Shloka 54
Prayaga-mahatmya
Glory of Prayaga and the Magha Bath at Triveni
दिविभुव्यतरिक्षं च जाह्नव्या तानि संति च । प्रयागं समधिष्ठाय कंबलाश्वतरावुभौ ॥ ५४ ॥
divibhuvyatarikṣaṃ ca jāhnavyā tāni saṃti ca | prayāgaṃ samadhiṣṭhāya kaṃbalāśvatarāvubhau || 54 ||
Trên trời, dưới đất và cả cõi trung gian, những thánh xứ ấy đều hiện hữu gắn liền với Jahnavī (sông Gaṅgā). Và tại Prayāga, hai vị Nāga chúa Kambala và Aśvatara ngự trị, gìn giữ nơi ấy.
Suta (narrating Narada Purana’s Tirtha-Mahatmya section)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It presents Prayāga and the Gaṅgā (Jahnavi) as a cosmic tirtha-network—holy presence spanning heaven, earth, and the mid-region—emphasizing that Prayāga is divinely protected and uniquely sanctifying.
By highlighting Prayāga’s guardianship and Gaṅgā’s sacred reach, it encourages devotional pilgrimage, reverent bathing, and remembrance of holy places as supportive acts that purify the mind and strengthen bhakti-oriented life.
Primarily Kalpa (ritual practice): it implies the authority of tirtha-snāna and pilgrimage observances at Prayāga; it also reflects Purāṇic sacred geography used to time and structure vows and rites.