Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 45
Maṅgalācaraṇa, Naimiṣāraṇya-Sabhā, Sūta-Āhvāna, and Narada Purāṇa-Māhātmya
ब्रह्मणः पदमासाद्य तत्रैव प्रतितिष्ठति । श्रुत्वास्य तु दशाध्यायान्भक्तिभावेन मानवः ॥ ४४ ॥
brahmaṇaḥ padamāsādya tatraiva pratitiṣṭhati | śrutvāsya tu daśādhyāyānbhaktibhāvena mānavaḥ || 44 ||
ब्रह्माच्या पदाला प्राप्त होऊन तो तेथेच स्थिर होतो; आणि जो मनुष्य या दहा अध्यायांना भक्तिभावाने श्रवण करतो, तोही ते पद प्राप्त करतो।
Narada (in dialogue context with the Sanatkumara brothers; speaker inferred from Narada Purana dialogue flow)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It functions as a phala-śruti: it declares that devoted listening to the teaching yields a lofty spiritual attainment—described here as reaching and being established in the ‘station of Brahmā’ (brahma-pada).
It emphasizes bhakti-bhāva as the decisive factor: merely hearing is elevated into a transformative practice when done with devotion, making śravaṇa itself a direct means to high spiritual realization.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Śikṣā, Vyākaraṇa, or Jyotiṣa) is taught in this verse; the practical takeaway is the discipline of śravaṇa—regular, attentive listening to scripture with devotional intent.