Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 114
Pāpa-bheda, Naraka-yātanā, Mahāpātaka-vicāra, Atonement Limits, Daśa-vidhā Bhakti, and Gaṅgā as Final Remedy
तत्पापं समवान्पोति नरकं तावुभावपि । पापिनां पापगणनां कृत्वान्येभ्यो दिशन्ति विन्दति ॥ ११४ ॥
tatpāpaṃ samavānpoti narakaṃ tāvubhāvapi | pāpināṃ pāpagaṇanāṃ kṛtvānyebhyo diśanti vindati || 114 ||
إنه يجني ذلك الإثم جنيًا تامًّا ويدخل النار كذلك. ومن أحصى آثام المذنبين ثم أسند عقوباتهم إلى غيره، فإنه ينال في النهاية جزاءه المستحق.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in the dialogue context of Purva Bhaga)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It stresses moral accountability: one who participates in or facilitates sinful outcomes must personally undergo the resulting pāpa-phala, including naraka, because karmic results cannot be escaped through delegation.
By highlighting the danger of pāpa and naraka, it indirectly supports bhakti-based purification: devotion to Bhagavan is upheld in the Purana as a means to restrain sinful conduct and seek inner reform rather than shifting blame or punishment.
Not a direct Vedanga lesson; however, it reflects dharma-śāstric reasoning akin to Nyāya (moral causality) and the “gaṇanā” idea of assessing deeds, which parallels the careful accounting used in ritual and ethical prescriptions.