Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 18
The Description of the Index/Summary of the Garuḍa
Purāṇa
योगशास्त्रं विष्णुभक्तिर्नमस्कृतिफलं हरेः । माहात्म्यं वैष्णवं चाथ नारसिंहस्तवोत्तमम् ॥ १८ ॥
yogaśāstraṃ viṣṇubhaktirnamaskṛtiphalaṃ hareḥ | māhātmyaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ cātha nārasiṃhastavottamam || 18 ||
ويُعلِّم علم اليوغا، وبهاكتي الإخلاص لفيشنو (Viṣṇu)، وثمرة السجود والتعظيم لهاري (Hari)؛ كما يعلن جلال الفايشنفا (Vaiṣṇava) ويضمّ أيضًا ترنيمةً رفيعةً في مدح نَرَسِمْهَا (Narasiṃha).
Suta (summarizing the Narada Purana’s contents in an anukramanika section)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
This verse functions as a contents-style marker, highlighting that the text teaches Yoga, Vaiṣṇava devotion, and the spiritually transformative merit (phala) of bowing to Hari, along with Narasiṃha praise as a protective devotional practice.
It centers devotion to Viṣṇu as a principal teaching and connects simple devotional acts—especially namaskāra (reverent salutation) to Hari—with tangible spiritual fruit, reinforcing bhakti as both accessible and efficacious.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa) is named in this verse; the practical takeaway is devotional discipline—namaskāra, Vaiṣṇava orientation, and stotra-recitation (Nārasiṃha-stava)—as applied sādhanā.