Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 137

GaP 1 137.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १३७ ब्रह्मोवाच । कामदेवत्रयोदश्यां पूज्यो दमनकादिभिः । रतिप्रीतिसमायुक्तो ह्यसोको मणिभूषितः

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 137 brahmovāca / kāmadevatrayodaśyāṃ pūjyo damanakādibhiḥ / ratiprītisamāyukto hyasoko maṇibhūṣitaḥ

The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 137. Brahmā said: On the thirteenth the god Kāma is to be worshipped with damanaka flowers and the rest, together with Rati and Prīti, free from sorrow and adorned with gems.

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GaP 1 137.2

(इति मदनकत्रयोदशीव्रतम्) । चतुर्दश्यां तथाष्टभ्यां पक्ष्योः शुक्लकृष्णयोः । यो ऽब्दमेकं न भुञ्जीत मुक्तिभाक् शिवपूजनात्

(iti madanakatrayodaśīvratam) / caturdaśyāṃ tathāṣṭabhyāṃ pakṣyoḥ śuklakṛṣṇayoḥ / yo 'bdamekaṃ na bhuñjīta muktibhāk śivapūjanāt

(Thus the Madanaka-thirteenth vow.) On the fourteenth and likewise the eighth of both fortnights, bright and dark, he who for one year does not eat obtains liberation through the worship of Śiva.

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GaP 1 137.3

(इति शिवचतुर्दश्यष्टमीव्रतम्) । त्रिरात्रोपोषितो दद्यात्कार्तिक्यां भवनं शुभम् । सूर्यलोकमवाप्नोति धामव्रतमिदं शुभम्

(iti śivacaturdaśyaṣṭamīvratam) / trirātropoṣito dadyātkārtikyāṃ bhavanaṃ śubham / sūryalokamavāpnoti dhāmavratamidaṃ śubham

(Thus the vow of Śiva's fourteenth and eighth days.) Having fasted for three nights, one should give a fine dwelling on the full-moon day of Kārttika; (thereby) he reaches the world of the sun — this is the auspicious dhāma-vow.

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GaP 1 137.4

अमावस्यां पितॄणां च दत्तं जलादितदक्षयम् । नक्ताभ्याशी वारनाम्ना यजन्वाराणि सर्वभाक्

amāvasyāṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca dattaṃ jalāditadakṣayam / naktābhyāśī vāranāmnā yajanvārāṇi sarvabhāk

And on the new-moon day what is given to the ancestors — water and the rest — is imperishable. Eating (only) at night, one who worships the weekdays by the name of (each) weekday obtains everything.

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GaP 1 137.5

(इति वारव्रतानि) । द्वादशर्क्षाणि विप्रर्षे ! प्रतिमासं तु यानि वै । तन्नाम्नान्ते ऽतच्युतं तेषु सम्यक् संपूजयेन्नरः

(iti vāravratāni) / dvādaśarkṣāṇi viprarṣe ! pratimāsaṃ tu yāni vai / tannāmnānte 'tacyutaṃ teṣu samyak saṃpūjayennaraḥ

(Thus the vows of the weekdays.) O brahmin sage, there are the twelve lunar asterisms which occur month by month; in them a man should duly worship Acyuta at the end (of the day?) under the name (proper to each).

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GaP 1 137.6

केशवं मार्गशीर्षे तु इत्यादौ कृतिकादिके (का) । घृतहोमश्चतुर्मासं कृसरञ्च निवेदयेत्

keśavaṃ mārgaśīrṣe tu ityādau kṛtikādike (kā) / ghṛtahomaścaturmāsaṃ kṛsarañca nivedayet

(One should worship) Keśava in Mārgaśīrṣa, and so on, (in the asterisms) beginning with Kṛttikā; (there is) an offering of ghee into the fire for four months, and one should present kṛsara (a dish of rice and sesame).

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GaP 1 137.7

आषाढादौ पायसं तु विप्रांस्तेनैव भोजयेत् । पञ्चाव्यजलस्नाननैवेद्यैर्नक्तमाचरेत्

āṣāḍhādau pāyasaṃ tu viprāṃstenaiva bhojayet / pañcāvyajalasnānanaivedyairnaktamācaret

But in the four months beginning with Āṣāḍha, (one should offer) rice boiled in milk, and with that same (food) he should feed brahmins; with the five products of the cow, with bathing in water, and with food-offerings he should observe the night meal.

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GaP 1 137.8

अर्वाग्विसर्जनाद्द्रव्यं नैवेद्यं सर्वमुच्यते । विसर्जिते जगन्नाथे निर्माल्यं भवति क्षणात्

arvāgvisarjanāddravyaṃ naivedyaṃ sarvamucyate / visarjite jagannāthe nirmālyaṃ bhavati kṣaṇāt

Before the dismissal (of the deity), every substance is called naivedya (food offered to the god); once the Lord of the world has been dismissed, it becomes nirmālya (leftover offering) at once.

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GaP 1 137.9

पाञ्चरात्रविदो मुख्या नैवेद्यं भुञ्जते स्वयम् । एवं संवत्सरस्यान्ते विशेषेण प्रपूजयेत्

pāñcarātravido mukhyā naivedyaṃ bhuñjate svayam / evaṃ saṃvatsarasyānte viśeṣeṇa prapūjayet

The foremost among those who know the Pāñcarātra themselves eat the naivedya. In this way, at the end of the year, one should worship (him) with special care.

