Narasimha Purana — Chapter 67
NsP 67.1
तीर्थानि कथितान्य् एवं भौमानि द्विजसत्तम मानसानि हि तीर्थानि फलदानि विशेषतः
tīrthāni kathitāny evaṃ bhaumāni dvijasattama mānasāni hi tīrthāni phaladāni viśeṣataḥ
Thus the earthly fords have been told, O best of brahmins; but the fords of the mind are especially fruitful.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 67.2
मनोनिर्मलता तीर्थं रागादिभिर् अनाकुला सत्यं तीर्थं दया तीर्थं तीर्थम् इन्द्रियनिग्रहः
manonirmalatā tīrthaṃ rāgādibhir anākulā satyaṃ tīrthaṃ dayā tīrthaṃ tīrtham indriyanigrahaḥ
Purity of mind, unagitated by passion and the rest, is a ford; truth is a ford, compassion is a ford, restraint of the senses is a ford;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 67.3
गुरुशुश्रूषणं तीर्थं मातृशुश्रूषणं तथा स्वधर्माचरणं तीर्थं तीर्थम् अग्नेर् उपासनम्
guruśuśrūṣaṇaṃ tīrthaṃ mātṛśuśrūṣaṇaṃ tathā svadharmācaraṇaṃ tīrthaṃ tīrtham agner upāsanam
service to one's teacher is a ford, and so is service to one's mother; the practice of one's own duty is a ford, and the tending of the (sacred) fire is a ford.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 67.4
एतानि पुण्यतीर्थानि व्रतानि शृणु मे ऽधुना एकभुक्तं तथा नक्तम् उपवासं च वै मुने
etāni puṇyatīrthāni vratāni śṛṇu me 'dhunā ekabhuktaṃ tathā naktam upavāsaṃ ca vai mune
These are the holy fords. Now hear from me the observances: eating once a day, eating at night, and fasting, O sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 67.5
पूर्णमास्याम् अमावास्याम् एकभुक्तं समाचरेत् तत्रैकभुक्तं कुर्वाणः पुण्यां गतिम् अवाप्नुयात्
pūrṇamāsyām amāvāsyām ekabhuktaṃ samācaret tatraikabhuktaṃ kurvāṇaḥ puṇyāṃ gatim avāpnuyāt
On the full-moon and the new-moon day one should practise eating once a day; one who eats but once on those days attains a holy destiny.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 67.6
चतुर्थ्यां तु चतुर्दश्यां सप्तम्यां नक्तम् आचरेत् अष्टम्यां तु त्रयोदश्यां स प्राप्नोत्य् अभिवाञ्छितम्
caturthyāṃ tu caturdaśyāṃ saptamyāṃ naktam ācaret aṣṭamyāṃ tu trayodaśyāṃ sa prāpnoty abhivāñchitam
On the fourth, the fourteenth and the seventh (lunar days) one should eat at night; and on the eighth and the thirteenth he obtains what he desires.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 67.7
उपवासो मनुश्रेष्ठ एकादश्यां विधीयते नरसिंहं समभ्यर्च्य सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
upavāso manuśreṣṭha ekādaśyāṃ vidhīyate narasiṃhaṃ samabhyarcya sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
A fast, O best of Manus, is prescribed on the eleventh day; having duly worshipped Narasiṃha, (a man) is freed from all sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 67.8
हस्तयुक्ते ऽर्कदिवसे सौरनक्तं समाचरेत् स्नात्वार्कमध्ये विष्णुं च ध्यात्वा रोगात् प्रमुच्यते
hastayukte 'rkadivase sauranaktaṃ samācaret snātvārkamadhye viṣṇuṃ ca dhyātvā rogāt pramucyate
On a Sunday joined with (the asterism) Hasta one should perform the "solar night-meal"; having bathed and meditated on Viṣṇu in the midst of the sun, (one) is freed from disease.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 67.9
आत्मनो द्विगुणां छायां यदा संतिष्ठते रविः सौरनक्तं विजानीयान् न नक्तं निशि भोजनम्
ātmano dviguṇāṃ chāyāṃ yadā saṃtiṣṭhate raviḥ sauranaktaṃ vijānīyān na naktaṃ niśi bhojanam
When the sun stands so that (a man's) shadow is twice his own (height), one should know it to be the solar nakta; the nakta meal is not (eaten) at night.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 67.10
