Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 25
Dharmānukathana
Narration of Dharma
सप्तकोटिकुलैर्युक्तो मातृतः पितृतस्तथा । वसेत्कल्पशतं साग्रं नारायणपदे नृप ॥ २५ ॥
saptakoṭikulairyukto mātṛtaḥ pitṛtastathā | vasetkalpaśataṃ sāgraṃ nārāyaṇapade nṛpa || 25 ||
O Hari, ang taong kaugnay ng pitong crore na angkan—sa panig ng ina at gayundin sa panig ng ama—ay mananahan nang ganap na sandaang kalpa (at higit pa) sa tahanan ni Nārāyaṇa.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada; addressed to a king in the narrative style)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It emphasizes the expansive, trans-generational fruit of Vishnu-centered merit: a devotee’s spiritual attainment is portrayed as benefiting vast ancestral lineages and culminating in residence in Nārāyaṇa’s abode for immense cosmic durations.
By presenting Nārāyaṇa-pada as the end-state reward, the verse frames devotion and Vishnu-oriented dharma as a direct cause of divine proximity, not merely worldly merit—linking bhakti to liberation-like residence in Vishnu’s realm.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) is taught in this verse; the practical takeaway is the Purāṇic doctrine of kula-uddhāra (uplift of family lineages) through Vishnu-related punya and vrata-oriented conduct.