Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 17
GaP 1 17.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १७ हरिरुवाच । पुनः सूर्यार्चनं वक्ष्ये यदुक्तं धनदाय हि । अष्टपत्रं लिखेत्पद्मं शुचौ देशे सकर्णिकम्
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 17 hariruvāca / punaḥ sūryārcanaṃ vakṣye yaduktaṃ dhanadāya hi / aṣṭapatraṃ likhetpadmaṃ śucau deśe sakarṇikam
The Glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 17. Hari said: Again I shall tell the worship of the Sun, which was declared to Dhanada (Kubera). On a pure spot one should draw a lotus with eight petals and a pericarp.
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GaP 1 17.2
आवाहनीं ततो बद्धा मुद्रामावाहयेद्रविम् । खखोल्कं स्थाप्य मुद्रां तु स्थापयेन्मन्त्ररूपिणीम्
āvāhanīṃ tato baddhā mudrāmāvāhayedravim / khakholkaṃ sthāpya mudrāṃ tu sthāpayenmantrarūpiṇīm
Then, forming the invoking hand-gesture, one should invoke the Sun; having installed Khakholka, one should install the gesture that has the form of the mantra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 17.3
आग्नेय्यां दिशि देवस्य हृदयं स्थापयेच्छिव ! । ऐशान्यां तु शिरः स्थाप्यं नैरृत्यां विन्यसेच्छिखाम्
āgneyyāṃ diśi devasya hṛdayaṃ sthāpayecchiva ! / aiśānyāṃ tu śiraḥ sthāpyaṃ nairṛtyāṃ vinyasecchikhām
In the southeastern direction one should place the god's Heart, O Śiva; in the northeast the Head is to be placed, in the southwest one should set down the Topknot.
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GaP 1 17.4
पौरन्दर्यां न्यसेद्धर्ंममेकाग्रस्थितमानसः । वायव्यां चैव नेत्रं तु वारुण्यामस्त्रमेव च
paurandaryāṃ nyaseddharṃmamekāgrasthitamānasaḥ / vāyavyāṃ caiva netraṃ tu vāruṇyāmastrameva ca
In Indra's quarter (the east), with mind fixed one-pointedly, one should set down the Armour; in the northwest the Eye, and in the west the Weapon.
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GaP 1 17.5
ऐशान्यां स्थापयेत्सोमं पौरन्दर्यां तु लोहितम् । आग्नेय्यां सोमतनयं याम्यां चैव बृहस्पतिम्
aiśānyāṃ sthāpayetsomaṃ paurandaryāṃ tu lohitam / āgneyyāṃ somatanayaṃ yāmyāṃ caiva bṛhaspatim
In the northeast one should install the Moon, in Indra's quarter (the east) the Red One (Mars), in the southeast the son of the Moon (Mercury), and in the south Bṛhaspati (Jupiter).
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GaP 1 17.6
नैरृत्यां दानवगुरुं वारुण्यां तु शनैश्चरम् । वायव्यां च तथा केतुं कौबेर्यां राहुमेव च
nairṛtyāṃ dānavaguruṃ vāruṇyāṃ tu śanaiścaram / vāyavyāṃ ca tathā ketuṃ kauberyāṃ rāhumeva ca
In the southwest the teacher of the demons (Venus), in the west Śanaiścara (Saturn), in the northwest Ketu, and in Kubera's quarter (the north) Rāhu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 17.7
द्वितीयायां तु कक्षायां सूर्यान्द्वादश पूजयेत् । भगः सूर्योर्ऽय्यमा चैव मित्रो वै वरुणस्तथा
dvitīyāyāṃ tu kakṣāyāṃ sūryāndvādaśa pūjayet / bhagaḥ sūryor'yyamā caiva mitro vai varuṇastathā
In the second enclosure one should worship the twelve Suns: Bhaga, Sūrya, Aryaman, Mitra, and likewise Varuṇa,
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GaP 1 17.8
सविता चैव धाता च विवस्वांश्च महाबलः । त्वष्टा पूषा तथा चेन्द्रो द्वादशो विष्णुरुच्यते
savitā caiva dhātā ca vivasvāṃśca mahābalaḥ / tvaṣṭā pūṣā tathā cendro dvādaśo viṣṇurucyate
Savitṛ, Dhātṛ, and Vivasvat of great strength, Tvaṣṭṛ, Pūṣan, and Indra; the twelfth is said to be Viṣṇu.
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GaP 1 17.9
पूर्वादावर्चयेद्देवानिन्द्रादीञ्छ्रद्धया नरः । जया च विजया चैव जयन्ति चापराजिता । शेषश्च वासुकिश्चैव नागानित्यादि पूजयेत्
pūrvādāvarcayeddevānindrādīñchraddhayā naraḥ / jayā ca vijayā caiva jayanti cāparājitā / śeṣaśca vāsukiścaiva nāgānityādi pūjayet
Beginning in the east, a man should worship with faith the gods Indra and the rest; and Jayā, Vijayā, Jayantī and Aparājitā; and Śeṣa and Vāsuki—thus he should worship the serpents and the rest.
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