Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 23

GaP 1 23.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- २३ सूत उवाच । शिवार्चनं प्रवक्ष्यामि धर्ंमकामादिसाधनम् । त्रिभिर्मन्त्रैराचामेत्तु स्वाहान्तैः प्रणवादिकैः

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 23 sūta uvāca / śivārcanaṃ pravakṣyāmi dharṃmakāmādisādhanam / tribhirmantrairācāmettu svāhāntaiḥ praṇavādikaiḥ

The Glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 23. Sūta said: I shall declare the worship of Śiva, the means to religious merit, pleasure, and the rest. One should sip water with three mantras beginning with Oṃ and ending in svāhā.

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GaP 1 23.2

ॐ हां आत्मतत्त्वाय विद्यातत्त्वाय हीं तथा । ॐ हूं शिवतत्त्वाय स्वाहा हृदा स्याच्छ्रोत्रवन्दनम्

oṃ hāṃ ātmatattvāya vidyātattvāya hīṃ tathā / oṃ hūṃ śivatattvāya svāhā hṛdā syācchrotravandanam

Oṃ hāṃ, to the principle of self, svāhā; likewise hīṃ, to the principle of knowledge; Oṃ hūṃ, to the principle of Śiva, svāhā. With the heart-(mantra) the honouring of the ears is to be done.

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GaP 1 23.3

भस्मस्नानं तर्पणं च ॐ हां स्वाहा सर्वमन्त्रकाः । सर्वे देवाः सर्वमुनिर्नमो ऽन्तो वौषडन्तकः

bhasmasnānaṃ tarpaṇaṃ ca oṃ hāṃ svāhā sarvamantrakāḥ / sarve devāḥ sarvamunirnamo 'nto vauṣaḍantakaḥ

And for the ash-bath and the water-offering, (the mantra is) Oṃ hāṃ svāhā; (then) all the mantras: all the gods, all the sages, ending in 'namaḥ' and ending in 'vauṣaṭ'.

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GaP 1 23.4

स्वधान्ताः सर्वपितरः स्वधान्ताश्च पितामहाः । ॐ हां प्रपितामहेभ्यस्तथा मातामहादयः

svadhāntāḥ sarvapitaraḥ svadhāntāśca pitāmahāḥ / oṃ hāṃ prapitāmahebhyastathā mātāmahādayaḥ

All the fathers (are addressed) with 'svadhā' at the end, and the grandfathers also ending in 'svadhā'; Oṃ hāṃ to the great-grandfathers, and likewise the maternal grandfathers and the rest.

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GaP 1 23.7

हां नमः सर्वमातृभ्यस्ततः स्यात्प्राणसंयमः । आचामं मार्जनं चाथो गायत्रीं च जपेत्ततः ॥ गर्प्_१,२३।५ ॥ ॐ हां तन्महेशाय विद्महे,वाग्विशुद्धाय धीमहि, तन्नो रुद्रः प्रचोदयात् ॥ गर्प्_१,२३।६ ॥ सूर्योपस्थानकं कृत्वा सूर्यमन्त्रैः प्रपूजयेत् । ॐ हां हीं हूं हैं हौं हः शिवसूर्याय नमः । ॐ हं खखोल्काय सूर्यमूर्तये नमः । ॐ ह्रां ह्रीं सः सूर्याय नमः

hāṃ namaḥ sarvamātṛbhyastataḥ syātprāṇasaṃyamaḥ / ācāmaṃ mārjanaṃ cātho gāyatrīṃ ca japettataḥ // garp_1,23.5 // oṃ hāṃ tanmaheśāya vidmahe,vāgviśuddhāya dhīmahi, tanno rudraḥ pracodayāt // garp_1,23.6 // sūryopasthānakaṃ kṛtvā sūryamantraiḥ prapūjayet / oṃ hāṃ hīṃ hūṃ haiṃ hauṃ haḥ śivasūryāya namaḥ / oṃ haṃ khakholkāya sūryamūrtaye namaḥ / oṃ hrāṃ hrīṃ saḥ sūryāya namaḥ

'Hāṃ, homage to all the mothers'; after that there should be restraint of the breath. Then sipping of water and wiping, and then he should mutter the Gāyatrī: (23.5) Oṃ hāṃ, may we know that Great Lord, may we meditate on him whose speech is pure; may that Rudra impel us. (23.6) Having performed the standing-worship of the sun, he should worship with the sun-mantras: Oṃ hāṃ hīṃ hūṃ haiṃ hauṃ haḥ, homage to Śiva-Sun; Oṃ haṃ, homage to Khakholka, the form of the sun; Oṃ hrāṃ hrīṃ saḥ, homage to the Sun.

