Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 116
Pāpa-bheda, Naraka-yātanā, Mahāpātaka-vicāra, Atonement Limits, Daśa-vidhā Bhakti, and Gaṅgā as Final Remedy
स याति नरकं घोरं यावञ्चर्द्रार्क तारकम् । पापिनां निन्द्यमानानां पापार्द्धं क्षयमेति च ॥ ११६ ॥
sa yāti narakaṃ ghoraṃ yāvañcardrārka tārakam | pāpināṃ nindyamānānāṃ pāpārddhaṃ kṣayameti ca || 116 ||
يمضي إلى جحيمٍ رهيب ما دامت القمرُ والشمسُ والنجومُ باقية. وأما المذنبون الذين يوبّخهم الصالحون، فإن نصف آثامهم يزول كذلك.
Sanatkumāra (teaching Nārada in a dharma-upadeśa context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It stresses karmic accountability: grave wrongdoing leads to prolonged naraka-experience, while moral correction through righteous censure is presented as a mechanism that can diminish sin.
By highlighting the terror of pāpa and naraka, it implicitly pushes the seeker toward śuddha-ācāra and turning to Bhagavān through bhakti as a safeguard against sinful conduct and its consequences.
A practical dharma takeaway is emphasized rather than a specific Vedāṅga: ethical discipline (sadācāra) and social/religious censure function as corrective forces that reduce pāpa and deter adharma.