गुरुवारे त्रयोदश्याम् अपराह्णे जले ततः तर्पयित्वा पितृन् देवान् ऋषींश् च तिलतन्दुलैः
guruvāre trayodaśyām aparāhṇe jale tataḥ tarpayitvā pitṛn devān ṛṣīṃś ca tilatandulaiḥ
On a Thursday, on the thirteenth day, in the afternoon, then in water, having offered libations to the ancestors, the gods and the seers with sesame and rice grains,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 67.11
नरसिंहं समभ्यर्च्य यः करोत्य् उपवासकम् सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो विष्णुलोके महीयते
narasiṃhaṃ samabhyarcya yaḥ karoty upavāsakam sarvapāpavinirmukto viṣṇuloke mahīyate
whoever, having duly worshipped Narasiṃha, keeps the fast, is freed from all sins and is honoured in Viṣṇu's world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 67.12
यदागस्त्योदये प्राप्ते तदा सप्तसु रात्रिषु अर्घ्यं दद्यात् समभ्यर्च्य अगस्त्याय महामुने
yadāgastyodaye prāpte tadā saptasu rātriṣu arghyaṃ dadyāt samabhyarcya agastyāya mahāmune
When the rising of (the star) Agastya has come, then on seven nights one should worship and offer the arghya-water to Agastya, O great sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 67.13
शङ्खे तोयं विनिक्षिप्य सितपुष्पाक्षतैर् युतम् मन्त्रेणानेन वै दद्याच् *छितपुष्पादिनार्चिते
śaṅkhe toyaṃ vinikṣipya sitapuṣpākṣatair yutam mantreṇānena vai dadyāc *chitapuṣpādinārcite
Having poured water into a conch, together with white flowers and unhusked grains, one should offer it with this mantra to (Agastya) worshipped with white flowers and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 67.14
काशपुष्पप्रतीकाश अग्निमारुतसंभव मित्रावरुणयोः पुत्र कुम्भयोने नमो ऽस्तु ते
kāśapuṣpapratīkāśa agnimārutasaṃbhava mitrāvaruṇayoḥ putra kumbhayone namo 'stu te
"You who resemble the kāśa blossom, arisen from fire and wind, son of Mitra and Varuṇa, born from a jar — homage be to you."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 67.15
आतापी भक्षितो येन वातापी च महासुरः समुद्रः शोषितो येन सो ऽगस्त्यः प्रीयतां मम
ātāpī bhakṣito yena vātāpī ca mahāsuraḥ samudraḥ śoṣito yena so 'gastyaḥ prīyatāṃ mama
"He by whom Ātāpī was devoured, and Vātāpī the great demon, he by whom the ocean was dried up — may that Agastya be pleased with me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 67.16
एवं तु दद्याद् यो सर्वम् अगस्त्ये वै दिशं प्रति सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तस् तमस् तरति दुस्तरम्
evaṃ tu dadyād yo sarvam agastye vai diśaṃ prati sarvapāpavinirmuktas tamas tarati dustaram
But whoever thus offers everything to Agastya, facing that direction, is freed from all sins and crosses over the darkness that is hard to cross.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 67.17
एवं ते कथितं सर्वं भरद्वाज महामुने पुराणं नारसिंहं च मुनीनां संनिधौ मया
evaṃ te kathitaṃ sarvaṃ bharadvāja mahāmune purāṇaṃ nārasiṃhaṃ ca munīnāṃ saṃnidhau mayā
Thus all has been told to you, Bharadvāja, great sage — the Nārasiṃha Purāṇa, by me in the presence of the sages:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 67.18
सर्गश् च प्रतिसर्गश् च वंसो मन्वन्तराणि च वंशानुचरितं चैव सर्वम् एव प्रकीर्तितम्
sargaś ca pratisargaś ca vaṃso manvantarāṇi ca vaṃśānucaritaṃ caiva sarvam eva prakīrtitam
creation and re-creation, lineage and the Manu-periods, and the deeds following upon the lineages — all of it has been proclaimed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 67.19