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GaP 1 23.8

दण्डिने पिङ्गले त्वातिभूतानि च ततः स्मरेत् । अग्नयादौ विमलेशानमाराध्य परमं सुखम्

daṇḍine piṅgale tvātibhūtāni ca tataḥ smaret / agnayādau vimaleśānamārādhya paramaṃ sukham

Then he should call to mind Daṇḍin, Piṅgala, and the beings besides; having worshipped Vimaleśāna in the south-east and so on, (he obtains) supreme happiness.

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GaP 1 23.9

यजेत्पद्मां च रां दीप्तां रीं सूक्ष्मां रूं जयां च रें । भद्रां च रैं विभूतिं र्ॐ विमलां रौममोधि (रोधि) काम्

yajetpadmāṃ ca rāṃ dīptāṃ rīṃ sūkṣmāṃ rūṃ jayāṃ ca reṃ / bhadrāṃ ca raiṃ vibhūtiṃ roṃ vimalāṃ raumamodhi (rodhi) kām

He should worship the lotus, and with rāṃ Dīptā, with rīṃ Sūkṣmā, with rūṃ Jayā, with reṃ Bhadrā, with raiṃ Vibhūti, with roṃ Vimalā, with rauṃ the obstructing one (Amodhā/Rodhikā).

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GaP 1 23.10

रं विद्युतां च पूर्वादौ रा (रं) मध्ये सर्वतोमुखीम् । अर्कासनं सूर्यमूर्तें ह्रां ह्रूं (ह्रीं) सः सूर्यमर्चयेत्

raṃ vidyutāṃ ca pūrvādau rā (raṃ) madhye sarvatomukhīm / arkāsanaṃ sūryamūrteṃ hrāṃ hrūṃ (hrīṃ) saḥ sūryamarcayet

With raṃ (he should worship) Vidyutā in the east and so on, and with raṃ in the centre Sarvatomukhī; (this is) the sun's seat. With hrāṃ hrūṃ saḥ he should worship the Sun, the sun's form.

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GaP 1 23.11

ॐ आं हृदर्काय च शिरः शिखा च भूर्भुवः स्वरोम् । ज्वालिनीं ह्रं कवचस्य चास्त्रं राज्ञां च दीक्षिताम्

oṃ āṃ hṛdarkāya ca śiraḥ śikhā ca bhūrbhuvaḥ svarom / jvālinīṃ hraṃ kavacasya cāstraṃ rājñāṃ ca dīkṣitām

Oṃ āṃ, 'to the Sun'—the heart; and the head, and the tuft, and bhūr bhuvaḥ svar oṃ; Jvālinī, hraṃ for the armour, and the weapon (mantra) of the consecrated kings.

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GaP 1 23.12

यजेत्सूर्यहृदा सर्वान्स्ॐ सोमं मं च मङ्गलम् । बं बुधं बृं बृहस्पतिं भं भार्गवं शं शनैश्चरम्

yajetsūryahṛdā sarvānsoṃ somaṃ maṃ ca maṅgalam / baṃ budhaṃ bṛṃ bṛhaspatiṃ bhaṃ bhārgavaṃ śaṃ śanaiścaram

He should worship them all with the sun's heart-(mantra): with soṃ the Moon, with maṃ Mars, with baṃ Mercury, with bṛṃ Jupiter, with bhaṃ Venus, with śaṃ Saturn.

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GaP 1 23.13

रं राहुं कं यजेत्केतुं ॐ तेजश्चण्डमर्चयेत् । सूर्यमभ्यर्च्य चाचम्य कनिष्ठातो ऽङ्गकांन्यसेत्

raṃ rāhuṃ kaṃ yajetketuṃ oṃ tejaścaṇḍamarcayet / sūryamabhyarcya cācamya kaniṣṭhāto 'ṅgakāṃnyaset

With raṃ he should worship Rāhu, with kaṃ Ketu; with oṃ he should worship the fiery Caṇḍa. Having worshipped the Sun and sipped water, he should place the limb-(mantras) beginning from the little finger.

