Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 45
Maṅgalācaraṇa, Naimiṣāraṇya-Sabhā, Sūta-Āhvāna, and Narada Purāṇa-Māhātmya
ब्रह्मणः पदमासाद्य तत्रैव प्रतितिष्ठति । श्रुत्वास्य तु दशाध्यायान्भक्तिभावेन मानवः ॥ ४४ ॥
brahmaṇaḥ padamāsādya tatraiva pratitiṣṭhati | śrutvāsya tu daśādhyāyānbhaktibhāvena mānavaḥ || 44 ||
Hat er den Stand Brahmās erlangt, so ist er dort fest gegründet. Doch der Mensch, der diese zehn Kapitel in Bhakti, in hingebungsvoller Gesinnung, anhört, erreicht eben jenen Zustand.
Narada (in dialogue context with the Sanatkumara brothers; speaker inferred from Narada Purana dialogue flow)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It functions as a phala-śruti: it declares that devoted listening to the teaching yields a lofty spiritual attainment—described here as reaching and being established in the ‘station of Brahmā’ (brahma-pada).
It emphasizes bhakti-bhāva as the decisive factor: merely hearing is elevated into a transformative practice when done with devotion, making śravaṇa itself a direct means to high spiritual realization.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Śikṣā, Vyākaraṇa, or Jyotiṣa) is taught in this verse; the practical takeaway is the discipline of śravaṇa—regular, attentive listening to scripture with devotional intent.