Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 125

GaP 1 125.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १२५ पितामह उवाच । मान्धाता चक्रवर्त्यासीदुपोष्यैकादशीं नृपः । एकादश्यां न भुञ्जीत पक्षयोरुभयारपि

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 125 pitāmaha uvāca / māndhātā cakravartyāsīdupoṣyaikādaśīṃ nṛpaḥ / ekādaśyāṃ na bhuñjīta pakṣayorubhayārapi

Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 125. The Grandfather said: King Māndhātā became a universal emperor by fasting on the eleventh day. One should not eat on the eleventh, in either fortnight.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 125.2

दशम्येकादशीमिश्रा गान्धार्या समुपोषिता । तस्याः पुत्रशतं नष्टं तस्मात्तां परिवर्जयेत्

daśamyekādaśīmiśrā gāndhāryā samupoṣitā / tasyāḥ putraśataṃ naṣṭaṃ tasmāttāṃ parivarjayet

The eleventh mixed with the tenth was fasted upon by Gāndhārī; her hundred sons perished — therefore one should avoid that (day).

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GaP 1 125.3

द्वादश्येकादशी यत्र तत्र सन्निहितो हरिः । दशम्येकादशी यत्र तत्र सन्निहितो ऽसुरः । बहुवाक्यविरोधेन सन्देहो जायते यदा

dvādaśyekādaśī yatra tatra sannihito hariḥ / daśamyekādaśī yatra tatra sannihito 'suraḥ / bahuvākyavirodhena sandeho jāyate yadā

Where the eleventh is (joined) with the twelfth, there Hari is present; where the eleventh is (joined) with the tenth, there a demon is present. When, through the conflict of many statements, doubt arises—

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GaP 1 125.4

द्वादशी तु तदा ग्राह्या त्रयोदश्यान्तु पारणम् । एकादशी कलापिस्यादुपोष्या द्वादशी तथा

dvādaśī tu tadā grāhyā trayodaśyāntu pāraṇam / ekādaśī kalāpisyādupoṣyā dvādaśī tathā

—then the twelfth is to be taken, and the breaking of the fast on the thirteenth. If (only) a fraction of the eleventh remains, the twelfth too should be fasted upon.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 1 125.5

एकादशी द्वादशी च विशेषेण त्रयोदशी । त्रिमिश्रा सा तिथिर्ग्राह्या सर्वपापहरा शुभा

ekādaśī dvādaśī ca viśeṣeṇa trayodaśī / trimiśrā sā tithirgrāhyā sarvapāpaharā śubhā

The eleventh and the twelfth, and especially the thirteenth: that lunar day mixed of the three is to be taken, auspicious, removing all sins.

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GaP 1 125.6

एकादशीमुपोष्यैवद्वादशीम थवा द्विज ! । त्रिमिश्रां चैव कुर्वीत न दशम्या युतां क्रचित्

ekādaśīmupoṣyaivadvādaśīma thavā dvija ! / trimiśrāṃ caiva kurvīta na daśamyā yutāṃ kracit

Having fasted on the eleventh, or else on the twelfth, O twice-born, one should also observe the triply-mixed (day), but never one joined with the tenth.

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GaP 1 125.7

रात्रौ जागरणं कुर्वन्पुराणश्रवणं नृपः । गदाधरं पूजयंश्च उपोष्यैका दशीद्वयम् । रुक्माङ्गदो ययौ मोक्षमन्ये चैकादशीव्रतम्

rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kurvanpurāṇaśravaṇaṃ nṛpaḥ / gadādharaṃ pūjayaṃśca upoṣyaikā daśīdvayam / rukmāṅgado yayau mokṣamanye caikādaśīvratam

Keeping vigil at night, listening to the Purāṇa, worshipping the Mace-bearer, and fasting on both elevenths, King Rukmāṅgada went to liberation, and others too (by) the vow of the eleventh.

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