Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 217
GaP 1 217.3
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- २१७ ब्रह्मोवाच । अथ सन्ध्याविधं वक्ष्ये द्विजातीनां समासतः । अपवित्रः पवित्रो वा सर्वावस्थां गतो ऽपि वा ॥ गर्प्_१,२१७।१ ॥ यः स्मरेत्पुण्डरीकाक्षं स बाह्याभ्यन्तरः शुचिः ॥ गर्प्_१,२१७।२ ॥ गायत्त्रीच्छन्दो विश्वामित्र ऋषिस्त्रिपात् । समुद्राः कुक्षिश्चन्द्रादित्यौ लोचनौ । अग्निर्मुखम् । विष्णुर्हृदयम् । ब्रह्मरुद्रौ शिरः । रुद्रः शिखा । उपनय ने विनियोगः । ॐ भूः पादे । भुवः जानुति । स्वः हृदये । महः शिरसि । जनः शिखायाम् । तपः कण्ठे । सत्यं ललाटे । ॐ हृदयाय नमः । ॐ भूः शिरसे स्वाहा । ॐ भुवः शिखायै वौषट् । ॐ स्वः कवचाय हुं । ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः अस्त्राय फट्
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 217 brahmovāca / atha sandhyāvidhaṃ vakṣye dvijātīnāṃ samāsataḥ / apavitraḥ pavitro vā sarvāvasthāṃ gato 'pi vā // garp_1,217.1 // yaḥ smaretpuṇḍarīkākṣaṃ sa bāhyābhyantaraḥ śuciḥ // garp_1,217.2 // gāyattrīcchando viśvāmitra ṛṣistripāt / samudrāḥ kukṣiścandrādityau locanau / agnirmukham / viṣṇurhṛdayam / brahmarudrau śiraḥ / rudraḥ śikhā / upanaya ne viniyogaḥ / oṃ bhūḥ pāde / bhuvaḥ jānuti / svaḥ hṛdaye / mahaḥ śirasi / janaḥ śikhāyām / tapaḥ kaṇṭhe / satyaṃ lalāṭe / oṃ hṛdayāya namaḥ / oṃ bhūḥ śirase svāhā / oṃ bhuvaḥ śikhāyai vauṣaṭ / oṃ svaḥ kavacāya huṃ / oṃ bhūrbhuvaḥ svaḥ astrāya phaṭ
The Śrī Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 217. Brahmā said: Now I shall declare, in brief, the rule of the twilight worship for the twice-born. (1) Whether impure or pure, or having come into any condition whatever, he who remembers the Lotus-eyed is clean without and within. (2) Of the Gāyatrī the metre is gāyatrī, the seer is Viśvāmitra, and it has three feet. The oceans are its belly, the moon and sun its two eyes; fire is its mouth; Viṣṇu its heart; Brahmā and Rudra its head; Rudra its crest. The application is in the placing (of the syllables). Oṃ bhūḥ on the feet; bhuvaḥ on the knees; svaḥ on the heart; mahaḥ on the head; janaḥ on the crest; tapaḥ on the throat; satyaṃ on the forehead. Oṃ, homage to the heart. Oṃ bhūḥ, to the head, svāhā. Oṃ bhuvaḥ, to the crest, vauṣaṭ. Oṃ svaḥ, to the armour, huṃ. Oṃ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ, to the weapon, phaṭ.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 217.4
ॐ भूः ॐ भुवः ॐ स्वः ॐ महः ॐ जनः ॐ तपः ॐ सत्यं तत्स्त्रिपदा । ॐ आपो ज्यो ऽती रसो ऽमृतं ब्रह्म भूर्भुवः स्वरोम् । ॐ सूर्यश्चेत्यादि । ॐ आपः पुनन्त्वित्यादि । ॐ अग्निश्चेत्यादि
oṃ bhūḥ oṃ bhuvaḥ oṃ svaḥ oṃ mahaḥ oṃ janaḥ oṃ tapaḥ oṃ satyaṃ tatstripadā / oṃ āpo jyo 'tī raso 'mṛtaṃ brahma bhūrbhuvaḥ svarom / oṃ sūryaścetyādi / oṃ āpaḥ punantvityādi / oṃ agniścetyādi
Oṃ bhūḥ, oṃ bhuvaḥ, oṃ svaḥ, oṃ mahaḥ, oṃ janaḥ, oṃ tapaḥ, oṃ satyaṃ — that is the three-footed (formula). Oṃ, the waters, the light, the sap, the immortal, brahman, bhūr bhuvaḥ svar, oṃ. Oṃ, 'the sun...' and so on. Oṃ, 'may the waters purify...' and so on. Oṃ, 'the fire...' and so on.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 217.5
ॐ आयातु वरदे देवि ! पूर्वाह्ने ब्रह्मदेवता । गायत्त्री नाम या सन्ध्या रक्ताङ्गी रक्तवाससा । वरहंससमारूढा श्रीमत्पुष्करसंस्थिता
oṃ āyātu varade devi ! pūrvāhne brahmadevatā / gāyattrī nāma yā sandhyā raktāṅgī raktavāsasā / varahaṃsasamārūḍhā śrīmatpuṣkarasaṃsthitā
