Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 150
The Exposition of Nṛsiṁha Worship-Mantras, Nyāsa, Mudrās, Yantras, Kavaca, and Nṛsiṁha Gāyatrī
व्रजदंष्ट्रेति कर्मान्ते त्वासयाक्रन्दयद्वयम् । तमो ग्रसद्वयं पश्चात्स्वाहान्ते चाभयं ततः ॥ १५० ॥
vrajadaṃṣṭreti karmānte tvāsayākrandayadvayam | tamo grasadvayaṃ paścātsvāhānte cābhayaṃ tataḥ || 150 ||
عمل کے اختتام پر ‘وَرجَدَمشٹر’ کہے؛ پھر ‘تْواسَا’ کہہ کر اس جوڑے کو گریہ کرائے۔ اس کے بعد ‘تَموگْرَس’ سے اس جوڑے کو نگل کر (یعنی رسمًا بے اثر کر کے)؛ اور سْواہا کے آخر میں ‘اَبھَیَ’ (بے خوفی) کا اعلان کرے۔
Narada (teaching a technical ritual sequence within Vedanga-oriented material)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It emphasizes that a Vedic rite is completed not merely by offering, but by correctly sealing the ritual with specific mantric closures that neutralize negativity (“tamo-grasa”) and culminate in protection (“abhaya”).
While primarily technical, it reflects bhakti through disciplined reverence for sacred sound: completing the rite with prescribed mantras is treated as an act of faithful obedience that invokes divine safeguarding (abhaya).
It highlights ritual procedure and mantra-application—especially the svāhā-ending structure and the correct sequential use of specific utterances—aligned with Vedanga concerns such as śikṣā (proper recitation) and kalpa (ritual method).