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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 147

The Greatness of the Gaṅgā (Gaṅgā-māhātmya): Saudāsa/Kalmāṣapāda’s Curse and Release

यन्नामस्मरणादेव महापातककोटिभिः । विमुक्तो ब्रह्मसदनं नरो याति न संशयः ॥ ४७ ॥

yannāmasmaraṇādeva mahāpātakakoṭibhiḥ | vimukto brahmasadanaṃ naro yāti na saṃśayaḥ || 47 ||

Chỉ cần tưởng niệm Danh của Ngài (Gaṅgā) thôi, con người liền được giải trừ khỏi vô số ức đại tội và đi đến cõi của Brahmā—điều ấy không nghi ngờ.

yatwhose/that
yat:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Genitive (6th), Singular; relative pronoun qualifying nāma (‘whose name’)
nāmaname
nāma:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootnāman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st), Singular; in compound relation with smaraṇa
smaraṇātfrom remembering
smaraṇāt:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootsmaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Ablative (5th), Singular; ‘from/by (the act of) remembering’
evaindeed/just
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, emphatic particle
mahā-pātaka-koṭibhiḥby crores of great sins
mahā-pātaka-koṭibhiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + pātaka (प्रातिपदिक) + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (koṭi), Instrumental (3rd), Plural; ‘by crores of great sins’ (instrumental of association/measure)
vimuktaḥfreed/released
vimuktaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootvi-√muc (धातु) + kta (क्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; predicate ‘freed’
brahma-sadanamBrahmā’s abode
brahma-sadanam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक) + sadana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular
naraḥa man/person
naraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular
yātigoes/attains
yāti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√yā (धातु)
FormLaṭ (लट्), present, Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular
nano/not
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, negation particle
saṃśayaḥdoubt
saṃśayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; idiom ‘na saṃśayaḥ’

Sanatkumara (in dialogue instructing Narada on the power of divine Name, centered on Vishnu-bhakti)

Vrata: none

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

B
Brahma

FAQs

It declares the extraordinary purifying power of remembering the Lord’s Name: even vast accumulations of grave wrongdoing are said to be dissolved, leading the devotee toward a higher divine realm.

It emphasizes nama-smarana (remembrance of the divine Name) as a direct, accessible bhakti-practice whose fruit is inner purification and exalted spiritual attainment.

No specific Vedanga technique is taught; the practical takeaway is devotional sadhana—regular, disciplined remembrance/recitation of the divine Name as a form of spiritual purification (a bhakti-based prayascitta).