Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 84
Gṛhastha-nitya-karman: Śauca, Sandhyā-vidhi, Pañca-yajña, and Āśrama-krama
एवं गृही सदाचारं कुर्यात्प्रतिदिनं मुने । यदाऽचारपरित्यागी प्रायश्चित्ती तदा भवेत् ॥ ८४ ॥
evaṃ gṛhī sadācāraṃ kuryātpratidinaṃ mune | yadā'cāraparityāgī prāyaścittī tadā bhavet || 84 ||
হে মুনি, গৃহস্থের উচিত এভাবে প্রতিদিন সদাচার পালন করা। কিন্তু যখন সে আচারের পরিত্যাগ করে, তখন তাকে প্রায়শ্চিত্ত করতে হয়।
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta (peace)
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka (fear)
FAQs
It establishes daily sadācāra (right conduct) as the baseline of dharma for a gṛhastha, and frames prāyaścitta as a corrective remedy only when that discipline is abandoned.
By insisting on consistent daily discipline, it supports bhakti as a lived practice—purity of conduct sustains worship and remembrance, while lapses require purification through expiation before devotion becomes steady again.
Ritual discipline and expiation (prāyaścitta) fall under applied dharma-śāstra practice; the verse implicitly points to correct procedural performance (kalpa-oriented conduct) in daily life.