Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 14
The Exposition of Nṛsiṁha Worship-Mantras, Nyāsa, Mudrās, Yantras, Kavaca, and Nṛsiṁha Gāyatrī
हरिस्तु वासुदेवाय वैकुण्ठो विष्णुसंयुतः । गदी सेन्दुनृसिंहं च भीषणं भद्र मेव च ॥ १४ ॥
haristu vāsudevāya vaikuṇṭho viṣṇusaṃyutaḥ | gadī sendunṛsiṃhaṃ ca bhīṣaṇaṃ bhadra meva ca || 14 ||
ഹരിയെ വാസുദേവൻ, വിഷ്ണുസംയുക്തനായ വൈകുണ്ഠൻ, ഗദാധാരി (ഗദീ), (സ)ഇന്ദു-നൃസിംഹൻ, കൂടാതെ ഭീഷണൻ എന്നും ഭദ്രൻ എന്നും ഈ നാമങ്ങളാലും സ്തുതിക്കുന്നു।
Narada (in instruction/recitation context to the Sanatkumara tradition)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
It teaches that remembering Hari through multiple divine epithets—Vāsudeva, Vaikuṇṭha, Viṣṇu, Narasiṃha, Bhīṣaṇa, and Bhadra—invokes different dimensions of the same Supreme Lord: protection, awe, auspiciousness, and liberation.
Bhakti is practiced here as nāma-smaraṇa: devotion through repeated, attentive recollection of the Lord’s names and forms, treating them as direct supports for meditation and surrender.
The verse reflects a technical, list-based recitation style useful for chandas-aligned memorization and disciplined japa—an applied, Vedanga-friendly method for preserving and transmitting sacred nomenclature.