Having purified my soul by these specially meritorious acts, why shall I not succeed in seeing that Infinite Lord of the universe?-Hearing these words of Parameshthi's son, Narayana, that protector of the scriptures, said to him, saying,-Go, O Narada!—Before sending him away, however, the great god adored the celestial Rishi with those rites and ceremonies which have been laid down in the scriptures by himself. Narada also duly honoured the ancient Rishi Narayana. After such honours had been exchanged, the son of Parameshthi left that spot.
एभिर्विशेषैः परिशुद्धसत्त्व: कस्मान्न पश्येयमनन्तमीशम्। तत्पारमेष्ठ्यस्य वचो निशम्य नारायणः शाश्वतधर्मगोप्ता॥ गच्छेति तं नारदमुक्तवान् स सम्पूजयित्वाऽऽत्मविधिक्रियाभिः। ततो विसृष्टः परमेष्ठिपुत्रः सोऽभ्यर्चयित्वा तमृर्षि पुराणम्॥