Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 46
The Exposition of Nṛsiṁha Worship-Mantras, Nyāsa, Mudrās, Yantras, Kavaca, and Nṛsiṁha Gāyatrī
अङ्गा न्यादौ समाराध्यदिक्पत्रेषु यजेत्पुनः । गरुडादीन् श्रीमुखांश्च विदिक्षु लोकपान्बहिः ॥ ४६ ॥
aṅgā nyādau samārādhyadikpatreṣu yajetpunaḥ | garuḍādīn śrīmukhāṃśca vidikṣu lokapānbahiḥ || 46 ||
အင်္ဂ-ညာသ (aṅga-nyāsa) ကို စနစ်တကျ ပြုလုပ်၍ ဘုရားကို ပူဇော်ပြီးနောက်၊ ဦးတည်ရာအရ သတ်မှတ်ထားသော ပန်းချပ်များပေါ်တွင် ထပ်မံပူဇော်ရမည်။ အလယ်အလတ်ဦးတည်ရာများ (vidik) တွင် ဂရုဍ (Garuḍa) နှင့် မင်္ဂလာမျက်နှာရှိသော အထောက်အပံ့များကို ပူဇော်၍၊ မဏ္ဍလ/ကြာပန်းအပြင်ဘက်တွင် လောကပာလ (Lokapāla) များကို ပူဇော်ရမည်။
Narada (teaching within a technical/ritual instruction section traditionally framed as Narada’s transmission in dialogue context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It sacralizes space: by worshipping the directional petals, Garuḍa and attendants in the intermediate quarters, and the Lokapālas outside, the sādhaka establishes protection and cosmic order around the main deity-worship.
Bhakti here is shown as orderly upacāra: devotion is expressed through precise offerings—beginning with aṅga-nyāsa (making the body a fit seat for worship) and extending reverence to Vishnu’s associates like Garuḍa and to the guardians who uphold dharma in the directions.
It highlights ritual-technical knowledge: nyāsa (mantric placement), dik-vinyāsa (directional arrangement), and maṇḍala/lotus-petal worship sequencing—procedural principles used in applied liturgy (kalpa-style practice).