Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 3
Prāyaścitta for Mahāpātakas and the Sin-destroying Power of Viṣṇu-smaraṇa
कामक्रोधविहीनैश्च धर्मशास्त्रविशारदैः । प्रष्टव्या ब्राह्मणा धर्मं सर्वधर्मफलेच्छुभिः ॥ ३ ॥
kāmakrodhavihīnaiśca dharmaśāstraviśāradaiḥ | praṣṭavyā brāhmaṇā dharmaṃ sarvadharmaphalecchubhiḥ || 3 ||
કામ-ક્રોધથી રહિત અને ધર્મશાસ્ત્રમાં નિષ્ણાત એવા બ્રાહ્મણોને—સર્વ ધર્મફળ ઇચ્છનારોએ—ધર્મ વિષે પૂછવું જોઈએ॥
Narada (instructional discourse within the Narada Purana’s dharma-teachings context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It teaches that Dharma is best understood by approaching teachers who have inner purity (freedom from desire and anger) along with scriptural mastery, ensuring guidance is both authentic and unbiased.
By emphasizing purity from kama and krodha and reliance on true scriptural guides, it supports Bhakti indirectly: devotion matures under self-control and correct instruction rather than impulse or ego-driven counsel.
It points to the practical necessity of Śāstra-competence—especially Dharmaśāstra application (smṛti-based conduct and ritual propriety)—as the basis for reliable instruction, even when specific Vedangas are not named.