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GaP 1 23.16

हां हृच्छिरो हूं शिखा हैं वर्ंम हौं चैव नेत्रकम् । हो ऽस्त्रं शक्तिस्थितिं कृत्वा भूतशुद्धिं पुनर्न्यसेत् ॥ गर्प्_१,२३।१४ ॥ अर्घ्यपात्रं ततः कृत्वा तदद्भिः प्रोक्षयेद्यजेत् ॥ गर्प्_१,२३।१५ ॥ आत्मानं पद्मसंस्थं च हौं शिवाय ततो बहिः । द्वारे नन्दिमहाकालौ गङ्गा च यमुनाथ गौः

hāṃ hṛcchiro hūṃ śikhā haiṃ varṃma hauṃ caiva netrakam / ho 'straṃ śaktisthitiṃ kṛtvā bhūtaśuddhiṃ punarnyaset // garp_1,23.14 // arghyapātraṃ tataḥ kṛtvā tadadbhiḥ prokṣayedyajet // garp_1,23.15 // ātmānaṃ padmasaṃsthaṃ ca hauṃ śivāya tato bahiḥ / dvāre nandimahākālau gaṅgā ca yamunātha gauḥ

Hāṃ the heart, hīṃ the head, hūṃ the tuft, haiṃ the armour, hauṃ likewise the eye, haḥ the weapon. Having established the power, he should again perform the purification of the elements and place (the mantras). (23.14) Then, having prepared the vessel for the offering-water, he should sprinkle with that water and worship. (23.15) (He should worship) himself as seated on the lotus, with 'hauṃ, to Śiva'; then outside, at the door, Nandin and Mahākāla, and Gaṅgā and Yamunā, and then the cow,

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GaP 1 23.17

श्रीरस्त्रं वास्त्वधिपतिं ब्रह्माणं च गणं गुरुम् । शक्त्यनन्तौ यजेन्मध्ये पूर्वादौ धर्ंमकादिकम्

śrīrastraṃ vāstvadhipatiṃ brahmāṇaṃ ca gaṇaṃ gurum / śaktyanantau yajenmadhye pūrvādau dharṃmakādikam

Śrī, the weapon, the lord of the dwelling, Brahmā, the host, and the teacher; in the middle he should worship Śakti and Ananta, and in the east and so on Dharma and the rest.

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GaP 1 23.18

अधर्ंमाद्यं च वह्न्यादौ मध्ये पद्मस्य कर्णिके । वामाज्येष्ठा च पूर्वादौ रौद्री काली च पूर्षदः

adharṃmādyaṃ ca vahnyādau madhye padmasya karṇike / vāmājyeṣṭhā ca pūrvādau raudrī kālī ca pūrṣadaḥ

And (he should worship) unrighteousness and the rest in the fire-corner and so on; in the middle, on the pericarp of the lotus, (are) Vāmā and Jyeṣṭhā, and in the east and so forth Raudrī and Kālī, and the attendants.

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GaP 1 23.19

ॐ हौं कलविकरिण्यै बलविकरिणी ततः । बलप्रमथिनी सर्वभूतानां दमनी ततः

oṃ hauṃ kalavikariṇyai balavikariṇī tataḥ / balapramathinī sarvabhūtānāṃ damanī tataḥ

Oṃ hauṃ, to Kalavikariṇī; then Balavikariṇī; then Balapramathinī, then the Subduer (Damanī) of all beings.

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GaP 1 23.20

मनोन्मनी यजेदेताः पठिमध्ये शिवाग्रतः । शिवासनं महामूर्ति मूर्तिमध्ये शिवाय च

manonmanī yajedetāḥ paṭhimadhye śivāgrataḥ / śivāsanaṃ mahāmūrti mūrtimadhye śivāya ca

(And) Manonmanī — these he should worship; in the middle of the seat (?), before Śiva, (he should worship) Śiva's throne, the great embodiment, and in the midst of the embodiment, Śiva.

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GaP 1 23.21

आवाहनं स्थापनं च सन्निधानं निरोधनम् । सकलीकरणं मुद्रादर्शनं चार्घ्यपाद्यकम्

āvāhanaṃ sthāpanaṃ ca sannidhānaṃ nirodhanam / sakalīkaraṇaṃ mudrādarśanaṃ cārghyapādyakam

Invocation, installation, bringing near, confining, the making-complete (with the limb-mantras), the showing of the hand-gestures, and the offering of guest-water and foot-water;

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GaP 1 23.22

आचामाभ्यङ्गमुद्वर्तं स्नानं निर्ंमथनं चरेत् । वस्त्रं विलेपनं पुष्पं धूपं दीपं चरुं ददेत्

ācāmābhyaṅgamudvartaṃ snānaṃ nirṃmathanaṃ caret / vastraṃ vilepanaṃ puṣpaṃ dhūpaṃ dīpaṃ caruṃ dadet

He should perform the rinsing of the mouth, the anointing, the rubbing-off, the bath, the drying (?); he should present garment, unguent, flower, incense, lamp, and the food-oblation.

