Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 19
Sṛṣṭi-varṇana, Bhārata-khaṇḍa-mahātmya, and Jagad-bhūgola
Creation, Glory of Bhārata, and World Geography
रक्षां करोति यो देवो नित्य इत्यभिधीयते । रक्षां करोति यो देवो जगतां परतः पुमान् ॥ १९ ॥
rakṣāṃ karoti yo devo nitya ityabhidhīyate | rakṣāṃ karoti yo devo jagatāṃ parataḥ pumān || 19 ||
यो देवो रक्षां करोति स नित्य इत्यभिधीयते; यो जगतां रक्षकः परतः पुमान् स एव परमः।
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It identifies the Lord’s defining mark as continual protection: the one who unfailingly safeguards beings is “Nitya,” and that protector is the transcendent Supreme Person worthy of refuge.
By portraying God primarily as the ever-protecting guardian of all worlds, it encourages bhakti as trusting surrender—devotion grounded in reliance on the Lord’s constant rakṣā.
No specific Vedanga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Śikṣā) is taught in this verse; it is a theological definition emphasizing divine protection and the Supreme Person beyond the cosmos.