Shloka 77
Śāpaprāpti (Receiving a Curse) — Mohinī Narrative
उवाच विविधं वाक्यं सा नैच्छत्पुत्रघातिनी । तेन मोक्षं गतो राजा पापमस्यां विसृज्य च ॥ ७६ ॥
uvāca vividhaṃ vākyaṃ sā naicchatputraghātinī | tena mokṣaṃ gato rājā pāpamasyāṃ visṛjya ca || 76 ||
ती पुत्रघातिनी स्त्री अनेक प्रकारची वचने बोलली, तरीही तिने संमती दिली नाही. यामुळे राजा तिच्यावर आपले पाप सोडून मोक्षाला गेला.
Unspecified narrator (within the Narada Purana narrative frame)
Vrata: none
Rasa: {"primary_rasa":"karuna","secondary_rasa":"shanta","emotional_journey":"A grim refusal by the son-slayer evokes pathos, then the verse pivots to quiet release as the king attains mokṣa by transferring/abandoning sin."}
FAQs
It highlights a karmic principle used in Purāṇic storytelling: liberation is linked with the shedding of pāpa (sin), and grave wrongdoing (like filicide) is portrayed as spiritually obstructive, causing the burden of sin to remain with the wrongdoer.
Bhakti is not stated explicitly here; the verse works as a cautionary narrative frame that supports Bhakti ethics—purity of conduct (ahiṃsā, compassion) and freedom from grave sin are presented as conducive to mokṣa, which in the Purāṇas is typically fulfilled through devotion to Hari/Vishnu.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa ritual procedure) is taught in this line; the practical takeaway is ethical-dharmic—avoid mahāpātaka-like actions and pursue pāpa-kṣaya through righteous conduct and prescribed expiations where applicable.