Narasimha Purana — Chapter 19

NsP 19.1

यैः स्तुतो नामभिस् तेन सविता विश्वकर्मणा तान्य् अहं श्रोतुम् इच्छामि वद सूत विवस्वतः

yaiḥ stuto nāmabhis tena savitā viśvakarmaṇā tāny ahaṃ śrotum icchāmi vada sūta vivasvataḥ

The names by which the sun was praised by that Viśvakarman — those names of Vivasvat I wish to hear; tell (them), O Sūta.

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NsP 19.2

तानि मे शृणु नामानि यैः स्तुतो विश्वकर्मणा सविता तानि वक्ष्यामि सर्वपपहराणि ते

tāni me śṛṇu nāmāni yaiḥ stuto viśvakarmaṇā savitā tāni vakṣyāmi sarvapapaharāṇi te

Hear from me those names by which Savitṛ was praised by Viśvakarman; I shall declare them to you—they take away all sins.

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NsP 19.3

आदित्यः सविता सूर्यः खगः पूषा गभस्तिमान् तिमिरोन्मथनः शंभुस् त्वष्टा मार्तण्ड आशुगः

ādityaḥ savitā sūryaḥ khagaḥ pūṣā gabhastimān timironmathanaḥ śaṃbhus tvaṣṭā mārtaṇḍa āśugaḥ

Āditya, Savitṛ, Sūrya, Khaga (sky-goer), Pūṣan, Gabhastimān (the ray-possessing), Timironmathana (churner of darkness), Śambhu, Tvaṣṭṛ, Mārtaṇḍa, Āśuga (the swift-goer);

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NsP 19.4

हिरण्यगर्भः कपिलस् तपनो भास्करो रविः अग्निगर्भो ऽदितेः पुत्रः शंभुस् तिमिरनाशनः

hiraṇyagarbhaḥ kapilas tapano bhāskaro raviḥ agnigarbho 'diteḥ putraḥ śaṃbhus timiranāśanaḥ

Hiraṇyagarbha, Kapila, Tapana (the burning one), Bhāskara, Ravi, Agnigarbha (fire-wombed), son of Aditi, Śambhu, Timiranāśana (destroyer of darkness);

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NsP 19.5

अंशुमान् अंशुमाली च तमोघ्नस् तेजसां निधिः आतपी मण्डली मृत्युः कपिलः सर्वतापनः

aṃśumān aṃśumālī ca tamoghnas tejasāṃ nidhiḥ ātapī maṇḍalī mṛtyuḥ kapilaḥ sarvatāpanaḥ

Aṃśumān (rayed) and Aṃśumālī (garlanded with rays), Tamoghna (slayer of darkness), the treasury of splendours, Ātapī (the scorcher), Maṇḍalī (the disked one), Death, Kapila, Sarvatāpana (the all-heater);

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NsP 19.6

हरिर् विश्वो महातेजाः सर्वरत्नप्रभाकरः अंशुमाली तिमिरहा ऋग्यजुस्सामभावितः

harir viśvo mahātejāḥ sarvaratnaprabhākaraḥ aṃśumālī timirahā ṛgyajussāmabhāvitaḥ

Hari, Viśva, of great blaze, the maker of the light of all jewels, Aṃśumālī, Timirahā (destroyer of darkness), the one contemplated through the Ṛg, Yajus and Sāman;

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NsP 19.7

प्राणाविष्करणो मित्रः सुप्रदीपो मनोजवः यज्ञेशो गोपतिः श्रीमान् भूतज्ञः क्लेशनाशनः

prāṇāviṣkaraṇo mitraḥ supradīpo manojavaḥ yajñeśo gopatiḥ śrīmān bhūtajñaḥ kleśanāśanaḥ

Prāṇāviṣkaraṇa (the manifester of breath), Mitra, Supradīpa (the well-shining lamp), Manojava (swift as thought), lord of sacrifice, Gopati (lord of cattle/rays), the glorious, knower of beings, destroyer of afflictions;

