Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 116
Pāpa-bheda, Naraka-yātanā, Mahāpātaka-vicāra, Atonement Limits, Daśa-vidhā Bhakti, and Gaṅgā as Final Remedy
स याति नरकं घोरं यावञ्चर्द्रार्क तारकम् । पापिनां निन्द्यमानानां पापार्द्धं क्षयमेति च ॥ ११६ ॥
sa yāti narakaṃ ghoraṃ yāvañcardrārka tārakam | pāpināṃ nindyamānānāṃ pāpārddhaṃ kṣayameti ca || 116 ||
Siya’y mapupunta sa kakila-kilabot na impiyerno sa habang nananatili ang buwan, araw, at mga bituin. At sa mga makasalanang sinasaway ng mga matuwid, kalahati ng kanilang kasalanan ay napapawi rin.
Sanatkumāra (teaching Nārada in a dharma-upadeśa context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It stresses karmic accountability: grave wrongdoing leads to prolonged naraka-experience, while moral correction through righteous censure is presented as a mechanism that can diminish sin.
By highlighting the terror of pāpa and naraka, it implicitly pushes the seeker toward śuddha-ācāra and turning to Bhagavān through bhakti as a safeguard against sinful conduct and its consequences.
A practical dharma takeaway is emphasized rather than a specific Vedāṅga: ethical discipline (sadācāra) and social/religious censure function as corrective forces that reduce pāpa and deter adharma.