In Närada Païcarätra, Bharadväja Saàhitä 3.22.25, the process of atonement for a Vaiñëava is described:

präyaçcittaà tu paramaà

prapattis tasya kevalam

kuryät karmätmakam väpi

Väsudevam anusmaram

Viçuddhod viñëu-bhaktasya

dåstyä-sparçena sevayä

smaraëänna pänädyai

girä päda rajo’ mbubhiù

Viñëor niveditännädyainñ

tathä tat kértanädibhiù

abhägavata dåñtyädeù

çuddhir eñä viçeñataù

kåtä yajïäù samstäç ca

dänäni ca tapäàsi ca

präyaçcittam açeñeëa

nityam arcayatä harim

“For a Vaiñëava the highest kind of atonement is full surrender to the Lord. Otherwise one should perform activities while remembering Lord Väsudeva.

By seeing the Lord's devotee, touching his feet, serving him, feeding him with cooked grains and water, speaking sweetly, taking the dust of his feet and drinking the water from his feet, eating mahäprasäda of the Lord and chanting the names of the Lord, one can purify oneself specially from the contamination of seeing and touching non- devotees.

One who constantly engages in worshipping Lord Hari is considered to have performed all activities like sacrifice, charity, penance, austerity, atonement etc”.

Again there are other statements in 2.59 and 3.73:

Våttir bhägavatänäà hi

sarväù bhagavataù kriyäù

präyaçcittiriyaà tasyäù

saiva yat kriyate puëaù

pürveñäm uttaresäà ca

nyäso näçära päp manäm

sarveñäm äparädhäëäm

ayaà hi kñamäpaëaà param

“To perform activities which are related to the Supreme Lord is the occupation of the Vaiñëava and the same activities repeated again and again is called präyaçcitta, or atonement. Those who have fully surrendered to the lotus feet of the Absolute Personality of Godhead are freed from all kinds of sinful activities which they committed previously and may happen to commit in the future. Such types of surrender are the atonement for all offences.”

In the Çrémad Bhägavatam 6.1.16 it is said:

präyaçcittäni cérëäni

näräyaëa parän mukham

na niñpunanti räjendra

surä-kumbham ivämbhasä

“Just as a pot of liquor cannot be purified by washing with water, similarly, those who are not surrendered to the Supreme Lord Näräyaëa, cannot be purified by undergoing so many atonements “

(This ends the footnote).

The phrase 'sad bhüdevädi' refers to devotees of Kåñëa (sat) and the Vaiñëava brähmaëas (bhüdeva), who are purified by name, mantra and gäyatré. 'Ädi' refers to all other living entities. Therefore atonement consists of worship of and service to the devotees of Kåñëa. That service consists of bathing, feeding, offering drinks, garlands, sandalwood and cloth. Because of his complete surrender to Kåñëa, the devotee is always internally and externally similar to the Lord Himself. He is therefore pure. He has no need to perform fruitive vows or wear kuça grass rings for purification.

(Referring to the fourth verse quoted from the Padma Puräëa :)

The devotee of Kåñëa means one who has none other than Kåñëa as his worshipable Deity. “Naiñöhikaù” means one who is conversant with Bhagavata-dharma and is faithful to the Lord. “Muni” means a person who knows what must be done. A Vaiñëava should not worship demigods such as Gaëeça, neither should he offer obeisances to their deities or to pots that they have been installed in. He should not look at them, glorify them or remember them, nor should he blaspheme them. What to speak of blaspheming the demigods, it is not proper for the Vaiñëavas to criticize any moving or non-moving living entity. The servant of the Lord should not eat the remnants of demigods. ‘O Närada, the association of those who worship any demigod should be avoided strictly. Thus a soul fixed in his actions to please the Lord becomes fully surrendered.’