Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 19

GaP 1 19.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १९ सूत उवाच । प्राणेश्वरं गारुडं च शिवोक्तं प्रवदाम्यहम् । स्थानान्यादौ प्रवक्ष्यामि नागदष्टो न जीवति

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 19 sūta uvāca / prāṇeśvaraṃ gāruḍaṃ ca śivoktaṃ pravadāmyaham / sthānānyādau pravakṣyāmi nāgadaṣṭo na jīvati

The Glorious Great Garuḍa Purāṇa, 19. The Sūta said: I shall declare the Gāruḍa (lore), lord of life-breath, as spoken by Śiva. First I shall tell of the places (of the bite): (in these) one bitten by a snake does not live.

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GaP 1 19.2

चितावल्मीकशैलादौ कपे च विवरे तरोः । दंशे रेखात्रयं यस्य प्रच्छन्नं स न जीवति

citāvalmīkaśailādau kape ca vivare taroḥ / daṃśe rekhātrayaṃ yasya pracchannaṃ sa na jīvati

On a cremation ground, an ant-hill, a rock and such places, in a hole, or in a hollow of a tree — he in whose bite there are three lines, hidden, does not live.

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GaP 1 19.3

षष्ठ्यां च कर्कटे मेषे मूलाश्लेषामघादिषु । कक्षाश्रोणिगले सन्धौ शङ्खकर्णोदरादिषु

ṣaṣṭhyāṃ ca karkaṭe meṣe mūlāśleṣāmaghādiṣu / kakṣāśroṇigale sandhau śaṅkhakarṇodarādiṣu

And on the sixth (lunar day), in Cancer, in Aries, under Mūla, Āśleṣā, Maghā and the rest; on the armpit, the hip, the throat, a joint, the temple, the ear, the belly and such parts —

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GaP 1 19.4

दण्डी शस्त्रधरो भिक्षुर्न ग्नादिः कालदूतकः । बाहौ च वक्क्रे ग्रीवायां दष्टायां न हि जीवति

daṇḍī śastradharo bhikṣurna gnādiḥ kāladūtakaḥ / bāhau ca vakkre grīvāyāṃ daṣṭāyāṃ na hi jīvati

— (if there appears) a man with a staff, one bearing a weapon, a mendicant, a naked man and the like, (he is) a messenger of Death; and when one is bitten on the arm, on the mouth, or on the neck, he surely does not live.

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GaP 1 19.5

पूर्वं दिनपतिर्भुङ्क्ते अर्धयामं ततो ऽपरे । शेषा ग्रहाः प्रतिदिनं षट्संख्या परिवर्तनैः

pūrvaṃ dinapatirbhuṅkte ardhayāmaṃ tato 'pare / śeṣā grahāḥ pratidinaṃ ṣaṭsaṃkhyā parivartanaiḥ

First the lord of the day consumes half a watch, then the others; the remaining planets each day, six in number, by rotations.

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GaP 1 19.6

नागभोगः क्रमाञ्ज्ञेयो रात्रौ बाणविवर्तनैः । शेषोर्ऽकः फणिपश्चन्द्रस्तक्षको भौम ईरितः

nāgabhogaḥ kramāñjñeyo rātrau bāṇavivartanaiḥ / śeṣor'kaḥ phaṇipaścandrastakṣako bhauma īritaḥ

The serpents' portion is to be known in order, at night by five rotations; Śeṣa is the sun, Phaṇipa the moon, Takṣaka is declared to be Mars.

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GaP 1 19.7

कर्कोटो ज्ञो गुरुः पद्मो महापद्मश्च भार्गवः । शङ्खः शनैश्चरो राहुः कुलिकश्चाहयो ग्रहाः

karkoṭo jño guruḥ padmo mahāpadmaśca bhārgavaḥ / śaṅkhaḥ śanaiścaro rāhuḥ kulikaścāhayo grahāḥ

Karkoṭa is Mercury, Padma is Jupiter, and Mahāpadma is Venus; Śaṅkha is Saturn, Kulika is Rāhu — such are the serpents (as) planets.

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GaP 1 19.8

रात्रौ दिवा सुरगुरोर्भागे स्यादमरान्तकः । पङ्गोः काले दिवा राहुः कुलिकेन सह स्थितः

rātrau divā suragurorbhāge syādamarāntakaḥ / paṅgoḥ kāle divā rāhuḥ kulikena saha sthitaḥ

By night and by day, in the portion of the teacher of the gods (Jupiter), there would be the ender of the immortals; in the time of the lame one (Saturn), by day, Rāhu stands together with Kulika.

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GaP 1 19.9

यामार्धसन्धिसंस्थां च वेलां कालवतीं चरेत् । बाणद्विषड्वह्निवाजियुगभूरेकभागतः?

yāmārdhasandhisaṃsthāṃ ca velāṃ kālavatīṃ caret / bāṇadviṣaḍvahnivājiyugabhūrekabhāgataḥ?

And (the malefic) moves through the time-period located at the half-watch junctures, the period governed by Kāla; from the portions (counted as) five, two, six, fire (three), horse (seven), pair (two), earth (one), one...

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GaP 1 19.10

दिवा षडेदनेत्राद्रिपञ्चत्रिमानुषांशकैः । पादाङ्गुष्ठे पादपृष्ठे पादपृष्ठे गुल्फे जानुनि लिङ्गके

divā ṣaḍedanetrādripañcatrimānuṣāṃśakaiḥ / pādāṅguṣṭhe pādapṛṣṭhe pādapṛṣṭhe gulphe jānuni liṅgake

By day, with the portions (numbered) six, ... eyes (two), mountains (seven), five, three, men (?) — (they are placed) on the toe of the foot, on the back of the foot, on the back of the foot, on the ankle, on the knee, on the genital organ,

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GaP 1 19.11

नाभौ हृदि स्तनतटे कण्ठे नासापुटे ऽक्षिणि । कर्णयोश्च भ्रुवोः शङ्खे मस्तके प्रतिपत्क्रमात्

nābhau hṛdi stanataṭe kaṇṭhe nāsāpuṭe 'kṣiṇi / karṇayośca bhruvoḥ śaṅkhe mastake pratipatkramāt

on the navel, on the heart, on the side of the breast, on the throat, on the nostril, on the eye, on the two ears, on the eyebrows, on the temple, on the head — in order from the first day of the lunar fortnight.

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GaP 1 19.12

तिष्ठच्चन्द्रश्च जीवेच्च पुंसो दक्षिणभागके । कायस्य वामभागे तु स्त्रिया वायुवहात्करात्

tiṣṭhaccandraśca jīvecca puṃso dakṣiṇabhāgake / kāyasya vāmabhāge tu striyā vāyuvahātkarāt

And the moon stands and lives in the right part of a man's body, but in the left part of the body in a woman's case, from the hand by which the breath flows (?).

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GaP 1 19.13

अमृतस्तत्कृतो मोहो निवर्तेत च मर्दनात् । आत्मनः परमं बीजं हंसाख्यं स्फटिकामलम्

amṛtastatkṛto moho nivarteta ca mardanāt / ātmanaḥ paramaṃ bījaṃ haṃsākhyaṃ sphaṭikāmalam

(That) nectar and the delusion produced by it should be dispelled by rubbing. The supreme seed(-syllable) of the self, called haṃsa, spotless as crystal,

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GaP 1 19.14

दातव्यं विषपापघ्नं बीजं तस्य चतुर्विधम् । विन्दुपञ्चस्वरयुतमाद्यमुक्तं द्वितीयकम् । षष्ठारूढं तृतीयं स्यात्सविसर्गं चतुर्थकम् । ॐ कुरु कुले स्वाहा

dātavyaṃ viṣapāpaghnaṃ bījaṃ tasya caturvidham / vindupañcasvarayutamādyamuktaṃ dvitīyakam / ṣaṣṭhārūḍhaṃ tṛtīyaṃ syātsavisargaṃ caturthakam / oṃ kuru kule svāhā

is to be imparted; it destroys poison and sin. Its seed is of four kinds: the first is said to be joined with the dot (anusvāra) and the five vowels; the second... the third would be mounted on the sixth (vowel); the fourth is with the visarga. Oṃ kuru kule svāhā.

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GaP 1 19.15

विद्या त्रैलोक्यरक्षार्थं गरुडेन धृता पुरा । वधेप्सुर्नागनागानां मुखे ऽथ प्रणवं न्यसेत्

vidyā trailokyarakṣārthaṃ garuḍena dhṛtā purā / vadhepsurnāganāgānāṃ mukhe 'tha praṇavaṃ nyaset

This spell (vidyā) was formerly held by Garuḍa for the protection of the three worlds. One desiring to slay the snakes among snakes should then place the praṇava (oṃ) on the mouth,

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GaP 1 19.16

गले कुरु न्यसेद्धीमान्कुले च गुल्फयोः स्मृतः । स्वाहा पादयुगे चैव युगहा न्यास ईरितः

gale kuru nyaseddhīmānkule ca gulphayoḥ smṛtaḥ / svāhā pādayuge caiva yugahā nyāsa īritaḥ

the wise one should place "kuru" on the throat, and "kule" is taught (to be placed) on the two ankles, and "svāhā" on the pair of feet: thus the fourfold placement is declared.

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GaP 1 19.17

गृहे विविखिता यत्र तन्नागाः संत्यजन्ति च । सहस्रमन्त्रं जप्त्वा तु कर्णे सूत्रं धृतं तथा

gṛhe vivikhitā yatra tannāgāḥ saṃtyajanti ca / sahasramantraṃ japtvā tu karṇe sūtraṃ dhṛtaṃ tathā

In whatever house it is written, the snakes abandon that (house); and having recited the mantra a thousand times (over) a thread, it is likewise bound on the ear.

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GaP 1 19.18

यद्रृहे शर्करा जप्ता क्षिप्ता नागास्त्यजन्ति तत् । सप्तलक्षस्य जप्याद्धि सिद्धिः प्राप्ता सुरासुरैः

yadrṛhe śarkarā japtā kṣiptā nāgāstyajanti tat / saptalakṣasya japyāddhi siddhiḥ prāptā surāsuraiḥ

In whatever house sugar over which (the mantra) has been recited is scattered, the snakes leave it. Indeed by reciting it seven hundred thousand times, success was attained by gods and demons.

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GaP 1 19.19

ॐ सुवर्णरेखे कुक्कुटविग्रहरूपिणि स्वाहा । एवञ्चाष्टदले पद्म दले वर्णयुगं लिखेत्

oṃ suvarṇarekhe kukkuṭavigraharūpiṇi svāhā / evañcāṣṭadale padma dale varṇayugaṃ likhet

Oṃ suvarṇarekhe kukkuṭavigraharūpiṇi svāhā. And thus on an eight-petalled lotus one should write two syllables on (each) petal.

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GaP 1 19.20

नामैतद्वारिधाराभिः स्नातो दष्टो विषं त्यजेत् । ॐ पक्षि स्वाहा

nāmaitadvāridhārābhiḥ snāto daṣṭo viṣaṃ tyajet / oṃ pakṣi svāhā

One who has been bitten, bathed with streams of water (charged with) this name, will be rid of the poison. Oṃ pakṣi svāhā.

