Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 13
The Exposition of Nṛsiṁha Worship-Mantras, Nyāsa, Mudrās, Yantras, Kavaca, and Nṛsiṁha Gāyatrī
विष्णुः प्रद्युम्नयुक् शार्ङ्गी साग्निर्वीरं महांस्ततः । विष्णुं ज्वलन्तं भृग्वीशो जलं पद्मासनं ततः ॥ १३ ॥
viṣṇuḥ pradyumnayuk śārṅgī sāgnirvīraṃ mahāṃstataḥ | viṣṇuṃ jvalantaṃ bhṛgvīśo jalaṃ padmāsanaṃ tataḥ || 13 ||
پھر پرَدْیُمن سے یُکت، شَارنگ دھاری وِشنو کا—اگنی سمیت—دھیان کرے؛ پھر مہاویر کا؛ پھر جلتے ہوئے نورِ وِشنو کا؛ پھر بھِرگوؤں کے ایش کا؛ پھر پانی کا؛ اور پھر پدم آسن (برہما) کا دھیان کرے۔
Sanatkumara (in dialogue instruction to Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It presents a disciplined devatā-krama (ordered contemplation) where Viṣṇu remains central, while allied cosmic principles—fire (Agni), water (Jala), and the lotus-seated creator (Brahmā)—are remembered as parts of an integrated Vedic vision.
Bhakti is expressed here as focused remembrance: Viṣṇu is praised through epithets (Śārṅgī, blazing radiance) and associated forms (with Pradyumna), training the mind to hold the Lord steadily while honoring related divine functions.
It reflects ritual-technical practice: the correct sequencing of devatā-smaraṇa used in mantra-japa or yajña contexts—an applied aspect of Vedāṅga-style discipline (procedural precision rather than narrative storytelling).