7 - పురాణశ్రవణం - వాచకమహిమ

Summary of chapter 113 of the Bhavishya Purāṇa is as follows:

The specific acts of service performed within a Sūrya temple — and the specific merit assigned to each act — are enumerated in detail. Sweeping the temple courtyard with a fragrant broom removes a specific quantum of sin and plants the seed of good health in the next birth. Arranging flowers before the image grants beauty and artistic sensibility. Lighting lamps grants brightness of intellect and fame. Cooking the daily food offering grants prosperity and abundance of good food in future births. Singing hymns in the temple grants a melodious voice and the capacity to move hearts in the next birth. The chapter is simultaneously a motivational teaching for temple volunteers and a theological statement about the transformative power of selfless service in sacred space.