Oṃ, come, O boon-granting goddess! In the forenoon the deity is Brahmā; the twilight-goddess named Gāyatrī, red-limbed and red-robed, mounted upon an excellent swan, seated on the glorious lotus,
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GaP 1 217.6
कमण्डलुधरा शान्ता अक्षमालाविधारिणी । आयातु वरदा देवी मध्याह्ने श्वेतरूपिणी
kamaṇḍaludharā śāntā akṣamālāvidhāriṇī / āyātu varadā devī madhyāhne śvetarūpiṇī
bearing a water-pot, tranquil, holding a rosary. Let the boon-granting goddess come, white in form at midday,
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GaP 1 217.7
माहेश्वरी च सावित्री शुक्लवस्त्रादिमण्डिता । वृषस्कन्धसमारूढा त्रिशूलवरधारिणी
māheśvarī ca sāvitrī śuklavastrādimaṇḍitā / vṛṣaskandhasamārūḍhā triśūlavaradhāriṇī
(she who is) Māheśvarī and Sāvitrī, adorned with white garments and the rest, mounted on the shoulder of a bull, bearing the trident and (granting) a boon.
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GaP 1 217.8
आयातु वरदा देवी अपराह्ने सरस्वती । अतसीकुसुमप्रख्या वैष्णवी गरुडासना
āyātu varadā devī aparāhne sarasvatī / atasīkusumaprakhyā vaiṣṇavī garuḍāsanā
Let the boon-granting goddess come in the afternoon as Sarasvatī, resembling the flax flower, Vaiṣṇavī, seated on Garuḍa,
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GaP 1 217.9
पीतवस्त्रा शङ्खचक्रगदापद्मसमन्विता । श्वेतवर्णा समुद्दिष्टा रविमण्डलसंस्थिता
pītavastrā śaṅkhacakragadāpadmasamanvitā / śvetavarṇā samuddiṣṭā ravimaṇḍalasaṃsthitā
clad in yellow, furnished with conch, discus, mace and lotus; she is declared to be white in colour, abiding in the sun's orb,
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GaP 1 217.10
श्वेतपद्मसनासीना श्वेतपुष्पोपशोभिता । ॐ आपो हिष्ठा मयो भुवस्ता न उर्जे दधात नः
śvetapadmasanāsīnā śvetapuṣpopaśobhitā / oṃ āpo hiṣṭhā mayo bhuvastā na urje dadhāta naḥ
seated on a white lotus, adorned with white flowers. Oṃ, you waters are indeed a delight; grant us strength,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 217.11
महेरणाय चक्षुसे । ॐ यो वः शिवतमो रसः । तस्य भाजयेतेह नः । अशतीरिव मातरः । ॐ तस्मा अरङ्गमाम वो यस्य क्षयाय जिन्वथ । आपो जन यथा च नः । ॐ सुमित्रिया न आप ओषधयः सन्तु ॐ दुर्मित्रियास्तस्मै सन्तु यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यञ्च वयं द्विष्मः । ॐ द्रुपदादिवमुमुचानः स्विन्नः स्नातो मलादिव । पूतं पवित्रेणेवाज्यमापः शुन्धन्तु मैनसः । ॐ ऋतं च सत्यं चाभीद्धात्तपसो ऽध्यजायत । ततोरात्र्यजायत । ततः समुद्रोर्ऽणवः समुद्रादर्णवादधिसंवत्सरो अजायत । अहौरात्राणि विदधद्विश्वस्य मिषतो वशी । सूर्याचन्द्रमसौ धाता यथापूर्वमकल्पयत् । दिवं च पृथिवीं चान्तरिक्षमथो स्वः
maheraṇāya cakṣuse / oṃ yo vaḥ śivatamo rasaḥ / tasya bhājayeteha naḥ / aśatīriva mātaraḥ / oṃ tasmā araṅgamāma vo yasya kṣayāya jinvatha / āpo jana yathā ca naḥ / oṃ sumitriyā na āpa oṣadhayaḥ santu oṃ durmitriyāstasmai santu yo 'smān dveṣṭi yañca vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ / oṃ drupadādivamumucānaḥ svinnaḥ snāto malādiva / pūtaṃ pavitreṇevājyamāpaḥ śundhantu mainasaḥ / oṃ ṛtaṃ ca satyaṃ cābhīddhāttapaso 'dhyajāyata / tatorātryajāyata / tataḥ samudror'ṇavaḥ samudrādarṇavādadhisaṃvatsaro ajāyata / ahaurātrāṇi vidadhadviśvasya miṣato vaśī / sūryācandramasau dhātā yathāpūrvamakalpayat / divaṃ ca pṛthivīṃ cāntarikṣamatho svaḥ
