Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 33
The Exposition of Nṛsiṁha Worship-Mantras, Nyāsa, Mudrās, Yantras, Kavaca, and Nṛsiṁha Gāyatrī
न्यासस्यास्य तु माहात्म्यं जानात्येको हरिः स्वयम् । एवं न्यासविधिं कृत्वा ध्यायेच्च नृहरिं हृदि ॥ ३३ ॥
nyāsasyāsya tu māhātmyaṃ jānātyeko hariḥ svayam | evaṃ nyāsavidhiṃ kṛtvā dhyāyecca nṛhariṃ hṛdi || 33 ||
ഈ ന്യാസത്തിന്റെ മഹാത്മ്യം സ്വയം ഹരിയേ ഒരുവനായി അറിയുന്നു. അതുകൊണ്ട് ഇങ്ങനെ ന്യാസവിധി നിർവഹിച്ചു ഹൃദയത്തിൽ നൃഹരിയെ ധ്യാനിക്കണം।
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It teaches that nyāsa has a subtle, divine potency beyond ordinary explanation, and that its purpose culminates in inward realization—meditating on Hari (as Nṛhari) in the heart.
Bhakti here is ritual-to-contemplation: one consecrates the body and senses through nyāsa, then turns devotion inward by steady heart-centered meditation on Nṛhari.
It highlights applied mantra-śāstra/ritual technique (nyāsa-vidhi)—a technical procedure of placing mantra-power on the body—followed by prescribed dhyāna as the practical completion of the rite.