Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 96
The Exposition of Nṛsiṁha Worship-Mantras, Nyāsa, Mudrās, Yantras, Kavaca, and Nṛsiṁha Gāyatrī
यन्त्रराजप्रसादेन सर्वत्र जयमाप्नुयात् । अथान्यत्सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि यन्त्रं सर्ववशङ्करम् ॥ ९६ ॥
yantrarājaprasādena sarvatra jayamāpnuyāt | athānyatsampravakṣyāmi yantraṃ sarvavaśaṅkaram || 96 ||
Dengan rahmat dan keberkesanan “Raja segala Yantra”, seseorang memperoleh kemenangan di mana-mana. Kini akan aku jelaskan lagi satu yantra—yantra yang menundukkan semua makhluk di bawah kuasa.
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: vira
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It frames yantra-prayoga as a structured ‘vidya’ with graded results—first universal victory through the ‘yantra-rāja’, then introduction of another yantra aimed at influence—showing the text’s technical (śāstra) approach to ritual efficacy.
Bhakti is not explicit here; the verse belongs to a technical instruction stream. Its implicit ethic is that results arise through disciplined śāstric practice and ‘prasāda’ (effective grace), which later purāṇic teaching typically subordinates to dharma and devotion.
It highlights applied ritual-technical knowledge (prayoga) associated with mantra/yantra procedures—part of the Purana’s ‘technical sciences’ emphasis in Book 1.3 rather than narrative theology.