Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 127
GaP 1 127.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १२७ ब्रह्मोवाच । माघमासे शुक्लपक्षे सूर्यर्क्षेण युता पुरा । एकादशी तथा चैका भीमेन समुपोषिता
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 127 brahmovāca / māghamāse śuklapakṣe sūryarkṣeṇa yutā purā / ekādaśī tathā caikā bhīmena samupoṣitā
Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 127. Brahmā said: Long ago, in the month of Māgha, in the bright fortnight, one eleventh day joined with the sun's asterism was fasted upon by Bhīma.
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GaP 1 127.2
आश्चर्य तु व्रतं कृत्वा पितॄणामनृणो ऽभवत् । भीमद्वादशी विख्याता प्राणिनां पुण्यवर्धिनी
āścarya tu vrataṃ kṛtvā pitṝṇāmanṛṇo 'bhavat / bhīmadvādaśī vikhyātā prāṇināṃ puṇyavardhinī
Having performed the vow — a wonder indeed — he became free of debt to the ancestors; (thus) the Bhīma-dvādaśī is renowned, increasing the merit of living beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 127.3
नक्षत्रेण विनाप्येषा ब्रह्महत्यादि नाशयेत् । विनिहन्ति महापापं कुनृपो विषयं यथा
nakṣatreṇa vināpyeṣā brahmahatyādi nāśayet / vinihanti mahāpāpaṃ kunṛpo viṣayaṃ yathā
Even without (the proper) lunar mansion this (observance) destroys brahmin-murder and the rest; it wipes out great sin, as a bad king (ruins) his realm.
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GaP 1 127.4
कुपुत्त्रस्तु कुलं यद्वत्कुभार्या च पतिं यथा । अधर्मं च यथा धर्मः कुमन्त्री च यथा नृपम्
kuputtrastu kulaṃ yadvatkubhāryā ca patiṃ yathā / adharmaṃ ca yathā dharmaḥ kumantrī ca yathā nṛpam
As a bad son (ruins) the family, and as a bad wife (ruins) her husband, and as dharma (destroys) adharma, and as a bad counsellor (ruins) the king,
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GaP 1 127.5
अज्ञानेन यथा ज्ञानं शौचमाशौचकं यथा । अश्रद्धया यथा श्रद्धा सत्यञ्चैवानृतैर्यथा
ajñānena yathā jñānaṃ śaucamāśaucakaṃ yathā / aśraddhayā yathā śraddhā satyañcaivānṛtairyathā
as knowledge (is destroyed) by ignorance, as purity (is destroyed) by impurity, as faith (is destroyed) by lack of faith, and as truth (is destroyed) by falsehoods,
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GaP 1 127.6
हिमं यथोष्णमाहन्यादनर्थं चार्थसंचयः । यथा प्रकर्तिनाद्दानं तपो वै विस्मयाद्यथा
himaṃ yathoṣṇamāhanyādanarthaṃ cārthasaṃcayaḥ / yathā prakartināddānaṃ tapo vai vismayādyathā
as heat would destroy frost, and as the hoarding of wealth (destroys) what is useless(?), as a gift (is spoiled) by the giver('s manner), and as austerity (is spoiled) by conceit,
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GaP 1 127.7
अशिक्षया यथा पुत्रो गावो दूरगतैर्यथा । क्रोधेन च यथा शान्तिर्यथा वित्तमवद्धनात्
aśikṣayā yathā putro gāvo dūragatairyathā / krodhena ca yathā śāntiryathā vittamavaddhanāt
as a son (is ruined) by lack of training, as cows (are lost) by those who stray far, as tranquillity (is destroyed) by anger, as wealth (is lost) by unguarded storing,
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GaP 1 127.8
ज्ञानेनैयथा विद्या निष्कामेन यथा फलम् । तथैव पापनाशाय प्रोक्तेयं द्वादशी शुभा
jñānenaiyathā vidyā niṣkāmena yathā phalam / tathaiva pāpanāśāya prokteyaṃ dvādaśī śubhā
as learning (is gained) by knowledge, as fruit (is gained) by desirelessness — just so this auspicious twelfth is declared to be for the destruction of sin.
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GaP 1 127.9
ब्रह्महत्या सुरा पान स्तेयं गुर्वङ्गनागमः । युगपत्तुप्रजातानिहन्ति त्रिपुष्करम्
brahmahatyā surā pāna steyaṃ gurvaṅganāgamaḥ / yugapattuprajātānihanti tripuṣkaram
Brahmin-murder, liquor-drinking, theft, intercourse with the teacher's wife — the three-lotus (rite?) destroys these (sins) all at once, even when produced together.
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GaP 1 127.10
न चापि नैमिषं क्षेत्रं कुरुक्षेत्रं प्रभासकम् । कालिन्दी यमुना गङ्गा न चैव न सरस्वती
na cāpi naimiṣaṃ kṣetraṃ kurukṣetraṃ prabhāsakam / kālindī yamunā gaṅgā na caiva na sarasvatī
Nor the Naimiṣa field, nor Kurukṣetra, nor Prabhāsa, nor the Kālindī, the Yamunā, the Gaṅgā, nor indeed the Sarasvatī —
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GaP 1 127.11
चैव सर्वतीर्थानि एकादश्याः समानि हि । न दानं न जपो होमो न चान्यत्सुकृतं क्रचित्
caiva sarvatīrthāni ekādaśyāḥ samāni hi / na dānaṃ na japo homo na cānyatsukṛtaṃ kracit
nor all the sacred fords, are equal to the eleventh (tithi); nor gift, nor muttered prayer, nor oblation, nor any other good deed anywhere.
