Shloka 17

उपसंहारः, वैष्णवपुराण-प्रशंसा, फलश्रुति, परम्परा-प्रवहः (पाठ-श्रवण-फलम्)

Devanagari script

वर्णधर्मादयो धर्मा वेदशाखाश् च कृत्स्नशः येषां संश्रवणात् सद्यः सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते

Transliteration

varṇadharmādayo dharmā vedaśākhāś ca kṛtsnaśaḥ yeṣāṃ saṃśravaṇāt sadyaḥ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

Translation

ທັມມະທັງປວງເລີ່ມຈາກວັນນະທັມມະ ແລະສາຂາເວດທັງໝົດ—ເພີຍໄດ້ຟັງການສວດກໍພົ້ນຈາກບາບທັງປວງໃນທັນທີ

Word by Word

वर्णधर्मादयःthe duties of the varṇas and the like

धर्माःduties, dharmas

वेदशाखाःbranches of the Veda

चand

कृत्स्नशःentirely, in full

येषाम्of whom/whose

संश्रवणात्from hearing (them)

सद्यःimmediately

सर्वपापैःfrom all sins

प्रमुच्यतेis freed, is released

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (in discourse to Maitreya)

FAQs

What is the significance of śravaṇa (hearing) in this Vishnu Purana verse?

The verse teaches that attentive hearing of dharma teachings and the Vedic branches is itself a potent purifier, capable of removing sin immediately.

How does Sage Parāśara explain dharma here in relation to varṇa duties?

He frames dharma as beginning with varṇa-based duties and extending to the full body of Vedic tradition, presenting sacred learning and social ethics as interconnected.

What is the theological importance of Vishnu in this context?

Even when Vishnu is not named, the Vishnu Purana presents Vedic dharma as part of the divine order sustained by the Supreme Reality; hearing it aligns the listener with that order and purifies the mind.