Ritual Procedure for the Kūrma Dvādaśī Observance
अनेकजन्मान्तरसंचितानि नश्यन्ति पापानि नरस्य भक्त्या । प्रागुक्तरूपं तु फलं भवेत नारायणस्तुष्टिमायाति सद्यः ॥ ४०.९ ॥
anekajanmāntarasaṃcitāni naśyanti pāpāni narasya bhaktyā | prāguktarūpaṃ tu phalaṃ bhaveta nārāyaṇas tuṣṭim āyāti sadyaḥ || 40.9 ||
Durch die Bhakti (hingebungsvolle Verehrung) des Menschen werden die über viele Geburten angesammelten Sünden vernichtet. Die zuvor genannte Frucht wird gewiss eintreten; und Nārāyaṇa ist sogleich zufrieden.
Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
It reflects a common Purāṇic ethical-soteriological theme: devotion (bhakti) as an efficacious practice capable of neutralizing accumulated karmic negativity, illustrating the devotional turn in later Sanskrit religious literature.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is doctrinal (pāpa-kṣaya through bhakti) rather than sacred geography.
The verse emphasizes devotion as a transformative discipline: sustained bhakti is presented as a means to overcome long-accumulated wrongdoing and to align the practitioner with the text’s ideal of divine approval.
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