Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 18
GaP 1 18.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १८ सूत उवाच । गरुडोक्तं कश्यपाय वक्ष्ये मृत्युञ्जयार्चनम् । उद्धारपूर्वकं पुण्यं सर्वदेवमयं मतम्
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 18 sūta uvāca / garuḍoktaṃ kaśyapāya vakṣye mṛtyuñjayārcanam / uddhārapūrvakaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvadevamayaṃ matam
The Glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 18. The Sūta said: I shall tell the worship of Mṛtyuñjaya, spoken by Garuḍa to Kaśyapa, preceded by the extraction (of the mantra), meritorious, held to consist of all the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 18.2
ओङ्कारं पूर्वमुद्धृत्य जु(हु)ङ्कांरं तदनन्तरम् । सविसर्गं तृतीयं स्यान्मृत्युदारिद्रयमर्दनम्
oṅkāraṃ pūrvamuddhṛtya ju(hu)ṅkāṃraṃ tadanantaram / savisargaṃ tṛtīyaṃ syānmṛtyudāridrayamardanam
Having first extracted the syllable Oṃ, then the syllable juṃ (hum), the third should be with the visarga: (this mantra) crushes death and poverty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 18.3
ईशविष्णवर्कदेव्यादिकवचं सर्वसाधकम् । अमृतेशं महामन्त्रन्त्र्यक्षरं पूजनं समम् । जपनान्मृत्युहीनाः स्युः सर्वपापविवर्जिताः
īśaviṣṇavarkadevyādikavacaṃ sarvasādhakam / amṛteśaṃ mahāmantrantryakṣaraṃ pūjanaṃ samam / japanānmṛtyuhīnāḥ syuḥ sarvapāpavivarjitāḥ
The armour beginning with Īśa, Viṣṇu, the Sun and the Goddess accomplishes everything; the great three-syllabled mantra of Amṛteśa and its worship are equal (in efficacy). By reciting it, men become free from death and rid of all sins.
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GaP 1 18.4
शतजप्याद्वेदफलं यज्ञतीर्थफलं लभेत् । अष्टोत्तरशताज्जाप्यात्रिसन्ध्यं मृत्यु शत्रुजित
śatajapyādvedaphalaṃ yajñatīrthaphalaṃ labhet / aṣṭottaraśatājjāpyātrisandhyaṃ mṛtyu śatrujita
By a hundred recitations one gains the fruit of the Vedas and the fruit of sacrifices and pilgrimages; by reciting it a hundred and eight times at the three junctures of the day, death and enemies are conquered.
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GaP 1 18.5
ध्यायेच्च सितपद्मस्थं वरदं चाभयं करे । द्वाभ्यां चामृतकुम्भं तु चिन्तयेदमृतेश्वरम्
dhyāyecca sitapadmasthaṃ varadaṃ cābhayaṃ kare / dvābhyāṃ cāmṛtakumbhaṃ tu cintayedamṛteśvaram
And one should meditate on Amṛteśvara as seated on a white lotus, with boon-giving and fearlessness-granting (gestures) in his hands, and with the other two a pot of nectar.
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GaP 1 18.6
तस्यैवाङ्गगतां देवीममृतामृतभाषिणी(विनि) म् । कलशं दक्षिणे हस्ते वामहस्ते सरोरुहम्
tasyaivāṅgagatāṃ devīmamṛtāmṛtabhāṣiṇī(vini) m / kalaśaṃ dakṣiṇe haste vāmahaste saroruham
(One should meditate on) the Goddess who dwells in his very body, the nectar-one who speaks of nectar, with a jar in her right hand and a lotus in her left hand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 18.7
जपेदष्टसहस्रं वै त्रिसन्ध्यं मासमेकतः । जरामृत्युमहाव्याधिशत्रुच्छिवशान्तिदम्
japedaṣṭasahasraṃ vai trisandhyaṃ māsamekataḥ / jarāmṛtyumahāvyādhiśatrucchivaśāntidam
One should recite (the mantra) eight thousand times at the three junctures of the day for one month: it gives peace and welfare from old age, death, great disease and enemies.
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GaP 1 18.8
आह्वानं स्थापनं रोधं सन्निधानं निवेशनम् । पाद्यमा चमनं स्नानमर्घ्यं स्रगनुलेपनम्
āhvānaṃ sthāpanaṃ rodhaṃ sannidhānaṃ niveśanam / pādyamā camanaṃ snānamarghyaṃ sraganulepanam
Invocation, installation, restraining, bringing near, seating, water for the feet, water for rinsing the mouth, bathing, offering-water, garland and unguent,
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GaP 1 18.9
दीपांबरं भूषणं च नैवद्यं पानवीजनम् । मात्रामुद्राजपध्यानं दक्षिणा चाहुतिः स्तुतिः
dīpāṃbaraṃ bhūṣaṇaṃ ca naivadyaṃ pānavījanam / mātrāmudrājapadhyānaṃ dakṣiṇā cāhutiḥ stutiḥ
(Then) lamp and garment, and ornament, food-offering, drink, and fanning; the (placing of) measures, the hand-seals, muttering (of the mantra), meditation, the gift (of fee), and the oblation, the hymn of praise.
