Narasimha Purana · Chapter 10

jitvaivam ātmano mṛtyuṃ tapasā śaṃsitavrataḥ
sa jagāma pitur gehaṃ mārkaṇḍeyo mahāmatiḥ //

kṛtvā vivāhaṃ dharmeṇa bhṛgor vākyaviśeṣataḥ
sa vedaśirasaṃ putram utpādya ca vidhānataḥ //

iṣṭvā yajñais tu deveśaṃ nārāyaṇam anāmayam
śrāddhena tu pitṛn iṣṭvā annadānena cātithīn //

prayāgam āsādya punaḥ snātvā tīrthe garīyasi
mārkaṇḍeyo mahātejās tepe vaṭatale tapaḥ //

yasya prasādena purā jitavān mṛtyum ātmanaḥ
taṃ devaṃ draṣṭum icchan yaḥ sa tepe paramaṃ tapaḥ //

vāyubhakṣaś ciraṃ kālaṃ tapasā śoṣayaṃs tanum
ekadā tu mahātejā mārkaṇḍeyo mahāmatiḥ //

ārādhya mādhavaṃ devaṃ gandhapuṣpādibhiḥ śubhaiḥ
agre vyagramanāḥ sthitvā hṛdaye tam anusmaran
śaṅkhacakragadāpāṇiṃ tuṣṭāva garuḍadhvajam //

naraṃ nṛsiṃhaṃ naranātham acyutaṃ pralambabāhuṃ kamalāyatekṣaṇam
kṣitīśvarair arcitapādapaṅkajaṃ namāmi viṣṇuṃ puruṣaṃ purātanam //

jagatpatiṃ kṣīrasamudramandiraṃ taṃ śārṅgapāṇiṃ munivṛndavanditam
śriyaḥ patiṃ śrīdharam īśam īśvaraṃ namāmi govindam anantavarcasam //

ajaṃ vareṇyaṃ janaduḥkhanāśanaṃ guruṃ purāṇaṃ puruṣottamaṃ prabhum
sahasrasūryadyutimantam acyutaṃ namāmi bhaktyā harim ādyamādhavam //

puraskṛtaṃ puṇyavatāṃ parāṃ gatiṃ kṣitīśvaraṃ lokapatim prajāpatim
paraṃ parāṇām api kāraṇaṃ hariṃ namāmi lokatrayakarmasākṣiṇam //

bhoge tv anantasya payodadhau suraḥ purā hi śete bhagavān anādikṛt
kṣīrodavīcīkaṇikāmbunokṣitaṃ taṃ śrīnivāsaṃ praṇato 'smi keśavam //

yo nārasiṃhaṃ vapur āsthito mahān suro murārir madhukaiṭabhāntakṛt
samastalokārtiharaṃ hiraṇyakaṃ namāmi viṣṇuṃ satataṃ namāmi tam //

anantam avyaktam atīndriyaṃ vibhuṃ sve sve hi rūpe svayam eva saṃsthitam
yogeśvarair eva sadā namaskṛtaṃ namāmi bhaktyā satataṃ janārdanam //

ānandam ekaṃ virajaṃ vidātmakaṃ vṛndālayaṃ yogibhir eva pūjitam
aṇor aṇīyāṃsam avṛddhim akṣayaṃ namāmi bhaktapriyam īśvaraṃ harim //

iti stotrāvasāne taṃ vāg uvācāśarīriṇī
mārkaṇḍeyaṃ mahābhāgaṃ tīrthe 'nu tapasi sthitam //

kimarthaṃ kliśyate brahmaṃs tvayā yo naiva dṛśyate
mādhavaḥ sarvatīrtheṣu yāvan na snānam ācareḥ //

ityuktaḥ sarvatīrtheṣu snātvovāca mahāmatiḥ
kṛtvā kṛtvā sarvatīrthe snānaṃ caiva kṛtaṃ bhavet
tad vada tvaṃ mama prītyā yo 'si so 'si namo 'stu te //

stotreṇānena viprendra stuhi nārāyaṇaṃ prabhum
nānyathā sarvatīrthānāṃ phalaṃ prāpsyasi suvrata //

