Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 14
Mokṣopāya: Bhakti-rooted Jñāna and the Aṣṭāṅga Yoga of Viṣṇu-Meditation
निर्गुणोऽपि गुणाधारो लोकानुग्रहरुपधृक् । आकाशमध्यगः पूर्णस्तं प्राहुर्मोक्षदं नृणाम् ॥ १४ ॥
nirguṇo'pi guṇādhāro lokānugraharupadhṛk | ākāśamadhyagaḥ pūrṇastaṃ prāhurmokṣadaṃ nṛṇām || 14 ||
वह निर्गुण होकर भी समस्त गुणों का आधार है; लोकों पर अनुग्रह करने हेतु रूप धारण करता है; आकाश के मध्य स्थित, सर्वव्यापी और पूर्ण—उसी को मनुष्यों का मोक्षदाता कहते हैं।
Narada (in dialogue context with Sanatkumara tradition; verse states a doctrinal description)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta (wonder)
Secondary Rasa: shanta (peace)
FAQs
It reconciles nirguṇa transcendence with compassionate manifestation: the Supreme is beyond material qualities yet supports them and, for the world’s welfare, becomes accessible—therefore He alone is proclaimed the giver of mokṣa.
By stating that the Lord ‘assumes a form for the world’s grace,’ it validates worship of the manifested (saguṇa) form as a merciful means to approach the transcendent (nirguṇa) reality—central to Vishnu-bhakti in the Narada Purana.
No specific Vedāṅga technique is taught; the takeaway is doctrinal clarity (tattva-viveka) used in mantra-japa and pūjā: the deity invoked in ritual is not limited by form, but is the all-pervading support of all guṇas.