मानवसर्गः, चातुर्वर्ण्य-गुणकर्म, यज्ञ-प्रतिपादनम्, आश्रमधर्म-फल, नरकवर्णनम्
अहन्य् अहन्य् अनुष्ठानं यज्ञानां मुनिसत्तम उपकारकरं पुंसां क्रियमाणाघशान्तिदम्
ahany ahany anuṣṭhānaṃ yajñānāṃ munisattama upakārakaraṃ puṃsāṃ kriyamāṇāghaśāntidam
Wahai muni yang utama, pelaksanaan yajña hari demi hari adalah manfaat bagi manusia; apabila dilakukan, ia menenangkan dan menghapus dosa yang timbul sepanjang kehidupan.
Sage Parāśara (in instruction to Maitreya)
This verse teaches that daily observance of yajña is not merely ceremonial—it actively benefits people by calming and removing the sins that accumulate through everyday actions.
Parāśara frames sin as something that can be ‘being incurred’ (kriyamāṇa) during ordinary life, and presents consistent ritual duty as a practical means to pacify and lessen that ongoing accumulation.
In the Vishnu Purana’s worldview, yajña and dharma ultimately rest on the sovereignty of Vishnu as the sustainer of cosmic order; daily rites function as participation in that sustaining order, aligning karma toward purity and peace.