It primarily reflects ritual praxis (kalpa-oriented tirtha-acara): the disciplined act of pradakṣiṇā as a meritorious observance, rather than a technical lesson in vyākaraṇa or jyotiṣa.