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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 ||

Es lehrt die Wissenschaft des Yoga, die Bhakti zu Viṣṇu und die Frucht der Verneigung vor Hari; es verkündet auch die vaiṣṇavische Größe und enthält darüber hinaus den vortrefflichen Hymnus an Narasiṃha.

योगशास्त्रम्treatise on yoga
योगशास्त्रम्:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootयोग + शास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (योगस्य शास्त्रम्)
विष्णुभक्तिःdevotion to Viṣṇu
विष्णुभक्तिः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु + भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (विष्णोः भक्तिः)
नमस्कृतिफलम्fruit of salutation
नमस्कृतिफलम्:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootनमस्कृति + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (नमस्कृतेः फलम्)
हरेःof Hari (Viṣṇu)
हरेः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; 'of Hari'
माहात्म्यम्greatness/glory
माहात्म्यम्:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootमाहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
वैष्णवम्Vaiṣṇava
वैष्णवम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootवैष्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying माहात्म्यम्)
and
:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)
अथthen/also
अथ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/discourse)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; आरम्भ/अनन्तरबोधक (discourse particle: 'then/also')
नारसिंहस्तवोत्तमम्the excellent Nārasiṃha hymn
नारसिंहस्तवोत्तमम्:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootनारसिंह + स्तव + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः: (नारसिंहस्य स्तवः) + उत्तमः → 'नारसिंह-स्तव-उत्तमम्' (श्रेष्ठं स्तोत्रम्)

Suta (summarizing the Narada Purana’s contents in an anukramanika section)

Vrata: none

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

V
Vishnu
H
Hari
N
Narasimha

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.