Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 55
Bhakti-Śraddhā-Ācāra-Māhātmya and the Commencement of the Mārkaṇḍeya Narrative
देवा ऊचुः । नारायणाक्षरानन्त शरणागतपालक । मृकण्डुतपसा त्रस्तान्पाहि नः शरणागतान् ॥ ५५ ॥
devā ūcuḥ | nārāyaṇākṣarānanta śaraṇāgatapālaka | mṛkaṇḍutapasā trastānpāhi naḥ śaraṇāgatān || 55 ||
ဒေဝတားတို့က ဆိုကြသည်– «အို နာရာယဏ၊ အက္ခရာတော်၊ မပျက်မယွင်း အနန္တတော်၊ ခိုလှုံလာသူတို့ကို ကာကွယ်တော်မူသောအရှင်။ မೃကဏ္ဍု၏ တပသ်ကြောင့် ကြောက်လန့်နေသော ကျွန်ုပ်တို့ ခိုလှုံလာသူတို့ကို ကယ်တင်ကာကွယ်တော်မူပါ»။
Devas (the gods)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
FAQs
It presents Nārāyaṇa as the imperishable, infinite refuge (Akṣara-Ananta) and emphasizes śaraṇāgati—seeking divine shelter—as the sure response to fear and cosmic disturbance.
Bhakti is shown as humble surrender: the Devas openly confess their fear and rely on Nārāyaṇa’s role as śaraṇāgata-pālaka, illustrating trust in the Lord’s protective grace over self-power.
No specific Vedāṅga technique is taught directly; the verse instead highlights the Vedic principle of tapas (austerity) as a potent force that even affects the gods, requiring proper alignment with dharma and divine refuge.