Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 22

GaP 1 22.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- २२ सूत उवाच । शिवार्चनं प्रवक्ष्यामि बुक्तिमुक्तिकरं परम् । शान्तं सर्वगतं शून्यं मात्राद्वादशके स्थितम्

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 22 sūta uvāca / śivārcanaṃ pravakṣyāmi buktimuktikaraṃ param / śāntaṃ sarvagataṃ śūnyaṃ mātrādvādaśake sthitam

The Śrī Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, (chapter) 22. The Sūta said: I shall declare the worship of Śiva, supreme, granting enjoyment and liberation — (of him who is) tranquil, all-pervading, void, abiding in the twelve measures (of sound).

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GaP 1 22.2

पञ्च वक्क्राणि ह्रस्वानि दीर्घाण्यङ्गानि बिन्दुना । सविसर्गं वदेदस्त्रं शिव ऊर्घ्वं तथा पुनः

pañca vakkrāṇi hrasvāni dīrghāṇyaṅgāni bindunā / savisargaṃ vadedastraṃ śiva ūrghvaṃ tathā punaḥ

The five faces (are) with short vowels, the limbs with long vowels, together with the nasal dot; the weapon(-mantra) one should pronounce with the visarga; and likewise again Śiva above.

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GaP 1 22.3

षष्ठेनाधो महामन्त्रो हौमित्येवाखिलार्थदः । हस्ताभ्यां संस्पृशेत्पादावूर्ध्वं पादान्मस्तकम्

ṣaṣṭhenādho mahāmantro haumityevākhilārthadaḥ / hastābhyāṃ saṃspṛśetpādāvūrdhvaṃ pādānmastakam

With the sixth (vowel) below, the great mantra, namely "hauṃ," grants every object. With both hands one should touch the feet, and (then) upward from the feet to the head.

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GaP 1 22.4

महामुद्रा हि सर्वेषां कराङ्गन्यासमाचरेत् । तालहस्तेन पृष्ठं च अस्त्रमन्त्रेण शोधयेत्

mahāmudrā hi sarveṣāṃ karāṅganyāsamācaret / tālahastena pṛṣṭhaṃ ca astramantreṇa śodhayet

This is the great gesture (mahāmudrā); one should perform the placing of all (mantras) on the hands and limbs, and with the palm of the hand purify the back with the weapon-mantra.

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GaP 1 22.5

कनिष्ठामादितः कृत्वा तर्जन्यङ्गानि विन्यसेत् । पूजनं संप्रवक्ष्यामि कर्णिकायां त्दृदम्बुजे

kaniṣṭhāmāditaḥ kṛtvā tarjanyaṅgāni vinyaset / pūjanaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi karṇikāyāṃ tdṛdambuje

Beginning with the little finger and (ending) with the index finger, one should install the limb(-mantras). I shall declare the worship, on the pericarp in the lotus of the heart.

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GaP 1 22.6

धर्मं ज्ञानं च वैराग्यमैश्वर्यादि त्दृदार्चयेत् । आवाहनं स्थापनं च पाद्यमर्घ्यं हृदार्पयेत्

dharmaṃ jñānaṃ ca vairāgyamaiśvaryādi tdṛdārcayet / āvāhanaṃ sthāpanaṃ ca pādyamarghyaṃ hṛdārpayet

One should worship with the heart(-mantra) dharma, knowledge, dispassion, sovereignty and the rest; and with the heart(-mantra) one should offer the summoning, the establishing, the water for the feet, and the guest-water.

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GaP 1 22.7

आचामं स्नपनं पूजामेकाधारणतुल्यकम्? । अग्निकार्यविधिं वक्ष्ये अस्त्रेणोल्लेखनं चरेत्

ācāmaṃ snapanaṃ pūjāmekādhāraṇatulyakam? / agnikāryavidhiṃ vakṣye astreṇollekhanaṃ caret

The sipping of water, the bathing, the worship — equal to a single fixing (of the mind)? I shall declare the procedure of the fire-rite: one should perform the marking of the lines with the weapon-mantra.

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GaP 1 22.8

वर्ंमणाभ्युक्षणं कार्यं शक्तिन्यासं हृदा चरेत् । त्दृदि वा शक्तिगर्ते च प्रक्षिपेज्जातवेदसम्

varṃmaṇābhyukṣaṇaṃ kāryaṃ śaktinyāsaṃ hṛdā caret / tdṛdi vā śaktigarte ca prakṣipejjātavedasam

The sprinkling is to be done with the armour-mantra; the installing of the power (śakti) one should perform with the heart-mantra. Either into the heart or into the śakti-pit one should cast the fire (Jātavedas).

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GaP 1 22.9

गर्भाधानादिकं कृत्वा निष्कृतिं चारस्य पश्चिमाम् । हृदा कृत्वा सर्वकर्ंम शिवं सांगं तु होमयेत्

garbhādhānādikaṃ kṛtvā niṣkṛtiṃ cārasya paścimām / hṛdā kṛtvā sarvakarṃma śivaṃ sāṃgaṃ tu homayet

Having performed the placing-in-the-womb (garbhādhāna) and the rest, and the final expiation of the rite, having done all the ritual acts with the heart-(mantra), he should offer Śiva together with his ancillary (mantras) into the fire.

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GaP 1 22.10

पूजयेन्मण्डले शम्भुं पद्मगर्भे गराङ्कितम् । चतुः षष्ट्यन्तमष्टादि खाक्षि खाद्यादिमण्डलम्

pūjayenmaṇḍale śambhuṃ padmagarbhe garāṅkitam / catuḥ ṣaṣṭyantamaṣṭādi khākṣi khādyādimaṇḍalam

He should worship Śambhu in the maṇḍala, in the calyx of the lotus, marked with (the syllable) 'ga'; the maṇḍala (has divisions) from eight up to sixty-four, (etc.).

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GaP 1 22.11

खाक्षीन्द्रसूर्यगं सर्वखादिवेदेन्दु (देवेन्दु) वर्तनम् । आग्नेय्यां कारयेत्कुण्डमर्धचन्द्रनिभं शुभम्

khākṣīndrasūryagaṃ sarvakhādivedendu (devendu) vartanam / āgneyyāṃ kārayetkuṇḍamardhacandranibhaṃ śubham

...reaching to the kha-akṣi-indra-sun (numbers), and the turning of all from kha etc. to the four and the moon; in the south-east he should have made an auspicious fire-pit resembling a half-moon.

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GaP 1 22.12

अग्निशास्त्र परायुस्थो त्दृदयादिगणोच्यते । अस्त्रं दिशा सुपद्मस्य कर्णिकायां सदाशिवः

agniśāstra parāyustho tdṛdayādigaṇocyate / astraṃ diśā supadmasya karṇikāyāṃ sadāśivaḥ

The Agni and the Astra (mantras) stand as the further/life-(mantra?); the group beginning with the heart is (thus) declared. The Astra (is placed) in the directions of the fine lotus, and Sadāśiva in the calyx.

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GaP 1 22.13

दीक्षां वक्ष्ये पञ्चतत्त्वे स्थितां भूम्यादिकां परे । निवृत्तिर्भूप्रतिष्ठाद्यैर्विद्याग्निः शान्तिवन्निजः

dīkṣāṃ vakṣye pañcatattve sthitāṃ bhūmyādikāṃ pare / nivṛttirbhūpratiṣṭhādyairvidyāgniḥ śāntivannijaḥ

I shall declare the initiation that rests in the five principles, beginning with earth, in the supreme (one): nivṛtti (is accomplished) by the earth-consecration and the rest; vidyā is fire; the innate one is like śānti.

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GaP 1 22.14

शान्त्यतीतं भवेव्द्योम तत्परं शान्तमव्ययम् । एकैकस्य शतं होमा हत्येवं पञ्च होमयेत्

śāntyatītaṃ bhavevdyoma tatparaṃ śāntamavyayam / ekaikasya śataṃ homā hatyevaṃ pañca homayet

Beyond śānti would be the sky (ether); beyond that is the imperishable Śānta. For each one there are a hundred oblations; thus he should make the five oblations.

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GaP 1 22.15

पश्चात्पूर्णाहुतिं दत्त्वा प्रा(प्र)सोदन शिवं स्मरेत् । प्रायश्चित्तविशुद्ध्यर्थमेकैकाष्टाहुतिं क्रमात्

paścātpūrṇāhutiṃ dattvā prā(pra)sodana śivaṃ smaret / prāyaścittaviśuddhyarthamekaikāṣṭāhutiṃ kramāt

Afterwards, having given the full oblation, he should call Śiva to mind; and in order to expiate and purify, (he should offer) eight oblations to each in turn.

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