Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 150
The Exposition of Nṛsiṁha Worship-Mantras, Nyāsa, Mudrās, Yantras, Kavaca, and Nṛsiṁha Gāyatrī
व्रजदंष्ट्रेति कर्मान्ते त्वासयाक्रन्दयद्वयम् । तमो ग्रसद्वयं पश्चात्स्वाहान्ते चाभयं ततः ॥ १५० ॥
vrajadaṃṣṭreti karmānte tvāsayākrandayadvayam | tamo grasadvayaṃ paścātsvāhānte cābhayaṃ tataḥ || 150 ||
കർമ്മാന്തത്തിൽ ‘വ്രജദംഷ്ട്ര’ എന്നു ജപിക്കണം; തുടർന്ന് ‘ത്വാസാ’ എന്നു പറഞ്ഞ് ആ യുഗളത്തെ ക്രന്ദിപ്പിക്കണം. പിന്നെ ‘തമോഗ്രസ’ കൊണ്ട് ആ യുഗളത്തെ ഗ്രസിച്ച് (ശമിപ്പിച്ച്); സ്വാഹാ-അന്തത്തിൽ ‘അഭയ’ എന്നു ഉച്ചരിക്കണം.
Narada (teaching a technical ritual sequence within Vedanga-oriented material)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It emphasizes that a Vedic rite is completed not merely by offering, but by correctly sealing the ritual with specific mantric closures that neutralize negativity (“tamo-grasa”) and culminate in protection (“abhaya”).
While primarily technical, it reflects bhakti through disciplined reverence for sacred sound: completing the rite with prescribed mantras is treated as an act of faithful obedience that invokes divine safeguarding (abhaya).
It highlights ritual procedure and mantra-application—especially the svāhā-ending structure and the correct sequential use of specific utterances—aligned with Vedanga concerns such as śikṣā (proper recitation) and kalpa (ritual method).