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GaP 1 19.21

अङ्गुष्ठादि कनिष्ठान्तं करे न्यस्याथ देहके । के (कै) वक्क्रे हृदि लिङ्गे च पादयोर्गरुडस्य हि

aṅguṣṭhādi kaniṣṭhāntaṃ kare nyasyātha dehake / ke (kai) vakkre hṛdi liṅge ca pādayorgaruḍasya hi

Having placed (the syllables) on the hand from the thumb to the little finger, then on the body — on the head(?), on the face, on the heart, on the genital organ, and on the two feet of Garuḍa —

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GaP 1 19.22

नाक्रामन्ति च तच्छायां स्वप्ने ऽपि विषपन्नगाः । यस्तु लक्षं जपेच्चास्याः स दृष्ट्वा(ष्ट्या) नाशयेद्विषम्

nākrāmanti ca tacchāyāṃ svapne 'pi viṣapannagāḥ / yastu lakṣaṃ japeccāsyāḥ sa dṛṣṭvā(ṣṭyā) nāśayedviṣam

poisonous snakes do not tread on his shadow, even in a dream; and he who recites this a hundred thousand times destroys poison by a mere look.

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GaP 1 19.23

ॐ ह्री ह्रौ ह्रीं भि(भी) रुण्डायै स्वाहा । कर्णे जप्ता त्वियं विद्या दष्टकस्य विषं हरेत्

oṃ hrī hrau hrīṃ bhi(bhī) ruṇḍāyai svāhā / karṇe japtā tviyaṃ vidyā daṣṭakasya viṣaṃ haret

Oṃ hrī hrau hrīṃ bhi ruṇḍāyai svāhā. This spell, recited into the ear, removes the poison of one who has been bitten.

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GaP 1 19.24

अ आ न्यसेत्तु पादाग्रे इ ई गुलफे ऽथ जानुनि । उ ऊ ए ऐ कटितटे ओ नाभौ हृदि औ न्यसेत्

a ā nyasettu pādāgre i ī gulaphe 'tha jānuni / u ū e ai kaṭitaṭe o nābhau hṛdi au nyaset

One should place a, ā on the tip of the foot, i, ī on the ankle, then (u, ū) on the knee; u, ū, e, ai on the side of the hips, o on the navel, au on the heart;

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GaP 1 19.25

वक्क्रे अमुत्तमाङ्गे अः न्यसेद्वै हंससंयुताः । हंसो विषादि च हरेज्जप्तो ध्यातो ऽथ पूजितः

vakkre amuttamāṅge aḥ nyasedvai haṃsasaṃyutāḥ / haṃso viṣādi ca harejjapto dhyāto 'tha pūjitaḥ

aṃ on the face, aḥ on the head — indeed one should place them joined with "haṃsa". The haṃsa (mantra), when recited, meditated on, and worshipped, removes poison and the rest.

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GaP 1 19.26

गरुडो ऽहमिति ध्यात्वा कुर्याद्विषहरां (रीं) क्रियाम् । हंमन्त्रं गात्रविन्यस्तं विषादिहरमीरितम्

garuḍo 'hamiti dhyātvā kuryādviṣaharāṃ (rīṃ) kriyām / haṃmantraṃ gātravinyastaṃ viṣādiharamīritam

Having meditated "I am Garuḍa", one should perform the rite that removes poison. The mantra "haṃ", placed upon the limbs, is said to remove poison and the rest.

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GaP 1 19.27

न्यस्य हंसं वामकरे नासामुखनिरोधकृत् । मन्त्रो हरेद्दष्टकस्य त्वङ्मांसादिगतं विषम्

nyasya haṃsaṃ vāmakare nāsāmukhanirodhakṛt / mantro hareddaṣṭakasya tvaṅmāṃsādigataṃ viṣam

Having placed "haṃsa" on the left hand, (the practitioner) closing off nose and mouth — the mantra removes the poison gone into the skin, flesh and so on of the one bitten.

