In the following year of 737, he was appointed as a high priest and entered a naidojo (palace chapel, the space of which was reserved particularly for esoteric rituals and in which Buddhist sculptures were installed and religious services performed), where his prayers for FUJIWARA no Miyako (mother of Emperor Shomu) resulted in her recovery and a reward granted to him for that.
翌737年（天平9年）僧正に任じられて内道場（内裏において仏像を安置し仏教行事を行う建物）に入り、聖武天皇の母藤原宮子の病気を祈祷により回復させ賜物をうけた。