Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 126

GaP 1 126.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १२६ ब्रह्मोवाच । येनार्चनेन वै लोको जगाम परमां गतिम् । तमर्चनं प्रवक्ष्यामि भुक्तिमुक्तिकरं परम्

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 126 brahmovāca / yenārcanena vai loko jagāma paramāṃ gatim / tamarcanaṃ pravakṣyāmi bhuktimuktikaraṃ param

Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 126. Brahmā said: That worship by which the world attained the highest goal — that supreme worship, granting enjoyment and liberation, I shall declare.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 126.2

सामान्यमण्डलं न्यस्य धातारं द्वारदेशतः । विधातारं तथा गङ्गां यमुनां च महानदीम्

sāmānyamaṇḍalaṃ nyasya dhātāraṃ dvāradeśataḥ / vidhātāraṃ tathā gaṅgāṃ yamunāṃ ca mahānadīm

Having laid out a common diagram, (one should worship) Dhātṛ at the place of the door, and Vidhātṛ likewise, and Gaṅgā, and Yamunā the great river,

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GaP 1 126.3

द्वारश्रियं च दण्डं च प्रचण्डं वास्तुपूरुषम् । मध्ये चाधारशक्तिं च कूर्मं चानन्तमर्चयेत्

dvāraśriyaṃ ca daṇḍaṃ ca pracaṇḍaṃ vāstupūruṣam / madhye cādhāraśaktiṃ ca kūrmaṃ cānantamarcayet

and the Glory of the door, and Daṇḍa and Pracaṇḍa, and the Vāstu-puruṣa; and in the middle he should worship the supporting power, and the Tortoise, and Ananta,

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GaP 1 126.4

भूमिं धर्मं तथा ज्ञानं वैरग्यैश्वर्यमेव च । अधर्मादींश्च चतुरः कन्दं नालं च पङ्कजम्

bhūmiṃ dharmaṃ tathā jñānaṃ vairagyaiśvaryameva ca / adharmādīṃśca caturaḥ kandaṃ nālaṃ ca paṅkajam

the earth, dharma, knowledge, dispassion and lordship, and the four beginning with unrighteousness, and the bulb, the stalk and the lotus,

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GaP 1 126.5

कर्णिकां केसरं सत्त्वं राजसं तामसं गुणम् । सुर्यादिमण्डलान्येव विमलाद्याश्च शक्तयः

karṇikāṃ kesaraṃ sattvaṃ rājasaṃ tāmasaṃ guṇam / suryādimaṇḍalānyeva vimalādyāśca śaktayaḥ

the pericarp, the filament, the qualities sattva, rajas and tamas, the orbs beginning with the sun, and the powers beginning with Vimalā,

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GaP 1 126.6

दुर्गां गणं सरस्वतीं क्षेत्रपालं च कोणके । आसनं मूर्तिमभ्यर्च्य वासुदेवं बलं स्मरन्

durgāṃ gaṇaṃ sarasvatīṃ kṣetrapālaṃ ca koṇake / āsanaṃ mūrtimabhyarcya vāsudevaṃ balaṃ smaran

and Durgā, Gaṇa, Sarasvatī and the field-guardian in the corner. Having worshipped the seat and the form, recollecting Vāsudeva and Bala,

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GaP 1 126.7

अनिरुद्धं महात्मानं नारायणमथार्चयेत् । हृदयादीनि चाङ्गानि शङ्खादीन्यायुधानि च

aniruddhaṃ mahātmānaṃ nārāyaṇamathārcayet / hṛdayādīni cāṅgāni śaṅkhādīnyāyudhāni ca

he should then worship the great-souled Aniruddha and Nārāyaṇa, and the limbs beginning with the heart, and the weapons beginning with the conch.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition