Shloka 74
Glory of Puruṣottama: Pañcatīrthī Observance and Narasiṃha Worship
भक्त्या दृष्ट्वा तु तं देवं प्रणम्य नृहरिं शुभे । मुच्यते पातकैर्मर्त्यः समस्तैर्नात्र संशयः ॥ ७४ ॥
bhaktyā dṛṣṭvā tu taṃ devaṃ praṇamya nṛhariṃ śubhe | mucyate pātakairmartyaḥ samastairnātra saṃśayaḥ || 74 ||
ஓ சுபையே! பக்தியுடன் அந்த ந்ருஹரித் தேவனைத் தரிசித்து அவருக்கு வணங்கினால், மனிதன் எல்லாப் பாவங்களிலிருந்தும் விடுபடுவான்—இதில் ஐயமில்லை.
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It asserts the purificatory power of Nṛsiṃha-darśana and namaskāra performed with bhakti: sincere devotional seeing and prostration are said to destroy all pātakas (sins).
Bhakti is presented as the decisive inner condition: mere contact is not emphasized—rather, seeing the Lord with devotion and bowing in surrender becomes the means for inner cleansing and spiritual uplift.
No specific Vedāṅga technique is taught here; the practical takeaway is ritual praxis (namaskāra and darśana) empowered by bhakti, a common Purāṇic principle used in tīrtha-mahātmyas.