Shloka 3

Devanagari script

पाविताड्डा: सम संवृत्ता: श्रुत्वेमामादित: कथाम्‌ । नारायणाश्रयां पुण्यां सर्वपापप्रमोचनीम्‌,समस्त पापोंसे छुड़ानेवाली नारायणसम्बन्धिनी इस पुण्यमयी कथाको आरम्भसे ही सुनकर हमारे तन-मन पवित्र हो गये

Transliteration

pāvitāḍḍāḥ sama-saṃvṛttāḥ śrutvemām āditaḥ kathām | nārāyaṇāśrayāṃ puṇyāṃ sarva-pāpa-pramocanīm ||

Translation

نارائن پر آشرِت، پُنیہ مئی اور تمام گناہوں سے رہائی دینے والی اس کتھا کو ابتدا سے سن کر ہمارا تن و من پاک ہو گیا، اور ہم پوری طرح سکون و یکسوئی میں آ گئے۔

Word by Word

पाविताःpurified

अड्डाःwe

सम्completely, well

संवृत्ताःhave become

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

इमाम्this

आदितःfrom the beginning

कथाम्story, narration

नारायण-आश्रयाम्having Narayana as refuge/connected with Narayana

पुण्याम्holy, meritorious

सर्व-पाप-प्रमोचनीम्releasing from all sins

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śaunaka

Nārāyaṇa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that attentive listening to a sacred, Nārāyaṇa-centered account is itself a purifying discipline: it steadies the mind (samatā) and is praised as removing moral taint (pāpa), emphasizing devotion and receptivity as ethical-spiritual practice.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śaunaka, speaking to the reciter, expresses the listeners’ response: having heard the story from the beginning, they feel inwardly cleansed and mentally composed, and they acknowledge the narrative’s sanctity because it is grounded in Nārāyaṇa and is said to free one from sin.