ब्रह्मणैव पुरा प्रोक्तं मरीच्यादिषु वै मुने तेभ्यश् च भृगुणा प्रोक्तं मार्कण्डेयाय वै ततः
brahmaṇaiva purā proktaṃ marīcyādiṣu vai mune tebhyaś ca bhṛguṇā proktaṃ mārkaṇḍeyāya vai tataḥ
It was told of old by Brahmā himself to Marīci and the others, O sage, and by Bhṛgu it was told from them to Mārkaṇḍeya thereafter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 67.20
मार्कण्डेयेन वै प्रोक्तं राज्ञो नागकुलस्य ह प्रसादान् नरसिंहस्य प्राप्तं व्यासेन धीमता
mārkaṇḍeyena vai proktaṃ rājño nāgakulasya ha prasādān narasiṃhasya prāptaṃ vyāsena dhīmatā
By Mārkaṇḍeya indeed it was told to the king of the serpent race; by the grace of Narasiṃha it was obtained by the wise Vyāsa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 67.21
तत्प्रसादान् मया प्राप्तं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् पुराणं नरसिंहस्य मया च कथितं तव
tatprasādān mayā prāptaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam purāṇaṃ narasiṃhasya mayā ca kathitaṃ tava
By his grace it was obtained by me — (this Purāṇa) destroying all sins; and the Purāṇa of Narasiṃha has been told by me to you,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 67.22
मुनीनां संनिधौ पुण्यं स्वस्ति ते ऽस्तु व्रजाम्य् अहम् यः शृणोति शुचिर् भूत्वा पुराणं ह्य् एतद् उत्तमम्
munīnāṃ saṃnidhau puṇyaṃ svasti te 'stu vrajāmy aham yaḥ śṛṇoti śucir bhūtvā purāṇaṃ hy etad uttamam
the meritorious (Purāṇa), in the presence of the sages. May it be well with you; I depart. Whoever, having become pure, hears this most excellent Purāṇa
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 67.23
माघे मासि प्रयागे तु स स्नानफलम् आप्नुयात् यो भक्त्या श्रावयेद् भक्तान् नित्यं नरहरेर् इदम्
māghe māsi prayāge tu sa snānaphalam āpnuyāt yo bhaktyā śrāvayed bhaktān nityaṃ naraharer idam
gains the fruit of bathing at Prayāga in the month of Māgha; and whoever with devotion constantly has this (Purāṇa) of Narahari recited to devotees,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 67.24
सर्वतीर्थफलं प्राप्य विष्णुलोके महीयते श्रुत्वैवं स्नातकैः सार्धं भरद्वाजो महामतिः
sarvatīrthaphalaṃ prāpya viṣṇuloke mahīyate śrutvaivaṃ snātakaiḥ sārdhaṃ bharadvājo mahāmatiḥ
having gained the fruit of all sacred fords, is honoured in Viṣṇu's world. Having thus heard, together with the graduated students, the greatly wise Bharadvāja,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 67.25
सूतम् अभ्यर्च्य तत्रैव स्थितवान् मुनयो गताः सर्वपापहरं पुण्यं पुराणं नृसिंहात्मकम्
sūtam abhyarcya tatraiva sthitavān munayo gatāḥ sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ purāṇaṃ nṛsiṃhātmakam
having honoured the Sūta, remained right there; the sages departed. (This) meritorious Purāṇa concerning Nṛsiṃha, which removes all sin —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 67.26
पठतां शृण्वतां नृणां नरसिंहो प्रसीदति प्रसन्ने देवदेवेशे सर्वपापक्षयो भवेत्
paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ nṛṇāṃ narasiṃho prasīdati prasanne devadeveśe sarvapāpakṣayo bhavet
for men who recite it and who hear it Narasiṃha is well pleased; and when the Lord of the gods of gods is pleased, there comes the destruction of all sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 67.27
प्रक्षीणपापबन्धास् ते मुक्तिं यान्ति नरा इति
prakṣīṇapāpabandhās te muktiṃ yānti narā iti
With their bonds of sin worn away, those men go to liberation. So (it is).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition