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Narasimha Purana · Chapter 32

32.1

sahasrānīkasya harer avatārāṃś ca śārṅgiṇaḥ
sāṃprataṃ śrotum icchāmi tan me vada mahāmate //

32.2

hanta te kathayiṣyāmi caritaṃ tasya dhīmataḥ
sahasrānīkasya harer avatārāṃś ca me śṛṇu //

32.3

sahasrānīko 'bhiṣikto nijarājye dvijottamaiḥ
pālayām_asa dharmeṇa rājyaṃ sa tu nṛpātmajaḥ //

32.4

tasya pālayato rājyaṃ rājaputrasya dhīmataḥ
bhaktir babhūva deveśe narasiṃhe surottame //

32.5

taṃ draṣṭum āgataḥ sākṣād viṣṇubhaktaṃ bhṛguḥ purā
arghyapādyāsanai rājā tam abhyarcyābravīd idam //

32.6

pāvito 'haṃ muniśreṣṭha sāṃprataṃ tava darśanāt
tvaddarśanam apuṇyānāṃ kalāv asmin sudurlabham //

32.7

narasiṃhaṃ pratiṣṭhāpya devadevaṃ sanātanam
ārādhayitum icchāmi vidhānaṃ tatra me vada //

32.8

avatārān aśeṣāṃś ca devadevasya cakriṇaḥ
śrotum icchāmi sakalāṃs tān puṇyān api me vada //

32.9

śṛṇu bhūpālaputra tvaṃ na hi kaścit kalau yuge
harau bhaktiṃ karoty atra nṛsiṃhe cātibhaktimān //

32.10

svabhāvād yasya bhaktiḥ syān narasiṃhe surottame
tasyārayaḥ praṇaśyanti kāryasiddhiś ca jāyate //

32.11

tvam atīva harer bhaktaḥ pāṇḍuvaṃśe 'pi sattamaḥ
tena te nikhilaṃ vakṣye śṛṇuṣvaikāgramānasaḥ //

32.12

yaḥ kuryāc chobhanaṃ veśma narasiṃhasya bhaktimān
sa sarvapāpanirmukto viṣṇulokam avāpnuyāt //

32.13

pratimāṃ lakṣaṇopetāṃ narasiṃhasya kārayet
sa sarvapāpanirmukto viṣṇulokam avāpnuyāt //

32.14

pratiṣṭhāṃ narasiṃhasya yaḥ karoti yathāvidhi
niṣkāmo naraśārdūla dehabādhāt pramucyate //

32.15

narasiṃhaṃ pratiṣṭhapya yaḥ pūjām ācaren naraḥ
tasya kāmāḥ prasidhyanti paramaṃ padam āpnuyāt //

32.16

brahmādayaḥ surāḥ sarve viṣṇum ārādhya te purā
svaṃ svaṃ padam anuprāptāḥ keśavasya prasādataḥ //

32.17

ye ye nṛpavarā rājan māndhātṛpramukhā nṛpāḥ
te te viṣṇuṃ samārādhya svargalokam ito gatāḥ //

32.18

yas tu pūjayate nityaṃ narasiṃhaṃ sureśvaram
sa svargamokṣabhāgī syān nātra kāryā vicāraṇā //

32.19

tasmād ekamanā bhūtvā yāvajjīvaṃ pratijñayā
arcanān narasiṃhasya prāpsyase svābhivāñchitam //

32.20

vidhivat sthāpayed yas tu kārayitvā janārdanam
na tu nirgamanaṃ tasya viṣṇulokād bhaven nṛpa //

32.21

naro nṛsiṃhaṃ tam anantavikramaṃ surāsurair arcitapādapaṅkajam
saṃsthāpya bhaktyā vidhivac ca pūjayet payāti sākṣāt parameśvaraṃ harim //

Original text: Narasiṃhapurāṇa · Edition: Siddheswar Jena: The Narasiṃha Purāṇam. Delhi: Nag Publ. 1987. · Data entry Peter Schreiner · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0