Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 42
Daśamī-vrata: Observances for the Bright Tenth Day Through the Twelve Months
यो मं ऊर्द्ध्वगतः पाप्मा पापकेनेह कर्मणा । ब्रह्मा प्रजापतीशस्तं नाशयत्वखिलेष्टदः ॥ ४२ ॥
yo maṃ ūrddhvagataḥ pāpmā pāpakeneha karmaṇā | brahmā prajāpatīśastaṃ nāśayatvakhileṣṭadaḥ || 42 ||
Que Brahmā, Seigneur des créatures (Prajāpati) et dispensateur de tous les dons désirés, détruise le péché qui s’est dressé contre moi ici par des actes mauvais.
Narada (in the Narada–Sanatkumara dialogue context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It frames pāpa (sinful conduct) as an active moral transgression with real consequences, invoking Brahmā as cosmic authority to neutralize harmful, unrighteous opposition.
Indirectly, it implies that devotion aligns one with dharma and divine order; hostility and wicked action (pāpa-karma) place one in opposition to that order and invite corrective divine intervention.
The verse is primarily dharma-oriented rather than technical Vedanga instruction; its practical takeaway is ethical discipline—avoiding pāpa-karma—which underpins ritual purity and effective religious practice.