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GaP 1 23.23

आचामं मुखवासं च ताम्बूलं हस्तशोधनम् । छत्रचामरपावित्रं परमीकरणं चरेत्

ācāmaṃ mukhavāsaṃ ca tāmbūlaṃ hastaśodhanam / chatracāmarapāvitraṃ paramīkaraṇaṃ caret

He should perform the rinsing of the mouth, the mouth-perfume, the betel, the cleansing of the hands, the parasol, the fly-whisk, the purifier, and the act of making (all this) supreme.

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GaP 1 23.24

रूपक्पेन चैकाहजपो जाप्यसमर्पणम् । स्तुतिर्नतिर्हृदाद्यैश्च ज्ञेयं नामाङ्ग पूजनम्

rūpakpena caikāhajapo jāpyasamarpaṇam / stutirnatirhṛdādyaiśca jñeyaṃ nāmāṅga pūjanam

And with a verse (?) the one-day recitation, the presentation of what is to be recited, praise, obeisance; and with (the mantras of) the heart and the rest the worship of the names and limbs is to be understood.

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GaP 1 23.25

अग्नीशरक्षो वायव्ये मध्ये पूर्वादितन्त्रकम् । इन्द्राद्यांश्च यजेच्चण्डं तस्मै निर्माल्यमर्पयेत्

agnīśarakṣo vāyavye madhye pūrvāditantrakam / indrādyāṃśca yajeccaṇḍaṃ tasmai nirmālyamarpayet

(He should worship) the guardian of the fire-lord (?) in the north-west, in the middle the sequence (of deities) beginning in the east; and he should worship Indra and the rest, and Caṇḍa, to whom he should offer the used offerings.

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GaP 1 23.26

गुहायातिगुह्यगोप्ता त्वं गृहाणास्मत्कृतं जपम् । सिद्धिर्भवतु मे देव तत्प्रसादात्त्वयि स्थितिः

guhāyātiguhyagoptā tvaṃ gṛhāṇāsmatkṛtaṃ japam / siddhirbhavatu me deva tatprasādāttvayi sthitiḥ

You are the guardian of what is hidden, of what is most secret; accept the recitation made by us. Let there be attainment for me, O God; by that grace (comes my) standing in you.

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GaP 1 23.27

यत्किञ्चित्क्रियते कर्म सदा सुकृतदुष्कृतम् । तन्मे शिवपदस्थस्य रुद्र क्षपय शङ्कर

yatkiñcitkriyate karma sadā sukṛtaduṣkṛtam / tanme śivapadasthasya rudra kṣapaya śaṅkara

Whatever deed is ever done, good or bad — destroy it for me, who stand in Śiva's state, O Rudra, O Śaṅkara.

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GaP 1 23.28

शिवो दाता शिवो भोक्ता शिवः सर्वमिदं जगत् । शिवो जयति सर्वत्र यः शिवः सो ऽहमेव च

śivo dātā śivo bhoktā śivaḥ sarvamidaṃ jagat / śivo jayati sarvatra yaḥ śivaḥ so 'hameva ca

Śiva is the giver, Śiva the enjoyer, Śiva is this whole world; Śiva is victorious everywhere, and he who is Śiva, that am I.

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GaP 1 23.29

यत्कृतं यत्करिष्यामि तत्सर्वं सुकृतं तव(तस्तवम्) । त्वं त्राता विश्वनेता च नान्योनाथो ऽस्तिमेशिव

yatkṛtaṃ yatkariṣyāmi tatsarvaṃ sukṛtaṃ tava(tastavam) / tvaṃ trātā viśvanetā ca nānyonātho 'stimeśiva

What has been done and what I shall do — all that good work is yours (or: is praise of you). You are the protector and the leader of the universe; I have no other lord, O Śiva.

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GaP 1 23.30

अथान्येन प्रकारेण शिवपूजां वदाम्यहम् । गणः सरस्वती नन्दी महाकालो ऽथगङ्गया

athānyena prakāreṇa śivapūjāṃ vadāmyaham / gaṇaḥ sarasvatī nandī mahākālo 'thagaṅgayā

Now I shall tell the worship of Śiva in another manner: the Attendant (Gaṇa), Sarasvatī, Nandin, Mahākāla, and then Gaṅgā,

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GaP 1 23.31

पवनास्त्रं वास्त्वधिपो द्वारि पूर्वादितस्त्विमे । इन्द्राद्याः पूजनीयाश्च तत्त्वानि पृथिवी जलम्

pavanāstraṃ vāstvadhipo dvāri pūrvāditastvime / indrādyāḥ pūjanīyāśca tattvāni pṛthivī jalam

the wind-weapon (?), the lord of the site — these (are to be worshipped) at the door beginning from the east; and Indra and the rest are to be worshipped, and the elements: earth, water,

