Shloka 3
Nāga-āyatana-darśana-pratīkṣā — The Brāhmaṇa’s Request and Waiting on the Gomatī
पाविताड्डा: सम संवृत्ता: श्रुत्वेमामादित: कथाम् । नारायणाश्रयां पुण्यां सर्वपापप्रमोचनीम्,समस्त पापोंसे छुड़ानेवाली नारायणसम्बन्धिनी इस पुण्यमयी कथाको आरम्भसे ही सुनकर हमारे तन-मन पवित्र हो गये
pāvitāḍḍāḥ sama-saṃvṛttāḥ śrutvemām āditaḥ kathām | nārāyaṇāśrayāṃ puṇyāṃ sarva-pāpa-pramocanīm ||
绍那迦（Śaunaka）说道：“自始至终聆听了这段圣洁的叙事——这依止那罗延那（Nārāyaṇa）、能解脱一切罪垢的功德之传——我们的身与心皆得净化，并且全然安定、澄明而和谐。”
शौनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
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.
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.