306 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 10

There are many, many devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
and they have been enumerated in Srimad-Bhégavatam (6.3.20) as
follows:
svayambhir naéradah sambhuh
kumdrah kapilo manuh
prahlado janako bhismo
balir vaiyasakir vayam

Of the twelve authorized devotees—Lord Brahma, Narada, Lord Siva,
Kapila, Manu and so on—Prahlada Maharaja is understood to be the best
example.

TEXT 22

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ARIAT SHEIMAA TAT: UR

kuru tvam preta-krtyani
pituh piitasya sarvasah

mad-arga-sparsanenanga
lokan yasyati suprajah

kuru—perform; tvam—you; preta-krtyani—the ritualistic ceremony
performed after death; pituh—of your father; piitasya—already
purified; sarvesah—in all respects; mat-ariga—My body; sparsanena—
by touching; ariga—My dear child; lokan—to planets; ydsyati—he will
be elevated; su-prajah—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 sraddha 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, Srila Vigvanatha Cakravarti Thakura says that although
Hiranyakasipu was already purified, he had to take birth on a higher
