Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 118

GaP 1 118.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ११८ ब्रह्मोवाच । व्रतं कैवल्यशमनमखण्डद्वादशीं वदे । मागशीर्षे सिते पक्षे गव्याशी समुपोषितः

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 118 brahmovāca / vrataṃ kaivalyaśamanamakhaṇḍadvādaśīṃ vade / māgaśīrṣe site pakṣe gavyāśī samupoṣitaḥ

The Glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 118. Brahmā said: I shall declare the vow of the Unbroken Twelfth, which quells (rebirth and grants) isolation. In the bright fortnight of Mārgaśīrṣa, eating the products of the cow, having fasted—

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GaP 1 118.2

द्वादश्यां पूजये द्विष्णुं दद्यान्मासचतुष्टयम् । पञ्चव्रीहियुतं पात्रं विप्रायेदमुदाहरेत्

dvādaśyāṃ pūjaye dviṣṇuṃ dadyānmāsacatuṣṭayam / pañcavrīhiyutaṃ pātraṃ viprāyedamudāharet

—on the twelfth one should worship Viṣṇu, and should give (offerings for) the four months: a vessel filled with the five grains; and to the brahmin one should recite this:

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GaP 1 118.3

सप्तजन्मनि हे विष्णो यन्मया हि व्रतं कृतम् । भगवंस्त्वत्प्रसादेन तदखण्डमिहास्तु मे

saptajanmani he viṣṇo yanmayā hi vrataṃ kṛtam / bhagavaṃstvatprasādena tadakhaṇḍamihāstu me

"O Viṣṇu, whatever vow has been performed by me in seven births—O Lord, by your grace let that be unbroken for me here.

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GaP 1 118.4

यथाखण्डं जगत्सर्वं त्वमेव पुरुषोत्तम । तथाखिलान्यखण्डानि व्रितानि मम सन्ति वै

yathākhaṇḍaṃ jagatsarvaṃ tvameva puruṣottama / tathākhilānyakhaṇḍāni vritāni mama santi vai

"Just as the whole world is unbroken, and you alone (are so), O Supreme Person, so may all my vows indeed be unbroken."

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GaP 1 118.5

सक्तुपात्राणि चैत्रादौ श्रावणादौ घृतान्वितान् । व्रतकृद्वतपूर्णस्तु स्त्रीपुत्रस्वर्गभाग्भवेत्

saktupātrāṇi caitrādau śrāvaṇādau ghṛtānvitān / vratakṛdvatapūrṇastu strīputrasvargabhāgbhavet

Vessels of barley-meal (are to be given) beginning with Caitra, and (vessels) with ghee beginning with Śrāvaṇa; and the performer of the vow, having completed the vow, becomes a partaker of wife, sons, and heaven.

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