Narasimha Purana · Chapter 17

kiṃ japan mucyate tāta satataṃ viṣṇutatparaḥ
saṃsāraduḥkhāt sarveṣāṃ hitāya vada me pitaḥ //

aṣṭākṣaraṃ pravakṣyāmi mantrāṇāṃ mantram uttamam
yaṃ japan mucyate martyo janmasaṃsārabandhanāt //

hṛtpuṇḍarīkamadhyasthaṃ śaṅkhacakragadādharam
ekāgramanasā dhyātvā viṣṇuṃ kuryāj japaṃ dvijaḥ //

ekānte nirjanasthāne viṣṇvagre vā jalāntike
japed aṣṭākṣaraṃ mantraṃ citte viṣṇuṃ nidhāya vai //

aṣṭākṣarasya mantrasya ṛṣir nārāyaṇaḥ svayam
chandaś ca daivī gāyatrī paramātmā ca devatā //

śuklavarṇaṃ ca oṃkāraṃ nakāraṃ raktam ucyate
mokāraṃ varṇataḥ kṛṣṇaṃ nākāraṃ raktam ucyate //

rākāraṃ kuṅkumābhaṃ tu yakāraṃ pītam ucyate
ṇākāram añjanābhaṃ tu yakāraṃ bahuvarṇakam //

oṃ namo nārāyaṇāyeti mantraḥ sarvārthasādhakaḥ
bhaktānāṃ japatāṃ tāta svargamokṣaphalapradaḥ
vedānāṃ praṇayenaiṣa siddho mantraḥ sanātanaḥ //

sarvapāpaharaḥ śrīmān sarvamantreṣu cottamaḥ
enam aṣṭākṣaraṃ mantraṃ japan nārāyaṇaṃ smaret //

saṃdhyāvasāne satataṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
eṣa eva paro mantra eṣa eva paraṃ tapaḥ //

eṣa eva paro mokṣa eṣa svarga udāhṛtaḥ
sarvavedarahasyebhyaḥ sāra eṣa samuddhṛtaḥ //

viṣṇunā vaiṣṇavānāṃ hi hitāya manujāṃ purā
evaṃ jñātvā tato vipro hy aṣṭākṣaram imaṃ smaret //

snātvā śuciḥ śucau deśe japet pāpaviśuddhaye
jape dāne ca home ca gamane dhyānaparvasu //

japen nārāyaṇaṃ mantraṃ karmapūrve pare tathā
japet sahasraṃ niyutaṃ śucir bhūtvā samāhitaḥ //

māsi māsi tu dvādaśyāṃ viṣṇubhakto dvijottamaḥ
snātvā śucir japed yas tu namo nārāyaṇaṃ śatam //

sa gacchet paramaṃ devaṃ nārāyaṇam anāmayam
gandhapuṣpādibhir viṣṇum anenārādhya yo japet //

mahāpātakayukto 'pi mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
hṛdi kṛtvā hariṃ devaṃ mantram enaṃ tu yo japet //

sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā sa gacchet paramāṃ gatim
prathamena tu lakṣeṇa ātmaśuddhir bhaviṣyati //

dvitīyena tu lakṣeṇa manusiddhim avāpnuyāt
tṛtīyena tu lakṣeṇa svargalokam avāpnuyāt //

caturthena tu lakṣeṇa hareḥ sāmipyam āpnuyāt
pañcamena tu lakṣeṇa nirmalaṃ jñānam āpnuyāt //

tathā ṣaṣṭhena lakṣeṇa bhaved viṣṇau sthirā matiḥ
saptamena tu lakṣeṇa svarūpaṃ pratipadyate //

aṣṭamena tu lakṣeṇa nirvāṇam adhigacchati
svasvadharmasamāyuktaṃ japaṃ kuryād dvijottamaḥ //

etat siddhikaraṃ mantram aṣṭākṣaram atandritaḥ
duḥsvapnāsurapaiśācā uragā brahmarākṣasāḥ //

jāpinaṃ nopasarpanti caurakṣudrādhayas tathā
ekāgramanasāvyāgro viṣṇubhakto dṛḍhavrataḥ //

japen nārāyaṇaṃ mantram etan mṛtyubhayāpaham
mantrāṇāṃ paramo mantro devatānāṃ ca daivatam //

guhyānāṃ paramaṃ guhyam oṃkārādyakṣarāṣṭakam
āyuṣyaṃ dhanaputrāṃś ca paśūn vidyāṃ mahad yaśaḥ //

dharmārthakāmamokṣāṃś ca labhate ca japan naraḥ
etat satyaṃ ca dharmyaṃ ca vedaśrutinidarśanāt //

etat siddhikaraṃ nṝṇāṃ mantrarūpaṃ na saṃśayaḥ
ṛṣayaḥ pitaro devāḥ siddhās tv asurarākṣasāḥ //

etad eva paraṃ japtvā parāṃ siddhim ito gatāḥ
jñātvā yas tv ātmanaḥ kālaṃ śāstrāntaravidhānataḥ
antakāle japann eti tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam //

nārāyaṇāya nama ity ayam eva satyaṃ saṃsāraghoraviṣasaṃharaṇāya mantraḥ
śṛṇvantu bhavyamatayo muditās tvarāgā uccais tarām upadiśāmy aham ūrdhvabāhuḥ //

bhūtvordhvabāhur adyāhaṃ satyapūrvaṃ bravīmy aham
he putra śiṣyāḥ śṛṇuta na mantro 'ṣṭākṣarāt paraḥ //

satyaṃ satyaṃ punaḥ satyam utkṣipya bhujam ucyate
vedāc chāstraṃ paraṃ nāsti na devaḥ keśavāt paraḥ //

ālocya sarvaśāstrāṇi vicārya ca punaḥ punaḥ
idam ekaṃ suniṣpannaṃ dhyeyo nārāyaṇaḥ sadā //

ity etat sakalaṃ proktaṃ śiṣyāṇāṃ tava puṇyadam
kathāś ca vividhāḥ proktā mayā bhaja janārdanam //

aṣṭākṣaram imaṃ mantraṃ sarvaduḥkhavināśanam
japa putra mahābuddhe yadi siddhim abhīpsasi //

idaṃ stavaṃ vyāsamukhāt tu nissṛtaṃ saṃdhyātraye ye puruṣāḥ paṭhanti
te dhautapāṇḍurapaṭā iva rājahaṃsāḥ saṃsārasāgaram apetabhayās taranti //