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NsP 19.8

अमित्रहा शिवो हंसो नायकः प्रियदर्शनः शुद्धो विरोचनः केशी सहस्रांशुः प्रतर्दनः

amitrahā śivo haṃso nāyakaḥ priyadarśanaḥ śuddho virocanaḥ keśī sahasrāṃśuḥ pratardanaḥ

Amitrahā (slayer of foes), Śiva, Haṃsa, the leader, of pleasing appearance, the pure, Virocana (the shining), Keśī (the maned), the thousand-rayed, Pratardana (the piercer);

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NsP 19.9

धर्मरश्मिः पतङ्गश् च विशालो विश्वसंस्तुतः दुर्विज्ञेयगतिः शूरस् तेजोराशिर् महायशाः

dharmaraśmiḥ pataṅgaś ca viśālo viśvasaṃstutaḥ durvijñeyagatiḥ śūras tejorāśir mahāyaśāḥ

Dharmaraśmi (whose rays are dharma), Pataṅga (the flier), the vast, praised by all, whose course is hard to know, the hero, the mass of splendour, of great fame;

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NsP 19.10

भ्राजिष्णुर् ज्योतिषाम् ईशो विजिष्णुर् विश्वभावनः प्रभविष्णुः प्रकाशात्मा ज्ञानराशिः प्रभाकरः

bhrājiṣṇur jyotiṣām īśo vijiṣṇur viśvabhāvanaḥ prabhaviṣṇuḥ prakāśātmā jñānarāśiḥ prabhākaraḥ

Bhrājiṣṇu (the radiant), lord of lights, Vijiṣṇu (the victorious), bringer into being of the universe, Prabhaviṣṇu (the mighty), whose self is light, the mass of knowledge, Prabhākara (light-maker);

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NsP 19.11

आदित्यो विश्वदृग् यज्ञकर्ता नेता यशस्करः विमलो वीर्यवान् ईशो योगज्ञो योगभावनः

ādityo viśvadṛg yajñakartā netā yaśaskaraḥ vimalo vīryavān īśo yogajño yogabhāvanaḥ

Āditya, the all-seeing, performer of sacrifice, the guide, the maker of fame, the stainless, the valorous, the lord, the knower of yoga, the producer of yoga;

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NsP 19.12

अमृतात्मा शिवो नित्यो वरेण्यो वरदः प्रभुः धनदः प्राणदः श्रेष्ठः कामदः कामरूपधृक्

amṛtātmā śivo nityo vareṇyo varadaḥ prabhuḥ dhanadaḥ prāṇadaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ kāmadaḥ kāmarūpadhṛk

Whose self is immortality, Śiva, the eternal, the choiceworthy, the granter of boons, the lord, giver of wealth, giver of life, the best, giver of desires, bearer of desired forms;

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NsP 19.13

तरणिः शाश्वतः शास्ता शास्त्रज्ञस् तपनः शयः वेदगर्भो विभुर् वीरः शान्तः सावित्रिवल्लभः

taraṇiḥ śāśvataḥ śāstā śāstrajñas tapanaḥ śayaḥ vedagarbho vibhur vīraḥ śāntaḥ sāvitrivallabhaḥ

Taraṇi (the ferrier), the everlasting, the ruler, knower of the scriptures, Tapana, Śaya (the reposing), whose womb is the Veda, the pervading, the hero, the tranquil, the beloved of Sāvitrī;

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NsP 19.14

ध्येयो विश्वेश्वरो भर्ता लोकनाथो महेश्वरः महेन्द्रो वरुणो धाता विष्णुर् अग्निर् दिवाकरः

dhyeyo viśveśvaro bhartā lokanātho maheśvaraḥ mahendro varuṇo dhātā viṣṇur agnir divākaraḥ

The one to be meditated upon, lord of the universe, the sustainer, lord of the worlds, Maheśvara, Mahendra, Varuṇa, Dhātṛ, Viṣṇu, Agni, Divākara (day-maker).

