Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 36
Nārada’s Hymn to Viṣṇu
Nāradasya Viṣṇu-stavaḥ
सर्वसङ्गनिवृत्तानां ध्यानयोगरतात्मनाम् । सर्वत्र भाति ज्ञानात्मा तमस्मि शरणं गतः ॥ ३६ ॥
sarvasaṅganivṛttānāṃ dhyānayogaratātmanām | sarvatra bhāti jñānātmā tamasmi śaraṇaṃ gataḥ || 36 ||
जो समस्त आसक्तियों से निवृत्त होकर ध्यान-योग में रत चित्त वाले हैं, उनके लिए ज्ञानस्वरूप आत्मा सर्वत्र प्रकाशमान होता है। उसी प्रभु की मैं शरण गया हूँ।
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It declares that when attachment is renounced and meditation becomes steady, the Jñāna-Self is directly evident everywhere; the verse models śaraṇāgati (taking refuge) in that ever-luminous Reality.
Bhakti here is expressed as surrender—turning away from worldly clinging and taking refuge in the supreme inner Principle; such devotion matures into contemplative absorption where the Divine is perceived in all places.
No specific Vedāṅga technique is taught; the practical takeaway is yogic discipline—cultivating vairāgya and dhyāna (a sādhanā aligned with Upaniṣadic jñāna) rather than ritual procedure or technical sciences.