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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 10]
There are many, many devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and they have been enumerated in  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  (6.3.20) as follows:
svayambhūr nāradaḥ śambhuḥ kumāraḥ kapilo manuḥ prahlādo janako bhīṣmo balir vaiyāsakir vayam
Of the twelve authorized devotees—Lord Brahmā, Nārada, Lord Śiva, Kapila, Manu and so on—Prahlāda Mahārāja is understood to be the best example.
TEXT 22
कुरु त्वं प्रेतकृत्यानि पितुः पूतस्य सर्वशः । मदङ्गस्पर्शनेनाङ्ग लोकान्यास्यति सुप्रजाः ॥२२॥
kuru tvam preta-kṛtyāni pituḥ pūtasya sarvaśaḥ mad-aṅga-sparśanenāṅga lokān yāsyati suprajāḥ
kuru —perform;  tvam —you;  preta-kṛtyāni —the ritualistic ceremony performed after death;  pituḥ —of your father;  pūtasya —already purified;  sarvaśaḥ —in all respects;  mat-aṅga —My body;  sparśanena —by touching;  aṅga —My dear child;  lokān —to planets;  yāsyati —he will be elevated;  su-prajāḥ —to become a devotee-citizen.
TRANSLATION
My dear child, your father has already been purified just by the touch of My body at the time of his death. Nonetheless, the duty of a son is to perform the śrāddha ritualistic ceremony after his father's death so that his father may be promoted to a planetary system where he may become a good citizen and devotee.
PURPORT
In this regard, Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura says that although Hiraṇyakaśipu was already purified, he had to take birth on a higher