॥ शीिवषिषटक  नृव ह पुराणम् ॥ 

Sri Vishnvashtakam  – Sri Nrusimha Puranam

K. Muralidharan (kmurali_sg@yahoo.com)  1 

The following is a rare Ashtakam (hymn with 8 stanzas) on Lord Vishnu from Nrusimha

Puranam, Chapter 8 recited the denizens of Naraka (hell). Sage Vyasa describes that, upon

chanting of this hymn, they got immediate relief such that the servants of Lord Vishnu 

appeared and took them to the abode of Lord Vishnu. In the following chapter, Lord Yama 

instructs his servants that his sovereignity excludes those sheltered by Sri Madhusudana.

 नारका   ऊचु  -

ॐ  नमो  भिगत े तसमै  के िशाय   महामन े।  यन-् नाम - कीत नात ् ो   नरकावनु  शायवत  ॥ १ ॥ 

भत - वयाय   दिे ाय   राय   हरय े नमु ।  लोकनाथाय   शाताय   ये शा  ऽयावदमूतय े॥ २ ॥ 

अनताया  ऽमे याय   नरवं हाय   त े नमु ।  नारायणाय   ग िरे  शङख - च - गदा -भृ त े॥ ३ ॥ 

ि े द - वयाय   महत े िवमाय   नमो   नमु । ि ाराहाया  ऽतयय  ि े दाङगाय   महीभृ त े॥ ४ ॥ 

 नमो    वतमते  वनय ं ाह् मणाय  नमो   नमु । ि ामनाय   बह ाय  ि े द -ि े दाङग -धावरणे ॥ ५ ॥ 

 बवल - बधन - दाय  ि े दपालाय   त े नमु ।  िवषिणे   रनाथाय   यावपने  परमामने ॥ ६ ॥ 

 चतभ  जाय   श दध्ाय   श दध् - याय   त े नमु ।  जामदयाय   रामाय   द षट -ात - कावरणे ॥ ७ ॥ 

 रामाय   िराणाताय   नमसतयं  महामने । असमान ् उदध्र   गोिवद   पू वत - गधान ् नमोऽसत  त े॥ ८ ॥ 

॥ इवत शीनृव ह महापरुाणे नारका त शीिवषिषटक  पणूम् ॥