Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 16
The Greatness of the Gaṅgā (Gaṅgā-māhātmya): Saudāsa/Kalmāṣapāda’s Curse and Release
तद्रृत्तं कथयन्सर्वान्स्वां पुरीं स न्यवर्त्तत । शङ्कमानस्तु तद्रक्षःकृत्या द्राजा सुदासजः ॥ १६ ॥
tadrṛttaṃ kathayansarvānsvāṃ purīṃ sa nyavarttata | śaṅkamānastu tadrakṣaḥkṛtyā drājā sudāsajaḥ || 16 ||
ព្រះអង្គបានប្រាប់រឿងរ៉ាវទាំងមូលដល់មនុស្សទាំងអស់ ហើយត្រឡប់ទៅក្រុងរបស់ព្រះអង្គវិញ។ ទោះយ៉ាងណា ព្រះរាជបុត្រានៃសុដាស នៅតែព្រួយបារម្ភ សង្ស័យអំពីមន្តអាបធ្មប់របស់រាក្សស។
Suta (narrator) [contextual Purana narration]
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka (fear)
Secondary Rasa: shanta (peace)
FAQs
It highlights how fear persists even after events are explained—implying the need for dharmic protection, steadiness of mind, and reliance on righteous means rather than panic.
Bhakti is implied indirectly: when threatened by hostile forces (rakṣaḥ-kṛtyā), the dharmic response in Purāṇic literature is to take refuge in the Divine and protective sacred practices rather than acting from anxiety.
The verse points to kṛtyā (harmful rites), which connects practically to applied ritual knowledge (Kalpa) and protective rites described in dharma-śāstra and Purāṇic practice.