Conclusion of the dialogue between Parāçara and Maitreya - Verse 56
Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 6 · Verse 8.56
Sanskrit Original
यस्मिन न्यस्तमतिर न याति नरकं स्वर्गो ऽपि यच चिन्तने विघ्नो यत्र निवेशितात्ममनसो ब्राह्मो ऽपि लोको ऽल्पकः मुक्तिं चेतसि यः स्थितो ऽमलधियां पुंसां ददात्य अव्ययः किं चित्रं यद अघं प्रयाति विलयं तत्राच्युते कीर्तिते ।।
yasmin nyastamatir na yāti narakaṃ svargo 'pi yac cintane vighno yatra niveśitātmamanaso brāhmo 'pi loko 'lpakaḥ muktiṃ cetasi yaḥ sthito 'maladhiyāṃ puṃsāṃ dadāty avyayaḥ kiṃ citraṃ yad aghaṃ prayāti vilayaṃ tatrācyute kīrtite ||
In whom the mind is firmly established, does not go to hell; even heaven is insignificant in his contemplation. Where the Brahman, whose mind is absorbed, resides, there liberation is granted to the pure-minded. How strange it is that sin dissolves there, where the imperishable is glorified.