Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 97
Prāyaścitta for Mahāpātakas and the Sin-destroying Power of Viṣṇu-smaraṇa
सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः स प्रयाति हरेः पदम् । सकृत्संस्मरणाद्विष्णोर्नश्यंति क्लेशसंचयाः ॥ ९७ ॥
sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ sa prayāti hareḥ padam | sakṛtsaṃsmaraṇādviṣṇornaśyaṃti kleśasaṃcayāḥ || 97 ||
वह समस्त पापों से मुक्त होकर हरि के पद को प्राप्त होता है। विष्णु का एक बार भी स्मरण करने से क्लेशों के संचित ढेर नष्ट हो जाते हैं।
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It declares that Viṣṇu-smaraṇa (remembrance of Hari) is so purifying that it removes sin and accumulated suffering, leading the devotee to Hari’s supreme abode—an explicit bhakti-centered statement of mokṣa.
Bhakti is presented as accessible and potent: even a single sincere remembrance of Viṣṇu dissolves kleśas, indicating that devotion (smarana) itself functions as a direct means to purification and liberation.
No specific Vedāṅga technique is taught in this verse; the practical takeaway is devotional discipline—regular smaraṇa (and related japa/kīrtana) as a sādhanā for cleansing pāpa and reducing kleśa.