Shloka 78
Genealogies from Purūravas to the Haihayas; Jayadhvaja’s Vaiṣṇava Resolve, Sage-Adjudication, and the Slaying of Videha
य इमं शृणुयान्नित्यं जयध्वजपराक्रमम् / सर्वपापविमुक्तात्मा विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति
ya imaṃ śṛṇuyānnityaṃ jayadhvajaparākramam / sarvapāpavimuktātmā viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati
ਜੋ ਨਿੱਤ ਜਯਧਵਜ ਦੇ ਪਰਾਕ੍ਰਮ ਦੀ ਇਹ ਕਥਾ ਸੁਣਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਸਭ ਪਾਪਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਮੁਕਤ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਸ਼ੁੱਧ ਆਤਮਾ ਬਣਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਵਿਸ਼ਣੁਲੋਕ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ।
Narrator in the Purāṇic dialogue (traditionally Sūta/Vyāsa lineage), presenting the śravaṇa-phala (benefit of hearing) of the Jayadhvaja episode
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
It frames liberation practically: when the mind is purified through devoted hearing (nitya-śravaṇa), the self becomes “vimukta”—freed from pāpa—and becomes fit to attain Viṣṇu’s realm, implying that inner purity is the gateway to the highest state.
The verse highlights śravaṇa (devotional listening) as a discipline of purification—an accessible bhakti-sādhana that steadies attention, refines saṃskāras, and supports the broader Yoga-śāstra goal of citta-śuddhi emphasized across the Kurma Purana’s teachings.
While this specific line names Viṣṇu-loka as the fruit, its logic matches the Purāṇa’s synthesis: sincere sādhana (here, śravaṇa) purifies the practitioner and leads to the supreme destination, consistent with the text’s wider Shaiva–Vaishnava harmony where devotion and purification are central.