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GaP 1 23.32

तेजो वायुर्व्योम गन्धो रसरूपे च शब्दकः । स्पर्शो वाक् पाणि पादं च पायूपस्थं श्रुतित्वचम्

tejo vāyurvyoma gandho rasarūpe ca śabdakaḥ / sparśo vāk pāṇi pādaṃ ca pāyūpasthaṃ śrutitvacam

fire, wind, ether; smell, taste and form, sound, touch; speech, hand, foot, anus and genitals, hearing and skin,

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GaP 1 23.33

चक्षुर्जिह्वा घ्राणमनो बुद्धिश्चाहं प्रकृत्यपि । पुमान्नागो बुद्धिविद्ये कला कालो नियत्यपि

cakṣurjihvā ghrāṇamano buddhiścāhaṃ prakṛtyapi / pumānnāgo buddhividye kalā kālo niyatyapi

eye, tongue, smell (organ), mind, intellect, and the I (ego), also primal matter (prakṛti), the male (puruṣa), the serpent (?), intellect and knowledge, kalā, time, and also necessity (niyati),

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GaP 1 23.36

माया च शुद्ध विद्या च ईश्वरश्च सदाशिवः । शक्तिः शिवश्च ताञ्ज्ञात्वा मुक्तो ज्ञानी शिवो भवेत् ॥ गर्प्_१,२३।३४ ॥ यः शिवः स हरिर्ब्रह्मा सो ऽहं ब्रह्मास्मि शङ्कर ॥ गर्प्_१,२३।३५ ॥ भूतशुद्धिं प्रवक्ष्यामि यया शुद्धः शिवो भवेत् । हृत्पद्मे सद्योमन्त्रः स्यान्निवृत्तिश्च कला इडा

māyā ca śuddha vidyā ca īśvaraśca sadāśivaḥ / śaktiḥ śivaśca tāñjñātvā mukto jñānī śivo bhavet // garp_1,23.34 // yaḥ śivaḥ sa harirbrahmā so 'haṃ brahmāsmi śaṅkara // garp_1,23.35 // bhūtaśuddhiṃ pravakṣyāmi yayā śuddhaḥ śivo bhavet / hṛtpadme sadyomantraḥ syānnivṛttiśca kalā iḍā

and māyā, and pure knowledge, and Īśvara, and Sadāśiva, Śakti and Śiva: knowing these, the knower is liberated and becomes Śiva. // He who is Śiva is Hari and Brahmā; I am he, I am brahman, O Śaṅkara. // I shall declare the purification of the elements, by which one becomes pure and becomes Śiva: in the lotus of the heart is the Sadyojāta mantra, and the kalā Nivṛtti, and (the channel) Iḍā,

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GaP 1 23.37

पिङ्गला द्वे च नाड्यौ तु प्राणो ऽपानश्च मारुतौ । इन्द्रो देहो ब्रह्महेतुश्चतुरस्त्रं च मण्डलम्

piṅgalā dve ca nāḍyau tu prāṇo 'pānaśca mārutau / indro deho brahmahetuścaturastraṃ ca maṇḍalam

and Piṅgalā — these two channels; the winds prāṇa and apāna; Indra, the body, the cause of brahman, and the square diagram;

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GaP 1 23.38

वक्त्रेण लाञ्छितं वायुमेकोद्धातगुणाः शराः । त्दृत्स्थानसादृश्यरुतं शतकोटिप्रविस्तरम्

vaktreṇa lāñchitaṃ vāyumekoddhātaguṇāḥ śarāḥ / tdṛtsthānasādṛśyarutaṃ śatakoṭipravistaram

the wind marked with a mouth (?); the arrows are the qualities of a single stroke; its sound resembling (that of) the heart-place, extending a hundred crores.

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GaP 1 23.39

ॐ ह्रीं प्रतिष्ठायै ह्रूं ह्रः फट् । ॐ ह्रीं ह्रूं विद्यायै ह्रं ह्रः फट् । चतुरशीतिकोटीनामुच्छ्रयं भूमितन्त्रकम्

oṃ hrīṃ pratiṣṭhāyai hrūṃ hraḥ phaṭ / oṃ hrīṃ hrūṃ vidyāyai hraṃ hraḥ phaṭ / caturaśītikoṭīnāmucchrayaṃ bhūmitantrakam

Oṃ hrīṃ, to Pratiṣṭhā, hrūṃ hraḥ phaṭ. Oṃ hrīṃ hrūