Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 131

The Exposition of Nṛsiṁha Worship-Mantras, Nyāsa, Mudrās, Yantras, Kavaca, and Nṛsiṁha Gāyatrī

Devanagari script

मुनिर्ब्रह्माथ गायत्री छन्दः प्रोक्तोऽस्य देवता । श्रीमाञ्जयनृसिंहस्तु सर्वाभीष्टप्रदायकः ॥ १३१ ॥

Transliteration

munirbrahmātha gāyatrī chandaḥ prokto'sya devatā | śrīmāñjayanṛsiṃhastu sarvābhīṣṭapradāyakaḥ || 131 ||

Translation

Für dieses Mantra ist der ṛṣi Brahmā; das Versmaß ist Gāyatrī; und die waltende Gottheit ist der erhabene Jaya-Nṛsiṁha, der alle gewünschten Gaben verleiht.

Word by Word

• मुनिः: the sage (seer)
• मुनिः: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta (कर्ता/subject-complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्/ब्रह्मा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• अथ: and then/also
• अथ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/समुच्चयार्थक (sequencing particle)

• गायत्री: Gāyatrī
• गायत्री: Karta (कर्ता/subject-complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गायत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• छन्दः: meter
• छन्दः: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छन्दस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• प्रोक्तः: is declared
• प्रोक्तः: Kriya (क्रिया/participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकालिक (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘प्रोक्तः’ = ‘said/declared’

• अस्य: of this (mantra)
• अस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• देवता: presiding deity
• देवता: Karta (कर्ता/subject-complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• श्रीमान्: glorious/auspicious
• श्रीमान्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण

• जय-नृसिंहः: Jaya-Nṛsiṃha (victorious Nṛsiṃha)
• जय-नृसिंहः: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय (प्रातिपदिक) + नृसिंह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्मधारय—‘जयः (विजयी) नृसिंहः’

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विशेषण/विरोध/अवधारणार्थक (emphatic/contrast particle)

• सर्व-अभीष्ट-प्रदायकः: giver of all desired (boons)
• सर्व-अभीष्ट-प्रदायकः: Visheshana (विशेषण/predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अभीष्ट (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रदायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः—‘सर्वाणि अभीष्टानि प्रददाति इति’

Speaker

Narada

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Brahma
• Gayatri (Chandas)
• Jaya-Nrsimha
• Nrsimha

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in Narada Purana?

It gives the standard mantra-identification (ṛṣi–chandas–devatā), grounding the practice in Vedic discipline and directing devotion to Jaya-Nṛsiṁha as the deity who fulfills righteous aspirations.

How does this verse explain the path of devotion (Bhakti)?

By naming Jaya-Nṛsiṁha as the devatā and “giver of all desired aims,” the verse centers the practitioner’s faith on a personal form of Viṣṇu, encouraging focused remembrance and worship with proper mantra procedure.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Chandas (a Vedāṅga) is explicitly cited: the mantra is in the Gāyatrī metre, along with the ritual convention of stating the mantra’s ṛṣi (seer) and devatā (presiding deity) for correct viniyoga.