Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 12
Sanatkumāra’s Bhāgavata Tantra: Tattvas, Māyā-Bonds, Embodiment, and the Necessity of Dīkṣā
सनत्कुमार उवाच । श्रृणु नारद वक्ष्यामि तंत्रं भागवतं तव । यज्ज्ञात्वाऽमलया भक्त्या साधयेद्विष्णुमव्ययम् ॥ १२ ॥
sanatkumāra uvāca | śrṛṇu nārada vakṣyāmi taṃtraṃ bhāgavataṃ tava | yajjñātvā'malayā bhaktyā sādhayedviṣṇumavyayam || 12 ||
Sanatkumāra said: Listen, O Nārada; I shall declare to you the Bhāgavata tantra. Knowing it, one can realize the imperishable Viṣṇu through stainless devotion.
Sanatkumara
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It introduces Sanatkumāra’s instruction to Nārada: a Bhāgavata (Vishnu-centered) teaching whose purpose is direct realization of the imperishable Viṣṇu through pure devotion.
Bhakti is presented as “amala” (stainless and undistracted). The verse implies that correct understanding of the Lord’s teaching (tantra) ripens into such purity, by which Viṣṇu is ‘sādhya’—attained/realized.
The verse frames a structured “tantra” (systematic doctrine), aligning with Book 1.3’s technical orientation: knowledge is organized as an applied method leading to a defined spiritual result (Viṣṇu-realization), rather than as mere theory.