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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 6]
purified. Therefore, in discharging devotional service,  śravaṇa-kīrtana  (hearing and chanting) is most important. Then, with purified senses, one begins to render service to the Lord ( hṛṣīkeṇa hṛṣīkeśa-sevanam ).  Bhaktir ucyate : this is called  bhakti . When Pūtanā was somehow or other, directly or indirectly, induced to render some service to the Lord by feeding Him with her breast, she was immediately purified, so much so that when her nasty material body was burnt to ashes, it gave off the fragrance of  aguru , the most agreeably scented herb.
TEXTS 35–36
पूतना लोकशालम्री राक्षसी रुधिराशना । 
  जिघांसयापि हरये स्तनं दत्त्वाप सद्गतिम् ॥३५॥ 
  किं पुनः श्रद्धया भक्त्या कृष्णाय परमात्मने । 
  यच्छन् प्रियतमं किं नु रक्तास्तन्मातरो यथा ॥३६॥
pūtanā loka-bāla-ghnī 
  rākṣasī rudhirāśanā 
  jighāṁsayāpi haraye 
  stanaṁ dattvāpa sad-gatim
kiṁ punaḥ śraddhayā bhaktyā 
  kṛṣṇāya paramātmane 
  yacchan priyatamaṁ kiṁ nu 
  raktās tan-mātaro yathā
pūtanā —Pūtanā, the professional Rākṣasī;  loka-bāla-ghnī —who used to kill human children;  rākṣasī —the she-demon;  rudhira-aśanā —simply hankering for blood;  jighāṁsayā —with the desire to kill Kṛṣṇa (being envious of Kṛṣṇa and having been instructed by Kaṁsa);  api —still;  haraye —unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  stanam —her breast;  dattvā —after offering;  āpa —obtained;  sat-gatim —the most elevated position of spiritual existence;  kim —what to speak of;  punaḥ —again;  śraddhayā —with faith;  bhaktyā —by devotion;  kṛṣṇāya —unto Lord Kṛṣṇa;  paramātmane —who is the Supreme Person;  yacchan —offering;  priya-tamam —the dearmost;  kim —something;  nu —indeed;