Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 50
The Description of the Glory of the Purāṇa
Purāṇa-Māhātmya
कलिकल्मषविषनाशनं हरिं यो जपपूजनविधिभेषजोपसेवी । स तु निर्विषमनसा समेत्य यागं लभते सतमभीप्सितं हि लोकम् ॥ ५० ॥
kalikalmaṣaviṣanāśanaṃ hariṃ yo japapūjanavidhibheṣajopasevī | sa tu nirviṣamanasā sametya yāgaṃ labhate satamabhīpsitaṃ hi lokam || 50 ||
Sesiapa yang berkhidmat kepada Hari—pemusnah racun noda dosa zaman Kali—dengan ubat penyembuh berupa japa dan tata cara pemujaan yang ditetapkan, maka dia, dengan hati yang bebas daripada racun (kekotoran), setelah menyempurnakan yajña, memperoleh alam/keadaan yang sungguh diidamkan.
Narada (teaching in the Narada–Sanatkumara dialogue context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti (devotion)
Secondary Rasa: shanta (peace)
FAQs
It presents Hari-bhakti as the antidote to Kali-yuga’s moral “poison,” teaching that disciplined japa and pūjā purify the mind and lead to the highest desired attainment (loka/state).
Bhakti is framed as regular upāsanā—serving Hari through prescribed worship and mantra-repetition—where devotion is not merely emotion but a consistent, rule-guided practice that transforms the inner state (nirviṣa-manas).
The emphasis is on vidhi (procedural correctness) in japa and pūjā—aligned with Kalpa (ritual science) and the disciplined application of mantra practice, where method and regularity are treated as a “bheṣaja” (remedy).