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GaP 1 18.10
वाद्यं गतिं च नृत्यं च न्यासयोगं प्रदक्षिणम् । प्रणतिर्मन्त्रशय्या च वन्दनं च विसर्जनम्
vādyaṃ gatiṃ ca nṛtyaṃ ca nyāsayogaṃ pradakṣiṇam / praṇatirmantraśayyā ca vandanaṃ ca visarjanam
And music, procession, and dance, the yoga of placement (nyāsa), circumambulation; prostration, the mantra-bed, and salutation, and dismissal (of the deity).
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GaP 1 18.11
षडङ्गादिप्रकारेण पूजनं तु क्रमोदितम् । परमेशमुखोद्रीतं यो जानाति स पूजकः
ṣaḍaṅgādiprakāreṇa pūjanaṃ tu kramoditam / parameśamukhodrītaṃ yo jānāti sa pūjakaḥ
But the worship (thus) stated in order, by the method of the six limbs and the rest, uttered from the mouth of the Supreme Lord — he who knows it, he is a (true) worshipper.
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GaP 1 18.12
अर्घ्यपात्रार्चनं चादावस्त्रेणैव तु ताडनम् । शोधनं कवचेनैव अमृतीकरणं ततः
arghyapātrārcanaṃ cādāvastreṇaiva tu tāḍanam / śodhanaṃ kavacenaiva amṛtīkaraṇaṃ tataḥ
And first the worship of the arghya vessel, and the striking (of it) with the 'weapon' (mantra), the purification with the 'armour' (mantra) alone, and then the making of it into nectar.
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GaP 1 18.13
पूजा चाधारशक्त्यादेः प्राणायामं तथासने । पीठसुद्धिं ततः कुर्याच्छोषणाद्यैस्ततः स्मरेत्
pūjā cādhāraśaktyādeḥ prāṇāyāmaṃ tathāsane / pīṭhasuddhiṃ tataḥ kuryācchoṣaṇādyaistataḥ smaret
And worship of the supporting power (ādhāraśakti) and the rest, likewise breath-control on the seat; then one should perform the purification of the pedestal, and then, by the drying-up and the rest, should call to mind—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 18.14
आत्मानं देवरूपं च कराङ्गन्यासकं चरेत् । आत्मानं पूजयेत्पश्चाज्यो तीरूपं हृदब्जतः
ātmānaṃ devarūpaṃ ca karāṅganyāsakaṃ caret / ātmānaṃ pūjayetpaścājyo tīrūpaṃ hṛdabjataḥ
—himself as having the form of the god, and should perform the placing (nyāsa) on hands and limbs; afterwards he should worship himself, whose form is light, (rising) from the lotus of the heart.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 18.15
मूर्तौ वा स्थण्डिले वापि क्षिपेत्पुष्पं तु भास्वरम् । आह्वानद्वारपूजार्थं पूजा चाधारशक्तितः
mūrtau vā sthaṇḍile vāpi kṣipetpuṣpaṃ tu bhāsvaram / āhvānadvārapūjārthaṃ pūjā cādhāraśaktitaḥ
Either on the image or on the altar-ground he should cast a shining flower, for the purpose of the invocation and the worship of the door; and worship (proceeds) from the supporting power (onward).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 18.16
सान्निध्यकरणं देवे परिवारस्य पूजनम् । अङ्गषट्कस्य पूजा वै कर्तव्या च विपश्चितैः
sānnidhyakaraṇaṃ deve parivārasya pūjanam / aṅgaṣaṭkasya pūjā vai kartavyā ca vipaścitaiḥ
The making (of the deity) present in the god (-image), the worship of the retinue, and indeed the worship of the six limbs is to be performed by the wise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 18.17
धर्मादयश्च शक्राद्याः सायुधाः परिवारकाः । युगवेदमुहूर्ताश्च पूजेयं भुक्तिमुक्तिकृत्
dharmādayaśca śakrādyāḥ sāyudhāḥ parivārakāḥ / yugavedamuhūrtāśca pūjeyaṃ bhuktimuktikṛt
And Dharma and the rest, and Indra and the rest, with their weapons, are the retinue; and the ages, the Vedas, and the (auspicious) moments — this worship brings enjoyment and liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 18.18
मातृकाश्च गणांश्चादौ नन्दिगङ्गे च पूजयेत् । महाकालं च यमनां देहल्यां पूजयेत्पुरा
mātṛkāśca gaṇāṃścādau nandigaṅge ca pūjayet / mahākālaṃ ca yamanāṃ dehalyāṃ pūjayetpurā
And he should worship at the outset the Mothers and the Gaṇas, and Nandin and Gaṅgā; and beforehand he should worship Mahākāla and Yamunā at the threshold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 18.19
ॐ अमृतेश्वर ॐ भैरवाय नमः । एवं ॐ जुं हंसः सूर्याय नमः
oṃ amṛteśvara oṃ bhairavāya namaḥ / evaṃ oṃ juṃ haṃsaḥ sūryāya namaḥ
Oṃ, O Amṛteśvara; oṃ, homage to Bhairava. Likewise: oṃ juṃ haṃsaḥ, homage to the Sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 18.20
एवं शिवाय कृष्णाय ब्रह्मणे च गणाय च । चण्डिकायै सरस्वत्यै महालक्ष्मादि पूजयेत्
evaṃ śivāya kṛṣṇāya brahmaṇe ca gaṇāya ca / caṇḍikāyai sarasvatyai mahālakṣmādi pūjayet
In the same way he should worship Śiva, Kṛṣṇa, Brahmā and Gaṇa (Gaṇeśa), Caṇḍikā, Sarasvatī, Mahālakṣmī and the rest.
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