Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 73
Dhvaja-Dhāraṇa Mahātmyam: Sumati–Satyamatī, Humility, and Deliverance by Hari’s Messengers
यतीनां विष्णुभक्तानां परिचर्या परायणाः । ते दूताः सहसा यान्ति पापिनोऽपि परां गतिम् ॥ ७३ ॥
yatīnāṃ viṣṇubhaktānāṃ paricaryā parāyaṇāḥ | te dūtāḥ sahasā yānti pāpino'pi parāṃ gatim || 73 ||
جو وِشنو بھکت یتیوں کی پرِچریا میں پرایَن ہیں، وہ گویا پروردگار کے دُوت بن کر، گنہگار ہونے پر بھی، فوراً پرم گتی کو پا لیتے ہیں۔
Nārada (teaching within the Nārada Purāṇa’s didactic dialogue tradition)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It declares that sincere service to Viṣṇu’s devoted renunciants (yati–vaiṣṇavas) has immediate liberating power, capable of overriding even prior sin and leading to the supreme goal (parā gati).
Bhakti is shown as practical and relational: honoring and serving the Lord’s devotees is treated as direct devotion to Viṣṇu, accelerating spiritual elevation as though the servant becomes an agent of the divine will.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) is taught here; the practical takeaway is dharma in conduct—paricaryā (service) to sādhus as a concrete discipline supporting bhakti and mokṣa.