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GaP 1 127.12
एकतः पृथिवीदानमेकतो हरिवासरः । ततो ऽप्येका महापुण्या इयमेकादशी वरा
ekataḥ pṛthivīdānamekato harivāsaraḥ / tato 'pyekā mahāpuṇyā iyamekādaśī varā
On one side the gift of the earth, on the other Hari's day: even beyond that, this excellent eleventh alone is of great merit.
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GaP 1 127.13
अस्मिन्वराहपुरुषं कृत्वा देवं तु हाटकम् । घटोपरि नवे पात्रे कृत्वा वै ताम्रभाजने
asminvarāhapuruṣaṃ kṛtvā devaṃ tu hāṭakam / ghaṭopari nave pātre kṛtvā vai tāmrabhājane
On this (day), having made the Boar-Man, the god, of gold, having placed (it) upon a jar in a new vessel, indeed in a copper dish,
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GaP 1 127.14
सर्वबीजभृते विप्राः सितवस्त्रावगण्ठिते । सहिरण्यप्रदीपाद्यैः कृत्वा पूजां प्रयत्ननः
sarvabījabhṛte viprāḥ sitavastrāvagaṇṭhite / sahiraṇyapradīpādyaiḥ kṛtvā pūjāṃ prayatnanaḥ
(a jar) filled with all seeds, O brahmins, wrapped about with white cloth — having performed worship diligently with gold, lamps and the rest,
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GaP 1 127.15
वराहाय नमः पादौ क्रोडाकृतये नमः कटिम् । नाभिं गंभीरघोषया उरः श्रीवत्सधारिणे
varāhāya namaḥ pādau kroḍākṛtaye namaḥ kaṭim / nābhiṃ gaṃbhīraghoṣayā uraḥ śrīvatsadhāriṇe
(saying) "Homage to the Boar" (worship) the feet; "Homage to him of boar-form" the hips; the navel (with) "to him of deep roaring"; the chest "to the bearer of the śrīvatsa";
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GaP 1 127.16
बाहुं सहस्रशिरसे ग्रीवां सर्वेश्वराय च । मुखं सर्वात्मने पूज्यं ललाटं प्रभवाय च
bāhuṃ sahasraśirase grīvāṃ sarveśvarāya ca / mukhaṃ sarvātmane pūjyaṃ lalāṭaṃ prabhavāya ca
the arm "to the thousand-headed one"; the neck "to the lord of all"; the face is to be worshipped "to the self of all"; the forehead "to the source of being";
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GaP 1 127.17
केशाः शतमयूखाय पूज्या देवस्य चक्रिणः । विधिना पूजयित्वा तु कृत्वा जागरणं निशि
keśāḥ śatamayūkhāya pūjyā devasya cakriṇaḥ / vidhinā pūjayitvā tu kṛtvā jāgaraṇaṃ niśi
the hairs of the god who bears the discus are to be worshipped "to him of a hundred rays". Having worshipped according to the rule and having kept vigil at night,
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GaP 1 127.18
श्रुत्वा पुराणं देवस्य माहात्म्यप्रतिपादकम् । प्रातर्विप्राय दत्त्वा च याचकाय शुभाय तत्
śrutvā purāṇaṃ devasya māhātmyapratipādakam / prātarviprāya dattvā ca yācakāya śubhāya tat
having heard the Purāṇa that sets forth the greatness of the god, and in the morning having given that to a brahmin, to a worthy petitioner,
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GaP 1 127.19
कनकक्रोडसहितं सन्निवेद्य परिच्छदम् । पश्चात्तु पारणं कुर्यान्नातितृप्तः सकृद्व्रतः
kanakakroḍasahitaṃ sannivedya paricchadam / paścāttu pāraṇaṃ kuryānnātitṛptaḥ sakṛdvrataḥ
having presented the appurtenances together with the golden boar, afterwards let him break the fast, not overly sated, having taken the vow once.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 127.20
एवं कृत्वा नरो विद्यान्न भूय स्तनपो भवेत् । उपोष्यैकादशीं पुण्यां मुच्यते वै ऋणत्रयात् । मनो ऽभिलषितावाप्तिः कृत्वा सर्वव्रतादिकम्
evaṃ kṛtvā naro vidyānna bhūya stanapo bhavet / upoṣyaikādaśīṃ puṇyāṃ mucyate vai ṛṇatrayāt / mano 'bhilaṣitāvāptiḥ kṛtvā sarvavratādikam
Having done thus, a man would know (that) he will not again be a suckling (i.e. be born again); by fasting on the holy eleventh he is freed from the three debts; there is attainment of what the mind desires when he has performed all the vows and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain