Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 37
The Exposition of the Krishna Mantra (Kṛṣṇa-mantra-prakāśa): Nyāsa, Dhyāna, Worship, Yantra, and Prayoga
विन्यसेन्न्यासषट्कं च षोढा न्यासोऽयमीरितः । अनेन न्यासवर्येण साक्षात्कृष्णसमो भवेत् ॥ ३७ ॥
vinyasennyāsaṣaṭkaṃ ca ṣoḍhā nyāso'yamīritaḥ | anena nyāsavaryeṇa sākṣātkṛṣṇasamo bhavet || 37 ||
ਛੇ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਰ ਦਾ ਨਿਆਸ ਕਰਨਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ; ਇਹੀ ਸੋਲ੍ਹਾਂ ਅੰਗਾਂ ਵਾਲਾ ਨਿਆਸ ਕਿਹਾ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ। ਇਸ ਉੱਤਮ ਨਿਆਸ ਨਾਲ ਸਾਧਕ ਸਾਕਸ਼ਾਤ ਕ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਨ-ਸਮ (ਸੰਨਿਧੀ ਤੇ ਸਮਰੱਥਾ ਵਿੱਚ) ਹੋ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ।
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: vira
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It elevates nyāsa from a mere ritual gesture to a transformative consecration: properly placing mantra-power upon the body-mind is said to bring the sādhaka into direct divine likeness (Kṛṣṇa-sāmyā), meaning intimate proximity and spiritual empowerment through devotion.
Bhakti here is practiced as embodied remembrance: nyāsa installs the Lord’s names/mantras onto one’s limbs and awareness, turning the practitioner into a living locus of Kṛṣṇa-smaraṇa (constant recollection), which the text praises as leading to divine similarity.
It highlights prayoga (applied ritual procedure) connected with mantra-śāstra—specifically nyāsa as a technical method of mantra-application and internalization, a key feature of the Narada Purana’s Book 1.3 instructional material.