Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 32
The Exposition of Nṛsiṁha Worship-Mantras, Nyāsa, Mudrās, Yantras, Kavaca, and Nṛsiṁha Gāyatrī
बाह्वोरङ्गुलिषु प्राणे मूर्द्धादि चरणावधि । विन्यसेन्नामतो धीमान्हरिन्यासोऽयमीरितः ॥ ३२ ॥
bāhvoraṅguliṣu prāṇe mūrddhādi caraṇāvadhi | vinyasennāmato dhīmānharinyāso'yamīritaḥ || 32 ||
The wise practitioner should perform nyāsa by placing the divine Names—from the arms and fingers upon the prāṇas, the vital airs, and from the head down to the feet. This is taught as Hari-nyāsa.
Narada (teaching in a technical/ritual instruction context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It teaches Hari-nyāsa—sanctifying the whole body and life-breath by installing Vishnu’s names—so the practitioner’s body becomes fit for devotion and mantra-upāsanā.
Bhakti is made embodied: remembrance of Hari is not only mental, but ritually ‘placed’ on limbs and in prāṇa, turning ordinary bodily activity into continuous Vishnu-centered worship.
It highlights applied ritual technique (mantra-nyāsa) and precise bodily placement—an example of technical discipline aligned with Vedāṅga-style procedural exactness used in worship.