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na deśa-kāla-niyamo na śaucāśauca-nirṇayaḥ |
paraṁ saṅkīrtanād eva rāma rāmeti mucyate ||
(Vaiśvānara-saṁhitā; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 11.411)

“There is no regulation in regard to place or time, and there is no consideration of pure or impure. One is liberated just by the saṅkīrtana of ‘Rāma, Rāma.’”

na deśa-kālāvasthāsu śuddhy-ādikam apekṣate |
kintu svatantram evaitan nāma kāmita-kāmadam ||
(Skanda Purāṇa; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 11.410)

“Purity and so forth in regard to place, time, and circumstance is not replied upon [by one who chants the name of Śrī Bhagavān]. Rather, this name is verily an independent bestower of all desired objects of desire.”

cakrāyudhasya nāmāni sadā sarvatra kīrtayet |
nāśaucaṁ kīrtane tasya sa pavitra-karo yataḥ ||
(Padma Purāṇa; Skanda Purāṇa; Viṣṇu-dharmottama; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 11.409)

“One should always and everywhere chant the names of the Wielder of the cakra since he is purifying and there is no [consideration of] impurity in chanting about him.”

svapan bhuñjan vrajaṁs tiṣṭhaṁś ca vadaṁs tathā |
ye vadanti harer nāma tebhyo nityaṁ namo namaḥ ||
(Bṛhan Nāradīya Purāṇa; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 11.404)

“Obeisance and obeisance forever unto they who speak Hari’s name while sleeping, eating, moving, standing, and speaking.”

sarvārtha-śakti-yuktasya deva-devasya cakriṇaḥ |
yac cābhirucitaṁ nāma tat sarvārtheṣu yojayet ||
(Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 11.401)

“One should meditate on that name of the Wielder of the cakra, the Deva of devas endowed with the śakti of all objects, which is also liked [by oneself, i.e., for which one feels a specific taste] for the sake of [attaining] all objects.”

dāna-vrata-tapas-tīrtha-yātrādīnāṁ ca yāḥ sthitāḥ |
śaktayo deva-mahatāṁ sarva-pāpa-harāḥ śubhāḥ ||
rājasūyāśvamedhānāṁ jñānasyādhyātma-vastunaḥ |
ākṛṣya hariṇā sarvāḥ sthāpitāḥ sveṣu nāmasu ||
(Skanda Purāṇa; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 11.398–399)

“All the auspicious śaktis dispelling of all sin which are present in charity, rites, austerity, pilgrimages to tīrthas, and so forth, as well as in devas and mahats, and in coronations, horse sacrifices, knowledge, and spiritual objects, have been extracted by Hari and established in his own names.”