Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 22
योगस्वरूप-धारणा-समाधि-वर्णनम् (केशिध्वजोपदेशः)
खाण्डिक्य उवाच । कथ्यतां मे महाभाग चेतसो यः शुभाश्रयः । यदाधारमशेषं तु हन्ति दोषसमुद्भवम् ॥ २२ ॥
khāṇḍikya uvāca | kathyatāṃ me mahābhāga cetaso yaḥ śubhāśrayaḥ | yadādhāramaśeṣaṃ tu hanti doṣasamudbhavam || 22 ||
ഖാണ്ഡിക്യൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ മഹാഭാഗ! മനസ്സിന്റെ ആ ശുഭാശ്രയം എനിക്ക് പറയുക; അതിനെ ആധാരമാക്കിയാൽ ദോഷങ്ങളുടെ സമസ്ത ഉദ്ഭവം നശിക്കുന്നു.
Khāṇḍikya
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It frames liberation practice as a question of the mind’s right “support” (ādhāra): when consciousness rests in an auspicious refuge, the very source of mental and moral faults is cut off.
Though this verse is an inquiry (not yet the answer), it points toward Bhakti’s core method: fixing the mind on a supremely auspicious refuge—classically Bhagavān (often Vishnu/Nārāyaṇa in Narada Purana)—so that doṣas lose their foundation.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) is taught in this line; the practical takeaway is sādhana-oriented—choose a stable ādhāra for the mind (manonigraha/ekāgratā) to prevent the rise of doṣas.