Narasimha Purana · Chapter 16

saṃsāravṛkṣam āruhya dvaṃdvapāśaśatair dṛḍhaiḥ
badhyamānaḥ sutaiśvaryaiḥ patito yonisāgare //

yaḥ kāmakrodhalobhais tu viṣayaiḥ paripīḍitaḥ
baddhaḥ svakarmabhir gauṇaiḥ putradāraiṣaṇādibhiḥ //

sa kena nistaraty āśu dustaraṃ bhavasāgaram
pṛcchām ākhyāhi me tāta tasya muktiṃ kathaṃ bhavet //

śṛṇu vatsa mahāprājña yaj jñātvā muktim āpnuyāt
tac ca vakṣyāmi te divyaṃ nāradena śrutaṃ purā //

narake raurave ghore dharmajñānavivarjitāḥ
svakarmabhir mahāduḥkhaṃ prāptā yatra yamālaye //

mahāpāpakṛtaṃ ghoraṃ saṃprāptāḥ pāpakṛjjanāḥ
ālokya nāradaḥ śīghraṃ gatvā yatra trilocanaḥ //

gaṅgādharaṃ mahādevaṃ śaṃkaraṃ śūlapāṇinam
praṇamya vidhivad devaṃ nāradaḥ paripṛcchati //

yaḥ saṃsāre mahādvaṃdvaiḥ kāmabhogaiḥ śubhāśubhaiḥ
śabdādiviṣayair baddhaḥ pīḍyamānaḥ ṣaḍūrmibhiḥ //

kathaṃ nu mucyate kṣipraṃ mṛtyusaṃsārasāgarāt
bhagavan brūhi me tattvaṃ śrotum icchāmi śaṃkara //

tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā nāradasya trilocanaḥ
uvāca tam ṛṣiṃ śaṃbhuḥ prasannavadano haraḥ //

jñānāmṛtaṃ ca guhyaṃ ca rahasyam ṛṣisattama
vakṣyāmi śṛṇu duḥkhaghnaṃ sarvabandhabhayāpaham //

tṛṇādi caturāsyāntaṃ bhūtagrāmaṃ caturvidham
carācaraṃ jagat sarvaṃ prasuptaṃ yasya māyayā //

tasya viṣṇoḥ prasādena yadi kaścit prabudhyate
sa nistarati saṃsāraṃ devānām api dustaram //

bhogaiśvaryamadonmattas tattvajñānaparāṅmukhaḥ
saṃsārasumahāpaṅke jīrṇā gaur iva majjati //

yas tv ātmānaṃ nibadhnāti karmabhiḥ kośakāravat
tasya muktiṃ na paśyāmi janmakoṭiśatair api //

tasmān nārada sarveśaṃ devānāṃ devam avyayam
ārādhayet sadā saṃyag dhyāyed viṣṇuṃ samāhitaḥ //

yas taṃ viśvam anādyantam ādyaṃ svātmani saṃsthitam
sarvajñam amalaṃ viṣṇuṃ sadā dhyāyan vimucyate //

nirvikalpaṃ nirākāśaṃ niṣprapañcaṃ nirāmayam
vāsudevam ajaṃ viṣṇuṃ sadā dhyāyan vimucyate //

nirañjanaṃ paraṃ śāntam acyutaṃ bhūtabhāvanam
devagarbhaṃ vibhuṃ viṣṇuṃ sadā dhyāyan vimucyate //

sarvapāpavinirmuktam aprameyam alakṣaṇam
nirvāṇam anaghaṃ viṣṇuṃ sadā dhyāyan vimucyate //

amṛtaṃ paramānandaṃ sarvapāpavivarjitam
brahmaṇyaṃ śaṃkaraṃ viṣṇuṃ sadā saṃkīrtya mucyate //

yogeśvaraṃ purāṇākhyam aśarīraṃ guhāśayam
amātram avyayaṃ viṣṇuṃ sadā dhyāyan vimucyate //

śubhāśubhavinirmuktam ūrmiṣaṭkaparaṃ vibhum
acintyam amalaṃ viṣṇuṃ sadā dhyāyan vimucyate //

sarvadvaṃdvavinirmuktaṃ sarvaduḥkhavivarjitam
apratarkyam ajaṃ viṣṇuṃ sadā dhyāyan vimucyate //

anāmagotram advaitaṃ caturthaṃ paramaṃ padam
taṃ sarvahṛdgataṃ viṣṇuṃ sadā dhyāyan vimucyate //

arūpaṃ satyasaṃkalpaṃ śuddham ākāśavat param
ekāgramanasā viṣṇuṃ sadā dhyāyan vimucyate //

sarvātmakaṃ svabhāvastham ātmacaitanyarūpakam
śubhram ekākṣaraṃ viṣṇuṃ sadā dhyāyan vimucyate //

anirvācyam avijñeyam akṣarādim asaṃbhavam
ekaṃ nūtnaṃ sadā viṣṇuṃ sadā dhyāyan vimucyate //

viśvādyaṃ viśvagoptāraṃ viśvādaṃ sarvakāmadam
sthānatrayātigaṃ viṣṇuṃ sadā dhyāyan vimucyate //

sarvaduḥkhakṣayakaraṃ sarvaśāntikaraṃ harim
sarvapāpaharaṃ viṣṇuṃ sadā dhyāyan vimucyate //

brahmādidevagandharvair munibhiḥ siddhacāraṇaiḥ
yogibhiḥ sevitaṃ viṣṇuṃ sadā dhyāyan vimucyate //

viṣṇau pratiṣṭhitaṃ viśvaṃ viṣṇur viśve pratiṣṭhitaḥ
viśveśvaram ajaṃ viṣṇuṃ kīrtayann eva mucyate //

saṃsārabandhanān muktim icchan kāmam aśeṣataḥ
bhaktyaiva varadaṃ viṣṇuṃ sadā dhyāyan vimucyate //

nāradena purā pṛṣṭa evaṃ sa vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ
yad uvāca tadā tasmai tan mayā kathitaṃ tava //

tam eva satataṃ dhyāhi nirbījaṃ brahma kevalam
avāpsyasi dhruvaṃ tāta śāśvataṃ padam avyayam //

śrutvā suraṛṣiviṣṇoḥ prādhānyam idam īśvarāt
sa viṣṇuṃ saṃyag ārādhya parāṃ siddhim avāptavān //

yaś cainaṃ paṭhate caiva nṛsiṃhakṛtamānasaḥ
śatajanmakṛtaṃ pāpam api tasya praṇaśyati //

viṣṇoḥ stavam idaṃ puṇyaṃ mahādevena kīrtitam
prātaḥ snātvā paṭhen nityam amṛtatvaṃ sa gacchati //

dhyāyanti ye nityam anantam acyutaṃ hṛtpadmamadhyeṣv atha kīrtayanti ye
upāsakānāṃ prabhum īśvaraṃ paraṃ te yānti siddhiṃ paramāṃ tu vaiṣṇavīm //