Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 32
The Exposition of Nṛsiṁha Worship-Mantras, Nyāsa, Mudrās, Yantras, Kavaca, and Nṛsiṁha Gāyatrī
बाह्वोरङ्गुलिषु प्राणे मूर्द्धादि चरणावधि । विन्यसेन्नामतो धीमान्हरिन्यासोऽयमीरितः ॥ ३२ ॥
bāhvoraṅguliṣu prāṇe mūrddhādi caraṇāvadhi | vinyasennāmato dhīmānharinyāso'yamīritaḥ || 32 ||
ഭുജങ്ങളിലും വിരലുകളിലും, പ്രാണവായുക്കളിലും, മസ്തകത്തിൽ നിന്ന് പാദം വരെ—ദിവ്യ നാമങ്ങളുടെ ന്യാസം ബുദ്ധിമാൻ സാധകൻ ചെയ്യണം; ഇതാണ് ‘ഹരി-ന്യാസം’ എന്നു ഉപദേശിച്ചത്।
Narada (teaching in a technical/ritual instruction context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It teaches Hari-nyāsa—sanctifying the whole body and life-breath by installing Vishnu’s names—so the practitioner’s body becomes fit for devotion and mantra-upāsanā.
Bhakti is made embodied: remembrance of Hari is not only mental, but ritually ‘placed’ on limbs and in prāṇa, turning ordinary bodily activity into continuous Vishnu-centered worship.
It highlights applied ritual technique (mantra-nyāsa) and precise bodily placement—an example of technical discipline aligned with Vedāṅga-style procedural exactness used in worship.