Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 123
GaP 1 123.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १२३ ब्रह्मोवाच । व्रतानि कार्तिके वक्ष्ये स्नात्वा विष्णुं प्रपूजयेत् । एकभक्तेन नक्तेन मासं वायाचितेन वा
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 123 brahmovāca / vratāni kārtike vakṣye snātvā viṣṇuṃ prapūjayet / ekabhaktena naktena māsaṃ vāyācitena vā
The Glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 123. Brahmā said: I shall declare the vows in (the month of) Kārtika. Having bathed, one should worship Viṣṇu, for a month with one meal a day, or with a night meal, or with unbegged food,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 123.2
दुग्धशाकफलाद्यैर्वा उपवासेन वा पुनः । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः प्राप्तकामो हरिं व्रजेत्
dugdhaśākaphalādyairvā upavāsena vā punaḥ / sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ prāptakāmo hariṃ vrajet
or with milk, greens, fruits and the like, or again by fasting; freed from all sins and having gained his desire, he goes to Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 123.3
सदा हरेर्व्रतं श्रेष्ठं ततः स्याद्दक्षिणायने । चातुर्मास्ये ततस्तस्मात्कार्तिके भीष्मपञ्चकम्
sadā harervrataṃ śreṣṭhaṃ tataḥ syāddakṣiṇāyane / cāturmāsye tatastasmātkārtike bhīṣmapañcakam
A vow to Hari is always best; better than that is one in the southern course of the sun; then in the four-month season; and better than that, the Bhīṣmapañcaka in Kārtika.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 123.4
ततः श्रेष्ठव्रतं शुक्लस्यैकादश्यां समाचरेत् । स्नात्वा त्रिकालं पित्रादीन्यवाद्यैरर्चयेद्धरिम्
tataḥ śreṣṭhavrataṃ śuklasyaikādaśyāṃ samācaret / snātvā trikālaṃ pitrādīnyavādyairarcayeddharim
Then he should perform the best vow on the eleventh of the bright fortnight: having bathed at the three times of day, he should worship the fathers and the rest, and Hari, with music and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 123.5
यजेन्मौनी घृताद्यैश्च पञ्चगव्येन वारिभिः । स्नापयित्वाथ कर्पूरमुखैश्चैवानुलेपयेत्
yajenmaunī ghṛtādyaiśca pañcagavyena vāribhiḥ / snāpayitvātha karpūramukhaiścaivānulepayet
Keeping silence, he should worship with ghee and the rest, with pañcagavya and with water; and after bathing (the image) he should anoint it with camphor and such things.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 123.6
घृताक्तगुग्गुलैर्धूपं द्विजः पञ्चदिनं दहेत् । नैवद्यं परमान्नं तु जपेदष्टोत्तरं शतम्
ghṛtāktaguggulairdhūpaṃ dvijaḥ pañcadinaṃ dahet / naivadyaṃ paramānnaṃ tu japedaṣṭottaraṃ śatam
For five days the twice-born should burn incense of guggulu smeared with ghee; the food-offering should be milk-rice, and he should repeat (the mantra) a hundred and eight times.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 123.7
ॐ नमो वासुदेवाय घृतव्रीहितिलादिकम् । अष्टाक्षरेण मन्त्रेण स्वाहान्तेन तु होमयेत्
oṃ namo vāsudevāya ghṛtavrīhitilādikam / aṣṭākṣareṇa mantreṇa svāhāntena tu homayet
With the eight-syllable mantra "Oṃ, homage to Vāsudeva," ending in svāhā, he should offer as oblation ghee, rice, sesame and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 123.8
प्रथमे ऽह्नि हरेः पादौ यजेत्पद्मैर्द्वितयिक । बिल्वपत्रैर्जानुदेशं नाभि गन्धेन चापरे
prathame 'hni hareḥ pādau yajetpadmairdvitayika / bilvapatrairjānudeśaṃ nābhi gandhena cāpare
On the first day he should worship Hari's feet with lotuses; on the second, the region of the knees with bilva leaves; and on the next, the navel with perfume.
