Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 115
The Exposition of Nṛsiṁha Worship-Mantras, Nyāsa, Mudrās, Yantras, Kavaca, and Nṛsiṁha Gāyatrī
माधवो मे कटिं पातु गोविन्दो गुह्यमेव च । नाभिं विष्णुश्च मे पातु जठरं मधुसूदनः ॥ ११५ ॥
mādhavo me kaṭiṃ pātu govindo guhyameva ca | nābhiṃ viṣṇuśca me pātu jaṭharaṃ madhusūdanaḥ || 115 ||
Que Mādhava protège ma taille; que Govinda protège aussi mes parties secrètes. Que Viṣṇu protège mon nombril, et que Madhusūdana protège mon ventre.
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It presents a limb-by-limb protective invocation (a kavacha-style prayer), teaching that remembering Viṣṇu through specific divine names sanctifies and safeguards the body as an instrument for dharma and devotion.
Bhakti is expressed as continual reliance on the Lord’s names—Mādhava, Govinda, Viṣṇu, Madhusūdana—so that devotion becomes embodied practice, turning daily life and bodily awareness into remembrance (smaraṇa).
It reflects applied mantra-prayoga used in protective recitation (kavacha/anga-rakṣā), akin to nyāsa-style placement of divine names on body-parts—practical ritual methodology rather than grammar or astrology.