Vamana Purana — Akhanda Ekadashi Vrata, Shloka 32
Akhaṇḍa-Ekādaśī Vrata and the Vaiṣṇava Protective Hymn; Prelude to the Kātyāyanī–Mahiṣāsura Narrative
चर्म सूर्यशतं गृह्य खङ्गं चन्द्रमसं तथा नैरृत्यां मां च रक्षस्व दिव्यमूर्ते नृकेसरिन्
carma sūryaśataṃ gṛhya khaṅgaṃ candramasaṃ tathā nairṛtyāṃ māṃ ca rakṣasva divyamūrte nṛkesarin
Indem ich den Schild ergreife, der wie hundert Sonnen strahlt, und ebenso das Schwert, das dem Mond gleicht, beschütze mich in der südwestlichen Richtung (nairṛtya), o Nṛkeśarin, von göttlicher Gestalt, der Mensch-Löwe.
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FAQs
The devotee entrusts even the most inauspicious quarter (often associated with danger) to the divine guardian; courage is reframed as reliance on dharma-protecting divinity.
Primarily ācāra/dharma-oriented liturgical content (protective recitation), not cosmogenesis or dynastic history.
Radiant shield and moonlike sword balance heat and coolness—terror and grace—mirroring Narasiṃha as both fierce protector and restorer of cosmic equilibrium.