Shloka 128
Glory of Puruṣottama: Pañcatīrthī Observance and Narasiṃha Worship
मुच्यते पातकैः सर्वैः कायवाक्चित्तसंभवैः । संग्रामे संकटे दुर्गे चौख्याघ्रादिपीडिते ॥ १२८ ॥
mucyate pātakaiḥ sarvaiḥ kāyavākcittasaṃbhavaiḥ | saṃgrāme saṃkaṭe durge caukhyāghrādipīḍite || 128 ||
身・口・意より生じるあらゆる罪は解かれる——戦場にあっても、窮地にあっても、険難の地にあっても、また病などの苦しみに悩まされる時でさえも。
Narada (within a Tirtha/merit-description passage of Uttara-Bhaga)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: karuna (compassion)
Secondary Rasa: bhakti (devotion)
FAQs
It teaches that dharmic recourse described in the surrounding Tirtha-Mahatmya has purifying power strong enough to remove sins generated through body, speech, and mind, even in extreme conditions like battle, calamity, danger, and illness.
By emphasizing protection and purification in crisis, it supports the Bhakti idea of taking refuge (śaraṇāgati) in sacred practice—trusting that sincere remembrance/observance connected with a holy place or act can cleanse faults across thought, word, and deed.
It implicitly reflects Dharma-śāstra style prayāścitta logic—classifying wrongdoing by kāya-vāk-citta (deed-speech-thought) and prescribing a purificatory remedy; no specific technical Vedanga (like Jyotiṣa or Vyākaraṇa) is directly taught in this verse.