Shloka 58
कलियुग-प्रवृत्तिः, सप्तर्षि-गणना, धरणीगीताः, च वंश-समाप्तिः
Kali-yuga onset, Saptarṣi reckoning, Dharaṇī-gītā, and closure of the dynastic account
शृणोति य इमं भक्त्या मनोर् वंशम् अनुक्रमात् तस्य पापम् अशेषं वै प्रणश्यत्य् अमलात्मनः
śṛṇoti ya imaṃ bhaktyā manor vaṃśam anukramāt tasya pāpam aśeṣaṃ vai praṇaśyaty amalātmanaḥ
যিয়ে ভক্তিৰে ক্ৰম অনুসৰি মনুৰ এই বংশ শ্ৰৱণ কৰে, সেই নিৰ্মলাত্মাৰ সকলো পাপ নিশ্চয়েই সম্পূৰ্ণ নাশ হয়।
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
FAQs
This verse states that devoted listening to Manu’s lineage in proper order functions as a purifying act, destroying sin completely for the listener.
Parāśara presents genealogy not as mere history but as a sacred, ordered narration whose devotional hearing (śravaṇa with bhakti) yields inner purification.
The fruit promised—eradication of pāpa—is explicitly tied to bhakti, reflecting the Purana’s Vaishnava emphasis that sincere devotion sanctifies even narrative hearing.