Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 158
Mokṣopāya: Bhakti-rooted Jñāna and the Aṣṭāṅga Yoga of Viṣṇu-Meditation
जपन्तः प्रणवं नित्यं मुच्यन्ते सर्वपातकैः । तदभ्यासेन संयुक्ताः परं मोक्षं लभन्ति च ॥ ५८ ॥
japantaḥ praṇavaṃ nityaṃ mucyante sarvapātakaiḥ | tadabhyāsena saṃyuktāḥ paraṃ mokṣaṃ labhanti ca || 58 ||
جو لوگ ہمیشہ پرنَو ‘اوم’ کا جپ کرتے ہیں وہ تمام گناہوں سے آزاد ہو جاتے ہیں؛ اور اسی مسلسل جپ کے ساتھ یکت ہو کر پرم موکش بھی پا لیتے ہیں۔
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in the dialogue on dharma and liberation)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It declares Oṁ (Pranava) as a direct liberating practice: constant japa removes even grave sins and, when sustained as disciplined abhyāsa, culminates in supreme moksha.
By prescribing continuous remembrance through mantra-japa, it frames devotion as steady, daily absorption in the divine sound-symbol (Oṁ), where purity (freedom from pāpa) matures into liberation.
The practical discipline is mantra-prayoga (correct daily japa and sustained abhyāsa); it implicitly relies on Śikṣā (proper pronunciation) and Vyākaraṇa (sound/phonetic clarity) to keep the Pranava recitation precise.