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GaP 1 123.9
स्कन्धा बिल्वजवाभिश्च पञ्चमे ऽह्नि शिरोर्ऽचयत् । मालत्या भूमिशायी स्याद्गोमयं प्राशयेत्क्रमात्
skandhā bilvajavābhiśca pañcame 'hni śiror'cayat / mālatyā bhūmiśāyī syādgomayaṃ prāśayetkramāt
And the shoulders with bilva and hibiscus (flowers); on the fifth day he should worship the head with jasmine. He should sleep on the ground, and should consume cow-dung (and the rest) in order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 123.10
गोमूत्रं च दधि क्षीरं पञ्चमे पञ्चगव्यकम् । नक्तं कुर्यात्पञ्चदश्यां व्रती स्याद्भुक्तिमुक्तिभाक्
gomūtraṃ ca dadhi kṣīraṃ pañcame pañcagavyakam / naktaṃ kuryātpañcadaśyāṃ vratī syādbhuktimuktibhāk
And cow's urine, curds, milk, (and) on the fifth, pañcagavya. On the fifteenth the votary should take a night meal; he becomes a partaker of enjoyment and liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 123.11
एकादशीव्रतं नित्यं तत्कुर्यात्पक्षयोर्द्वयोः । अघौघनरकं हन्यात्सर्वदं विष्णुलोकदम्
ekādaśīvrataṃ nityaṃ tatkuryātpakṣayordvayoḥ / aghaughanarakaṃ hanyātsarvadaṃ viṣṇulokadam
The vow of the eleventh is constant; one should perform it in both fortnights. It destroys the mass of sin and hell, gives everything, and grants Viṣṇu's world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 123.12
एकादशी द्वादशी च निशान्ते च त्रयोदशी । नित्यमेकादशी यत्र तत्र सन्निहितो हरिः
ekādaśī dvādaśī ca niśānte ca trayodaśī / nityamekādaśī yatra tatra sannihito hariḥ
The eleventh, the twelfth, and at night's end the thirteenth — where the eleventh is constant, there Hari is present.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 123.13
दशम्येकादशी यत्र तत्रस्थाश्चासुरादयः । द्वादश्यां पारण कुर्यात्सूतके मृतके चरेत्
daśamyekādaśī yatra tatrasthāścāsurādayaḥ / dvādaśyāṃ pāraṇa kuryātsūtake mṛtake caret
Where the eleventh is (joined) with the tenth, there abide the demons and the rest. One should break the fast on the twelfth; in (times of) birth-impurity or death-impurity one may (still) observe it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 123.14
चतुर्दशीं प्रतिपदं पूर्वमिश्रामुपावसेत् । पौर्णमास्या ममावास्यां प्रतिपन्मिश्रितां मुने
caturdaśīṃ pratipadaṃ pūrvamiśrāmupāvaset / paurṇamāsyā mamāvāsyāṃ pratipanmiśritāṃ mune
One should fast on the fourteenth and on the first (only when) mixed with the preceding (tithi); (likewise) on the full-moon and new-moon days, and on the first mixed (with the preceding), O sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 123.15
द्वितीयां तृतीयामिश्रां तृतीयाञ्चाप्युपावसेत् । चतुर्थ्या सङ्गतां नित्यं चतुर्थोञ्चनया युताम् । पञ्चमींषष्ठ्यसंयुक्तां षष्ठ्या युक्ताञ्च सप्तमीम्
dvitīyāṃ tṛtīyāmiśrāṃ tṛtīyāñcāpyupāvaset / caturthyā saṅgatāṃ nityaṃ caturthoñcanayā yutām / pañcamīṃṣaṣṭhyasaṃyuktāṃ ṣaṣṭhyā yuktāñca saptamīm
One should fast on the second when mixed with the third, and also on the third when joined with the fourth; always (on the fourth) joined with the following one; the fifth joined with the sixth, and the seventh joined with the sixth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain