Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 150
The Exposition of the Krishna Mantra (Kṛṣṇa-mantra-prakāśa): Nyāsa, Dhyāna, Worship, Yantra, and Prayoga
श्रीमत्कुन्देंदुगौरं सरसिजनयनं शङ्खचक्रे गदाब्जे बिभ्राणं हस्तपद्मैर्नवनलिनलसन्मालयादीप्यमानम् । वंदे वेद्यं मुनींद्रैः कणिकमुनिलसद्दिव्यभूषाभिरामं दिव्यांगालेपभासं सकलभयहरं पीतवस्त्रं नुरारिम् ॥ १५० ॥
śrīmatkundeṃdugauraṃ sarasijanayanaṃ śaṅkhacakre gadābje bibhrāṇaṃ hastapadmairnavanalinalasanmālayādīpyamānam | vaṃde vedyaṃ munīṃdraiḥ kaṇikamunilasaddivyabhūṣābhirāmaṃ divyāṃgālepabhāsaṃ sakalabhayaharaṃ pītavastraṃ nurārim || 150 ||
कुंदफूल व चंद्रासारखा गौर, श्रीमंत, कमळनेत्र, शंख-चक्रधारी; करकमळांनी गदा व पद्म धारण करून नवकमळमाळांनी दीप्त—अशा मुनींद्रांना वेद्य, दिव्य भूषणांनी शोभित, दिव्य अंगलेपाने प्रकाशमान, सर्व भय हरिणारे, पीतांबरधारी, दैत्यारि श्रीनारायणास मी वंदन करतो।
Narada (hymnic praise within the Narada–Sanatkumara dialogue context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
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It presents Nārāyaṇa as the supreme, sage-knowable Reality whose remembrance and worship remove all fear; the verse functions as a devotional invocation that aligns the mind with mokṣa-oriented bhakti.
Bhakti is expressed through direct vandanā (reverential praise) of the Lord’s auspicious form and qualities—purity, radiance, protection, and supremacy—showing that heartfelt contemplation and worship are themselves a liberating discipline.
While not teaching a specific Vedāṅga rule, it reflects the Vedāṅga-aligned use of precise mantra-style epithets and iconographic terms (śaṅkha-cakra-gadā-padma) for correct devotional recitation and visualization in ritual practice.