Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 116
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ईश्वरो बहुधान्यश्च प्रमाथी विक्रमो वृषः । चित्रभानुस्सुभानुश्च तारणः पार्थिवोऽव्ययः ॥ ११६ ॥
īśvaro bahudhānyaśca pramāthī vikramo vṛṣaḥ | citrabhānussubhānuśca tāraṇaḥ pārthivo'vyayaḥ || 116 ||
He is the Supreme Lord—abundant in nourishment and prosperity; the mighty subduer; valour itself; the righteous Bull (Vṛṣa), upholder of dharma. He shines with variegated splendour and auspicious radiance; He is the saviour who carries beings across; He rules within the earthly realm, and yet remains imperishable.
Narada (in a Moksha-Dharma recitation of divine names, addressed within the Narada–Sanatkumara dialogue frame)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
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It presents Vishnu as the imperishable Lord who both sustains worldly life (abundance, earthly rulership) and grants transcendence (tāraṇa—carrying beings beyond saṃsāra), showing that the same Divine governs dharma and liberation.
By concentrating devotion through sacred epithets—īśvara, vṛṣa, tāraṇa, avyaya—the devotee remembers Vishnu’s protecting, sustaining, and liberating powers; such nāma-smaraṇa/nāma-japa is a direct bhakti practice aligned with Moksha-Dharma.
Primarily Vyākaraṇa and Nirukta-style insight: the verse teaches meaning through well-formed divine names (nāma), encouraging precise understanding and correct recitation for stotra and japa practice.