tad evākhyāhi bhagavan stotraṃ tīrthaphalapradam
yena japtena sakalaṃ tīrthasnānaphalaṃ labhet //

jaya jaya devadeva jaya mādhava keśava
jaya padmapalāśākṣa jaya govinda gopate //

jaya jaya padmanābha jaya vaikuṇṭha vāmana
jaya padma hṛṣīkeśa jaya dāmodarācyuta //

jaya padmeśvarānanta jaya lokaguro jaya
jaya śaṅkhagadāpāṇe jaya bhūdharasūkara //

jaya yajñeśa vārāha jaya bhūdhara bhūmipa
jaya yogeśa yogajña jaya yogapravarttaka //

jaya yogapravarttaka jaya dharmapravarttaka
kṛtapriya jaya jaya yajñeśa yajñāṅga jaya //

jaya vandita saddvija jaya nāradasiddhida
jaya puṇyavatāṃ geha jaya vaidikabhājana //

jaya jaya caturbhuja jayadeva jaya daityabhayāvaha
jaya sarvajña sarvātman jaya śaṃkara śāśvata //

jaya viṣṇo mahādeva jaya nityam adhokṣaja
prasādaṃ kuru deveśa darśayādya svakāṃ tanum //

ity evaṃ kīrtite tena mārkaṇḍeyena dhīmatā
prādur babhūva bhagavān pītavāsā janārdanaḥ //

śaṅkhacakragadāpāṇiḥ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ
tejasā dyotayan sarvā diśo viṣṇuḥ sanātanaḥ //

taṃ dṛṣṭvā sahasā bhūmau ciraprārthitadarśanam
prayātaḥ śirasā vaśyo bhaktyā sa bhṛgunandanaḥ //

nipatyotpatya ca punaḥ punaḥ sāṅgaṃ mahāmanāḥ
prabaddhasaṃpuṭakaro govindaṃ purataḥ stuvan //

ity udīritam ākarṇya bhagavāṃs tu janārdanaḥ
devadevaḥ prasannātmā mārkaṇḍeyam uvāca ha //

tuṣṭo 'smi bhavato vatsa tapasā mahatā punaḥ
stotrair api mahābuddhe naṣṭapāpo 'si sāṃpratam //

varaṃ varaya viprendra varado 'haṃ tavāgrataḥ
nātaptatapasā brahman draṣṭuṃ sādhyo 'ham añjasā //

kṛtakṛtyo 'smi deveśa sāṃprataṃ tava darśanāt
tvadbhaktim acalām ekāṃ mama dehi jagatpate //

yadi prasanno bhagavan mama mādhava śrīpate
cirāyuṣyaṃ hṛṣīkeśa yena tvāṃ ciram arcaye //

mṛtyus te nirjitaḥ pūrve cirāyus tvaṃ ca labdhavān
bhaktir astv acalā te me vaiṣṇavī muktidāyinī //

idaṃ tīrthaṃ mahābhāga tvannāmnā khyātim eṣyati
punas tvaṃ drakṣyase māṃ vai kṣīrābdhau yogaśāyinam //

ity uktvā puṇḍarīkākṣas tatraivāntar adhīyata
mārkaṇḍeyo 'pi dharmātmā cintayan madhusūdanam //

arcayan devadeveśaṃ japan śuddhaṃ namann api
vedaśāstrāṇi puṇyāni purāṇāny akhilāni ca //

munīnāṃ bhāvayām āsa gāthāś caiva tapodhanaḥ
itihāsāni puṇyāni pitṛtattvaṃ ca sattamaḥ //

tataḥ kadācit puruṣottamoktaṃ vacaḥ smaran śāstravidāṃ variṣṭhaḥ
bhraman samudraṃ sa jagāma draṣṭuṃ hariṃ sureśaṃ munir ugratejāḥ //

śrameṇa yuktaś cirakālasaṃbhramād bhṛgoḥ sa pautro haribhaktim udvahan
kṣīrābdhim āsādya hariṃ sureśaṃ nāgendrabhoge kṛtanidram aikṣata //