Adhyaya 4
इक्ष्वाकुवंश-श्रवण-फलश्रुतिः
Parāśara closes a portion of the Ikṣvāku genealogy, saying he has recounted the principal kings of that line. He then gives a clear phala-śruti: hearing the conduct and narratives (carita) of these rulers frees the listener from sins. Within the Parāśara–Maitreya teaching frame, this serves as a devotional seal—dynastic history is not merely informative, but purificatory when received as sacred narration oriented to dharma and grounded in Viṣṇu’s governance of the world-order.
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Purāṇic śravaṇa is treated as a dharmic act that reorients the mind toward righteous exemplars and divine order. Because these histories are ultimately situated under Viṣṇu’s sovereignty, attentive listening becomes a form of purification (citta-śuddhi) and moral realignment.