Narasimha Purana · Chapter 14

śṛṇu vatsa mahābuddhe śiṣyāś caitāṃ parāṃ kathām
mayocyamānāṃ śṛṇvantu sarvapāpapraṇāśinīm //

purā dvijavaraḥ kaścid vedaśāstraviśāradaḥ
mṛtabhāryo gatas tīrthaṃ cakre snānaṃ yathāvidhi //

tapaḥ sutaptaṃ vijane niḥspṛho dārakarmaṇi
bhikṣāhāraḥ pravasito japasnānaparāyaṇaḥ //

snātvā sa gaṅgāṃ yamunāṃ sarasvatīṃ puṇyāṃ vitastām atha gomatīṃ ca
gayāṃ samāsādya pitṛn pitāmahān saṃtarpayan san gatavān mahendram //

tatrāpi kuṇḍeṣu girau mahāmatiḥ snātvā nu dṛṣṭvā bhṛgunandanottamam
kṛtvā pitṛbhyas tu tathaiva tṛptiṃ vrajan vanaṃ pāpaharaṃ praviṣṭaḥ //

dhārāṃ patantīṃ mahatīṃ śiloccayāt saṃdhārya bhaktyā tv anu nārasiṃhe
śirasy aśeṣāghavināśinīṃ tadā viśuddhadehaḥ sa babhūva vipraḥ //

vindhyācale saktam anantam acyutaṃ bhaktair munīndrair api pūjitaṃ sadā
ārādhya puṣpair girisaṃbhavair śubhais tatraiva siddhiṃ tv abhikāṅkṣya saṃsthitaḥ //

sa nārasiṃho bahukālapūjayā tuṣṭaḥ sunidrāgatam āha bhaktam
anāśramitvaṃ gṛhabhaṅgakāraṇaṃ hy ato gṛhāṇāśramam uttamaṃ dvija //

anāśramīti dvija vedapāragān api tv ahaṃ nānugṛhṇāmi cātra
tathāpi niṣṭhāṃ tava vīkṣya sattama tvayi prasannena mayety udīritam //

tenaivam uktaḥ parameśvareṇa dvijo 'pi buddhyā pravicintya vākyam
harer alaṅghyaṃ narasiṃhamūrter bhādhaṃ ca kṛtvā sa yatir babhūva //

tridaṇḍavṛkṣākṣapavitrapāṇir āplutya toye tv aghahāriṇi sthitaḥ
japan sadā mantram apāstadoṣaṃ sāvitryam īśaṃ hṛdaye smaran harim //

yathākathaṃcit pratilabhya śākaṃ bhaikṣyābhituṣṭo vanavāsavāsī
abhyarcya viṣṇuṃ narasiṃhamūrtiṃ dhyātvā ca nityaṃ hṛdi śuddham ādyam //

viviktadeśe vipule kuśāsane niveśya sarvaṃ hṛdaye 'sya sarvam
bāhyaṃ samastaṃ guṇam indriyāṇāṃ vilīya bhedaṃ bhagavaty anante //

vijñeyam ānandam ajaṃ viśālaṃ satyātmakaṃ kṣemapadaṃ vareṇyam
saṃcintya tasmin pravihāya dehaṃ babhūva muktaḥ paramātmarūpī //

imāṃ kathāṃ muktiparāṃ yathoktāṃ paṭhanti ye nārasiṃhaṃ smarantaḥ
prayāgatīrthaplavane tu yat phalaṃ tat prāpya te yānti hareḥ padaṃ mahat //

ity etad uktaṃ tava putra pṛcchataḥ purātanaṃ puṇyatamaṃ pavitrakam
saṃsāravṛkṣasya vināśanaṃ paraṃ punaḥ kam icchasy abhivāñchitaṃ vada //