Indeed, the man, who delights in singing the hymns in laudation of the deities, becomes purged of all such sins as lead to birth in impure orders.
सर्वसंकरपापेभ्यो देवतास्तवनन्दकः। देवतानन्तरं विप्रांस्तपः सिद्धास्तपोऽधिकान्॥