Shloka 99

सूर्यरथ-कालचक्र-आयनविभागः, संध्योपासनम्, देवयान-पितृयानम्, विष्णुपद-गङ्गावतरणम्

Devanagari script

निर्धूतदोषपङ्कानां यतीनां संयतात्मनाम् स्थानं तत् परमं विप्र पुण्यपापपरिक्षये

Transliteration

nirdhūtadoṣapaṅkānāṃ yatīnāṃ saṃyatātmanām sthānaṃ tat paramaṃ vipra puṇyapāpaparikṣaye

Translation

హే విప్రా, పుణ్య‑పాపాలు క్షయమయ్యే వేళ అది సంయతాత్ములైన యతుల పరమస్థానం—దోషాల మట్టిని ఊడి పారేసి శుద్ధులైన వారి నివాసం।

Word by Word

निर्धूत-दोष-पङ्कानाम्of those whose mire of faults has been shaken off

यतीनाम्of ascetics

संयत-आत्मनाम्of the self-controlled

स्थानम्the place/abode

तत्that

परमम्supreme

विप्रO brahmin

पुण्य-पाप-परिक्षयेat the complete exhaustion of merit and sin

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

Ascetics (Yatis)

Brahmin (Vipra)

FAQs

What is the significance of the 'exhaustion of merit and sin' in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse frames liberation as a state where both puṇya and pāpa are fully spent, meaning the soul is no longer bound by karmic results and does not return to conditioned existence.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the path of the self-controlled renunciant here?

Parāśara highlights inner restraint and the removal of moral impurities ('mire of faults') as the defining marks of the yati who becomes fit for the supreme abode.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Although Vishnu is not named in the line, the 'supreme abode' in the Vishnu Purana is ultimately grounded in Vishnu as the highest reality and final refuge attained when karmic bondage ends.