[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c8.1442 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1442 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1442 - **Language:** English ### [c8.1442](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1442) NĀRĀYAṆAVARMAMANTRA. Imparted by Viśvarūpa, son of Tvaṣṭā, to Indra, this mantra is competent to destroy enemies. He who dasires to chant this mantra should do so silently after having first washed his hands and feet and holding Kuśa grass in his hands with face turned towards the north. The mantra is to be chanted when some danger is imminent. - [Previous: c8.1441](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1441) - [Next: c8.1443](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1443) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1442](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1442) · Pramāṇa