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NsP 19.15

एतैस् तु नामभिः सूर्यः स्तुतस् तेन महात्मना उवाच विश्वकर्माणं प्रसन्नो भगवान् रविः

etais tu nāmabhiḥ sūryaḥ stutas tena mahātmanā uvāca viśvakarmāṇaṃ prasanno bhagavān raviḥ

With these names Sūrya was praised by that great-souled one; and Lord Ravi, being pleased, spoke to Viśvakarman:

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NsP 19.16

भ्रमिम् आरोप्य माम् अत्र मण्डलं मम शातय त्वद्बुद्धिस्थं मया ज्ञातम् एवम् औष्ण्यं शमं व्रजेत्

bhramim āropya mām atra maṇḍalaṃ mama śātaya tvadbuddhisthaṃ mayā jñātam evam auṣṇyaṃ śamaṃ vrajet

"Setting me here upon a lathe, pare down my disk; what is in your mind is known to me—thus (my) heat will come to abatement."

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NsP 19.17

इत्युक्तो विश्वकर्मा च तथा स कृतवान् द्विज शान्तोष्णः सविता तस्य दुहितुर् विश्वकर्मणः

ityukto viśvakarmā ca tathā sa kṛtavān dvija śāntoṣṇaḥ savitā tasya duhitur viśvakarmaṇaḥ

Thus addressed, Viśvakarman did accordingly, O twice-born, and Savitṛ's heat was assuaged; (and he became the husband) of the daughter of that Viśvakarman—

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NsP 19.18

संज्ञायाश् चाभवद् विप्र भानुस् त्वष्टारम् अब्रवीत् त्वया यस्मात् स्तुतो ऽहं वै नाम्नाम् अष्टशतेन च

saṃjñāyāś cābhavad vipra bhānus tvaṣṭāram abravīt tvayā yasmāt stuto 'haṃ vai nāmnām aṣṭaśatena ca

—of Saṃjñā, O brahmin; (then) Bhānu said to Tvaṣṭṛ: "Since I have been praised by you with a hundred and eight names,

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NsP 19.19

वरं वृणीष्व तस्मात् त्वं वरदो ऽहं तवानघ इत्युक्तो भानुना सो ऽथ विश्वकर्माब्रवीद् इदम्

varaṃ vṛṇīṣva tasmāt tvaṃ varado 'haṃ tavānagha ityukto bhānunā so 'tha viśvakarmābravīd idam

therefore choose a boon; I am a giver of boons to you, O sinless one." Thus addressed by Bhānu, that Viśvakarman then said this:

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NsP 19.20

वरदो यदि मे देव वरम् एतं प्रयच्छ मे एतैस् तु नामभिस् यस् त्वां नरः स्तोष्यति नित्यशः

varado yadi me deva varam etaṃ prayaccha me etais tu nāmabhis yas tvāṃ naraḥ stoṣyati nityaśaḥ

"If you are a giver of boons to me, O god, grant me this boon: whatever man shall praise you constantly with these names,

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NsP 19.21

तस्य पापक्षयं देव कुरु भक्तस्य भास्कर

tasya pāpakṣayaṃ deva kuru bhaktasya bhāskara

for him, your devotee, O god, O Bhāskara, bring about the destruction of his sins."

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NsP 19.22

तेनैवम् उक्तो दिनकृत् तथेति त्वष्टारम् उक्त्वा विरराम भास्करः संज्ञां विशङ्कां रविमण्डलस्थितां कृत्वा जगामाथ रविं प्रसाद्य

tenaivam ukto dinakṛt tatheti tvaṣṭāram uktvā virarāma bhāskaraḥ saṃjñāṃ viśaṅkāṃ ravimaṇḍalasthitāṃ kṛtvā jagāmātha raviṃ prasādya

Addressed thus by him, the day-maker (the sun) said "So be it" to Tvaṣṭṛ and fell silent; and then, having made Saṃjñā free of fear (or: having placed the doubtful Saṃjñā) within the sun's disc, he departed, having propitiated the sun.

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