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GaP 1 19.28

स वायुना समाकृष्य दष्टानां गरलं हरेत् । तनौ न्यसेद्दष्टकस्य नीलकण्ठादि संस्मरेत्

sa vāyunā samākṛṣya daṣṭānāṃ garalaṃ haret / tanau nyaseddaṣṭakasya nīlakaṇṭhādi saṃsmaret

He, drawing it up with the breath, should remove the venom of those bitten; he should place (the mantra) on the body of the bitten one and call to mind Nīlakaṇṭha and the rest.

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GaP 1 19.29

पीतं प्रत्यङ्गिरामूलं तण्डुलद्भिर्विषापहम् । पुनर्नवाफलिनीनां मूलं वक्क्रजमीदृशम्

pītaṃ pratyaṅgirāmūlaṃ taṇḍuladbhirviṣāpaham / punarnavāphalinīnāṃ mūlaṃ vakkrajamīdṛśam

The root of pratyaṅgirā, drunk with rice-water, removes poison; likewise such (a preparation) is the root of punarnavā and phalinī, produced from the crooked (plant?).

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GaP 1 19.30

मूलं शुक्लबृहत्यास्तु कर्कोट्यागैरिकर्णिकम् । अद्भिर्घृष्टघृतोपेतलेपो ऽयं विषमर्दनः

mūlaṃ śuklabṛhatyāstu karkoṭyāgairikarṇikam / adbhirghṛṣṭaghṛtopetalepo 'yaṃ viṣamardanaḥ

But the root of the white bṛhatī, (with) karkoṭī and red ochre — ground with water and mixed with ghee, this paste is a crusher of poison.

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GaP 1 19.31

विषमृद्धिं न व्रजेच्च उष्णं पिबति यो घृतम् । पञ्चाङ्गं तु शिरीषस्य मूलं गृञ्जनजं तथा

viṣamṛddhiṃ na vrajecca uṣṇaṃ pibati yo ghṛtam / pañcāṅgaṃ tu śirīṣasya mūlaṃ gṛñjanajaṃ tathā

And poison will not increase for him who drinks warm ghee; also the five parts of śirīṣa, and likewise the root grown from gṛñjana (carrot/onion).

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GaP 1 19.32

सर्वाङ्गलेपतशचापि पानाद्वा विषहृद्भवेत् । ह्रीं गोनसादिविषहृत्

sarvāṅgalepataśacāpi pānādvā viṣahṛdbhavet / hrīṃ gonasādiviṣahṛt

And by smearing (it) on all the limbs, or by drinking (it), it becomes a remover of poison. HRĪṂ — remover of the poison of the gonasa and other (snakes).

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GaP 1 19.33

हृल्ललाटविसर्गान्तं ध्यातं वश्या दिकृद्भवेत् । न्यस्तं योनौ वशेत्कन्यां कुर्यान्मदजलाविलम्

hṛllalāṭavisargāntaṃ dhyātaṃ vaśyā dikṛdbhavet / nyastaṃ yonau vaśetkanyāṃ kuryānmadajalāvilam

Meditated upon (as placed) from the heart to the forehead, ending in the visarga, it becomes a producer of subjugation; placed in the womb it subdues a maiden, (and) makes (her?) turbid with the fluid of passion.

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GaP 1 19.34

जप्त्वा सप्ताष्टसाहस्रं गरुत्मानिव सर्वगः । कविः स्याच्छ्रुतिधरी च वश्याः स्त्रीश्चायुराप्नुयात् । विषहृत्स्यात्कथा तद्वन्मणिर्व्यासः स्मृतो ध्रुवम्

japtvā saptāṣṭasāhasraṃ garutmāniva sarvagaḥ / kaviḥ syācchrutidharī ca vaśyāḥ strīścāyurāpnuyāt / viṣahṛtsyātkathā tadvanmaṇirvyāsaḥ smṛto dhruvam

Having recited (it) seven or eight thousand times, one becomes all-pervading like Garutmān; one becomes a poet and a retainer of what is heard, and women become subjugated, and one obtains long life; and likewise the recitation becomes a remover of poison — a jewel, declared by Vyāsa, assuredly.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain