Padma Purana — Srishti Khanda, Shloka 47
The Five Great Sacrifices: Supremacy of Honoring Parents, Pativrata Dharma, Truthfulness, and Śrāddha
हरिरुवाच । इदानीं मानसं शुद्धं न भूतं भवतो ध्रुवम् । पतिव्रतादिकं दृष्ट्वा पश्चाज्ज्ञास्यसि मां किल
hariruvāca | idānīṃ mānasaṃ śuddhaṃ na bhūtaṃ bhavato dhruvam | pativratādikaṃ dṛṣṭvā paścājjñāsyasi māṃ kila
ဟရီက မိန့်တော်မူသည်– “သင်၏ စိတ်သည် ယခုထိ မသန့်ရှင်းသေးသည်။ ပတိဝရတာ မယား၏ အကျင့်နှင့် ထိုကဲ့သို့သော သီလဂုဏ်တို့ကို မြင်တွေ့ပြီးနောက်မှ သင်သည် နောက်တစ်ခါ ငါ့ကို အမှန်တကယ် သိလာမည်”။
Hari (Vishnu)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: hariḥ+uvāca → hariruvāca; paścāt+jñāsyasi → paścājjñāsyasi (t+j → jj).
FAQs
It emphasizes that inner purity (śuddha-mānasa) is required for true realization of Hari, and that witnessing and learning from lived virtue (such as pativratā-dharma) can become a means toward that purification and knowledge.
The verse frames knowing Vishnu (“jñāsyasi mām”) as something that unfolds through moral and devotional cultivation, aligning Bhakti with ethical discipline and purification rather than mere intellectual understanding.
The ethical lesson is that steadfast virtue and fidelity to dharma—exemplified here by pativratā observance—has transformative power, refining the mind and preparing a person for higher spiritual insight.