Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 82
नारसिंहं वामनाख्यं जाम दग्न्यं च राघवम् । बलभद्रं च कृष्णं च कल्किं विष्णुं नमाम्यहम्
nārasiṃhaṃ vāmanākhyaṃ jāma dagnyaṃ ca rāghavam | balabhadraṃ ca kṛṣṇaṃ ca kalkiṃ viṣṇuṃ namāmyaham
നരസിംഹൻ, വാമനൻ, ജാമദഗ്ന്യൻ (പരശുരാമൻ), രാഘവൻ (രാമൻ) എന്നീ രൂപങ്ങളിലുള്ള വിഷ്ണുവിനെ ഞാൻ പ്രണാമം ചെയ്യുന്നു; ബലഭദ്രൻ, കൃഷ്ണൻ, കല്കി രൂപത്തിലുള്ള വിഷ്ണുവിനെയും നമസ്കരിക്കുന്നു.
Gālava
Scene: A garland-like sequence of Viṣṇu’s later avatāras appears as luminous forms around the praying sage: Nṛsiṃha bursting from a pillar, Vāmana with umbrella, Paraśurāma with axe, Rāma with bow, Balarāma with plough, Kṛṣṇa with flute, Kalki on a white horse.
FAQs
Viṣṇu’s many descents reveal dharma-restoration in every era; devotion honors the One Lord through many saving forms.
The hymn belongs to the Dharmapuṣkariṇī-centered narrative within Setukhaṇḍa.
Recitation of avatāra-nāmas as an act of worship and remembrance during pūjā.