Shloka 94
वेन-पृथु-प्रादुर्भावः, राजधर्मः, पृथिवीदोहनम्
Vena–Pṛthu Episode and the Milking of Earth
य इदं जन्म वैन्यस्य पृथोः संकीर्तयेन् नरः न तस्य दुष्कृतं किंचित् फलदायि प्रजायते
ya idaṃ janma vainyasya pṛthoḥ saṃkīrtayen naraḥ na tasya duṣkṛtaṃ kiṃcit phaladāyi prajāyate
Quien recita y proclama este relato del nacimiento de Pṛthu, hijo de Vena, ve que ninguna de sus malas acciones llega a dar fruto; tal recuerdo lo purifica.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
FAQs
This verse states that proclaiming Pṛthu’s birth-story has purificatory power: it prevents one’s sinful actions from maturing into karmic results.
Parāśara frames recitation as spiritually efficacious—by celebrating a dharmic exemplar like Pṛthu, the listener/reciter gains merit that obstructs the ‘fruiting’ (phala) of demerit.
Within the Vishnu Purana’s Vaishnava framework, such purification through sacred narration aligns with devotion-centered practice (śravaṇa-kīrtana), where dharmic history ultimately points to Vishnu’s sustaining sovereignty over moral order.