for the sight of a great joy. Oṃ, that most kindly sap of yours — give us a share of it here, like mothers (giving suck). Oṃ, we would gladly go to that (water) of yours by which you quicken (us) to dwelling; O waters, beget (us) as (you beget) people. Oṃ, may the waters and plants be friendly to us; oṃ, may they be unfriendly to him who hates us and whom we hate. Oṃ, released as if from a stake, sweating, as one bathed (is freed) from dirt — purified as clarified butter is by the strainer, may the waters cleanse me of sin. Oṃ, order and truth were born from kindled ascetic heat; from that night was born; from that the ocean with its waves; from the ocean with its waves the year was born. Ordaining days and nights, the ruler of all that blinks, the Ordainer fashioned sun and moon as before, and heaven and earth and the mid-region and the light above.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 217.12
गायत्त्र्या विश्वामित्र ऋषिर्गायत्त्रीछन्दः । सविता देवता जपे विनियोगः । ॐ उदुत्यं जातवेदसं देवं वहन्ति केतवः । दृशे विश्वाय सूर्यम् । ॐ चित्रं देवानामुदगादनीकं चक्षुर्मित्रस्य वरुणस्याग्नेः । आप्रा द्यावापृथिवी अन्तरिक्षं सूर्य आत्मा जगतस्तस्थुषश्च । ॐ तच्चक्षर्देवहितं पुरस्ताच्छुक्रमुच्चरत् । पश्येम शरदः शतं जीवेम शरदः शतम् । शृणुयाम शरदः शतम् । ॐ विश्वतश्चक्षुरुत विश्वतोमुखोविश्वतो बाहुरुत विश्वतस्पात् । संबाहुभ्यां धमति संपत्रैद्यार्वाभूमी जनयन्देव एकः । देवा गातुविदो नाङ्गविद्वानाद्भमितमनसस्पत इमं देवयज्ञं स्वाहा वातेधाः जपेत्
gāyattryā viśvāmitra ṛṣirgāyattrīchandaḥ / savitā devatā jape viniyogaḥ / oṃ udutyaṃ jātavedasaṃ devaṃ vahanti ketavaḥ / dṛśe viśvāya sūryam / oṃ citraṃ devānāmudagādanīkaṃ cakṣurmitrasya varuṇasyāgneḥ / āprā dyāvāpṛthivī antarikṣaṃ sūrya ātmā jagatastasthuṣaśca / oṃ taccakṣardevahitaṃ purastācchukramuccarat / paśyema śaradaḥ śataṃ jīvema śaradaḥ śatam / śṛṇuyāma śaradaḥ śatam / oṃ viśvataścakṣuruta viśvatomukhoviśvato bāhuruta viśvataspāt / saṃbāhubhyāṃ dhamati saṃpatraidyārvābhūmī janayandeva ekaḥ / devā gātuvido nāṅgavidvānādbhamitamanasaspata imaṃ devayajñaṃ svāhā vātedhāḥ japet
Of the Gāyatrī the seer is Viśvāmitra, the metre gāyatrī, the deity Savitṛ; the application is in recitation. Oṃ, the rays bear upward that god Jātavedas, the sun, for all to see. Oṃ, the bright host of the gods has risen, the eye of Mitra, of Varuṇa, of Agni; the sun, the self of what moves and what stands still, has filled heaven and earth and the mid-region. Oṃ, that eye set in place by the gods rises bright in the east; may we see a hundred autumns, may we live a hundred autumns, may we hear a hundred autumns. Oṃ, eyed on all sides and faced on all sides, armed on all sides and footed on all sides, he blows together with his arms... the one god, bringing forth heaven and earth. O gods who know the way, ... lords of thought — (bear) this sacrifice to the gods, svāhā. So let him recite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 217.13
उत्तरे शिखरे जाते भूम्यां पर्वतवासिनी । ब्रह्मणा समनुज्ञाता गच्छ देवि ! यथासुखम्
uttare śikhare jāte bhūmyāṃ parvatavāsinī / brahmaṇā samanujñātā gaccha devi ! yathāsukham
O you who are born on the northern peak, dweller on the mountain upon the earth, permitted by Brahmā, go, O goddess, at your ease.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition