Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 108
The Exposition of Nṛsiṁha Worship-Mantras, Nyāsa, Mudrās, Yantras, Kavaca, and Nṛsiṁha Gāyatrī
मुनिर्ब्रह्मा तथा छन्दः पङिक्तर्देवो नृकेसरी । षड्दीर्घभाजा बीजेन षडङ्गानि समाचरेत् ॥ १०८ ॥
munirbrahmā tathā chandaḥ paṅiktardevo nṛkesarī | ṣaḍdīrghabhājā bījena ṣaḍaṅgāni samācaret || 108 ||
Le ṛṣi (voyant) est Brahmā ; le mètre est Paṅkti ; la divinité présidant est Nṛkeśarī (Nṛsiṁha). Avec le bīja-mantra comportant six voyelles longues, qu’on accomplisse dûment l’application aux six membres (ṣaḍ-aṅga) (nyāsa).
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It encodes the mantra’s traditional “identity” (ṛṣi–chandas–devatā) and instructs ṣaḍaṅga-nyāsa, framing Nṛsiṁha worship as a disciplined, Vedic-technical sādhanā rather than mere recitation.
Bhakti here is expressed through correct upāsanā-vidhi: devotion to Nṛsiṁha is strengthened by honoring the mantra’s metre, seer, deity, and by consecrating the body through nyāsa before japa.
Chandas (metre) is explicitly named (Paṅkti), and the verse applies mantra-śāstra procedure—ṣaḍaṅga-nyāsa—showing the Narada Purana’s technical, Vedāṅga-aligned ritual methodology.