Shloka 77
Adhyaya 75 — Slaying of Mahishasura
य एषां शृणुयान्नित्यं पठेदाख्यानमुत्तमम् ।
विमुक्तः सर्वपापेभ्यो लोकं प्राप्नोत्यभीप्सितम् ॥
ya eṣāṃ śṛṇuyān nityaṃ paṭhed ākhyānam uttamam | vimuktaḥ sarvapāpebhyo lokaṃ prāpnoty abhīpsitam ||
Wer diese vortreffliche Erzählung regelmäßig hört oder rezitiert, wird von allen Sünden befreit und erlangt die ersehnte Welt (Sphäre).
FAQs
The text asserts purificatory efficacy for disciplined engagement with sacred narrative—knowledge transmission (hearing/reciting) is treated as a dharmic act with karmic results.
Ancillary to Manvantara: while not itself a pancalakṣaṇa item, the phalaśruti seals the manvantara section by prescribing its soteriological benefit.
‘Desired world’ can be read as both literal post-mortem realm and an inner state: sustained śravaṇa/pāṭha re-patterns consciousness toward the ‘loka’ it contemplates.