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GaP 1 137.10

नमोनमस्ते ऽच्युत ! संक्षयो ऽस्तु पापस्य वृद्धिं समुपैतु पुण्यम् । ऐश्वर्यवित्तादि सदाक्षयं मे तथास्तु मे सन्ततिरक्षयैव

namonamaste 'cyuta ! saṃkṣayo 'stu pāpasya vṛddhiṃ samupaitu puṇyam / aiśvaryavittādi sadākṣayaṃ me tathāstu me santatirakṣayaiva

Homage, homage to you, Acyuta! Let there be the destruction of sin; let merit come to increase; let lordship, wealth and the rest be always undiminishing for me, and so let my progeny too be undiminishing.

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GaP 1 137.11

यथाच्युत !त्वं परतः परस्मात्स ब्रह्मभूतः परतः परस्मात् । तथाच्युतं मे कुरु वाञ्छितं सदा मया कृतं पापहराप्रमेय

yathācyuta !tvaṃ parataḥ parasmātsa brahmabhūtaḥ parataḥ parasmāt / tathācyutaṃ me kuru vāñchitaṃ sadā mayā kṛtaṃ pāpaharāprameya

As you, Acyuta, are beyond what is beyond the highest — he who has become Brahman, beyond what is beyond — so, Acyuta, always accomplish my wish, O remover of the sin committed by me, O immeasurable one.

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GaP 1 137.12

अच्युतानन्त ! गोविन्द ! प्रसीद यदभीप्सितम् । तदक्षयममेयात्मन्कुरुष्व पुरुषोत्तम

acyutānanta ! govinda ! prasīda yadabhīpsitam / tadakṣayamameyātmankuruṣva puruṣottama

Acyuta, Ananta, Govinda! Be gracious: whatever is desired, make that imperishable, O you of immeasurable self, O highest Person.

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GaP 1 137.13

कुर्याद्वै सप्त वर्षाणि आयुः श्रीसद्गतीर्नरः । उपोष्यैकादशीब्दमष्टमीं च चतुर्दशीम्

kuryādvai sapta varṣāṇi āyuḥ śrīsadgatīrnaraḥ / upoṣyaikādaśībdamaṣṭamīṃ ca caturdaśīm

A man should indeed perform (this) for seven years (and gains) long life, prosperity and good destinies; fasting on the eleventh day for a year, and on the eighth and the fourteenth,

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GaP 1 137.14

सप्तमीं पूजयेद्विष्णुं दुर्गां शम्बुं रविं क्रमात् । तेषां लोकं समाप्नोति सर्वकामांश्च निर्मलः

saptamīṃ pūjayedviṣṇuṃ durgāṃ śambuṃ raviṃ kramāt / teṣāṃ lokaṃ samāpnoti sarvakāmāṃśca nirmalaḥ

and on the seventh, he should worship Viṣṇu, Durgā, Śambhu (Śiva) and the Sun in order; being purified, he attains their world and all his desires.

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GaP 1 137.15

एकभक्तेन नक्तेन तथैवायाचितेन च । उपवासेन शाकाद्यैः पूजयन्तसर्वदेवताः

ekabhaktena naktena tathaivāyācitena ca / upavāsena śākādyaiḥ pūjayantasarvadevatāḥ

By eating one meal a day, by the night meal, and likewise by (eating) unsolicited food, by fasting, (and) with vegetables and the rest, worshipping all the deities,

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GaP 1 137.16

सर्वः सर्वासु तिथिषु भुक्तिं मुक्तिमवाप्नुयात् । धनदो ऽग्निः प्रतिपदि नासत्यो दस्त्र अर्चितः

sarvaḥ sarvāsu tithiṣu bhuktiṃ muktimavāpnuyāt / dhanado 'gniḥ pratipadi nāsatyo dastra arcitaḥ

anyone, on all the lunar days, would obtain enjoyment and liberation. On the first day Agni, the giver of wealth, (is worshipped); the Nāsatyas, the Aśvins, are honoured (there too);

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GaP 1 137.17

श्रीर्यमश्च द्वितीयायां पञ्चम्या पार्वती श्रिया । नागाः षष्ठ्यां कार्तिकेयः सप्तम्यां भास्करोर्ऽथदः

śrīryamaśca dvitīyāyāṃ pañcamyā pārvatī śriyā / nāgāḥ ṣaṣṭhyāṃ kārtikeyaḥ saptamyāṃ bhāskaror'thadaḥ

Śrī and Yama on the second; on the fifth Pārvatī together with Śrī; the Nāgas on the sixth; Kārttikeya (and) the wealth-giving Sun on the seventh;

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GaP 1 137.18

दुर्गाष्टम्यां मातरश्च नवम्यामथ तक्षकः । इन्द्रो दशम्यां धनद एकादश्यां मुनीश्वराः

durgāṣṭamyāṃ mātaraśca navamyāmatha takṣakaḥ / indro daśamyāṃ dhanada ekādaśyāṃ munīśvarāḥ

Durgā on the eighth and the Mothers; then Takṣaka on the ninth; Indra on the tenth, (and) Dhanada (Kubera); on the eleventh the lords among sages;

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GaP 1 137.19

द्वादश्यां च हरिः कामस्त्रयोदश्यां महेश्वरः । चतुर्दश्यां पञ्चदश्यां ब्रह्मा च पितरो ऽपरे

dvādaśyāṃ ca hariḥ kāmastrayodaśyāṃ maheśvaraḥ / caturdaśyāṃ pañcadaśyāṃ brahmā ca pitaro 'pare

and on the twelfth Hari; Kāma on the thirteenth; Maheśvara on the fourteenth; and on the fifteenth Brahmā, and, besides, the ancestors.

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