Shloka 19
Varaha-Pradurbhava Context: Prahlada’s Bhakti, Narasimha’s Ugra-Form, and Shiva’s Sharabha Intervention
दृष्ट्वा सुरासुरमहोरगसिद्धसाध्यास् तस्मिन् क्षणे हरिविरिञ्चिमुखा नृसिंहम् धैर्यं बलं च समवाप्य ययुर्विसृज्य आ दिङ्मुखान्तम् असुरक्षणतत्पराश् च
dṛṣṭvā surāsuramahoragasiddhasādhyās tasmin kṣaṇe hariviriñcimukhā nṛsiṃham dhairyaṃ balaṃ ca samavāpya yayurvisṛjya ā diṅmukhāntam asurakṣaṇatatparāś ca
In eben diesem Augenblick, als sie Nṛsiṁha erblickten, gewannen Devas und Asuras, die großen Schlangen, Siddhas und Sādhyas — mit Hari und Brahmā an der Spitze — Mut und Kraft zurück. Dann schwärmten sie bis an die Grenzen aller Himmelsrichtungen aus und zogen fort, entschlossen, gegen die Asuras Wache zu halten.
Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya; internal scene description)
FAQs
The verse highlights how darśana of a divine manifestation restores dhairya and bala, mirroring how Linga-darśana and Linga-pūjā stabilize the pashu (individual soul) and align it with dharma under the grace of Pati (the Lord).
Though Nṛsiṁha is named, the verse conveys a Shaiva-tattva principle: when the Supreme Lord’s protective power becomes manifest, fear and disorder subside and beings return to their ordained functions—an expression of Pati’s anugraha (grace) sustaining cosmic order.
The implied practice is darśana and smaraṇa (contemplative recollection) of the Lord’s form, which in Pāśupata-informed Shaiva discipline supports steadiness (dhairya), strength (bala), and readiness to uphold dharma.