Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 111
The Exposition of Nṛsiṁha Worship-Mantras, Nyāsa, Mudrās, Yantras, Kavaca, and Nṛsiṁha Gāyatrī
देवता च पदैः सर्वेणाङ्गकल्पनमीरितम् । विन्यस्यैवं तु पञ्चाङ्गं स्वात्मरक्षां समाचरेत् ॥ १११ ॥
devatā ca padaiḥ sarveṇāṅgakalpanamīritam | vinyasyaivaṃ tu pañcāṅgaṃ svātmarakṣāṃ samācaret || 111 ||
Thus the visualization and placement of the Deity upon all the limbs—through the prescribed words—has been taught. Having performed this fivefold limb-placing (pañcāṅga-nyāsa), one should then undertake one’s own protection (self-guarding rite).
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada, within Vedanga/ritual-technical context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It presents nyāsa as an inner safeguarding discipline: by installing the deity through mantra on one’s limbs, the practitioner sacralizes the body and establishes a protective spiritual boundary (svātma-rakṣā).
Bhakti is expressed here as embodied remembrance—devotional presence is not only mental but ritually enacted by placing the deity on the body, making the practitioner’s life and senses instruments of worship and protection.
It highlights mantra-prayoga (applied mantric procedure): using specific padas (phrases) for aṅga-kalpanā and performing a structured pañcāṅga-nyāsa as a practical ritual method for protection.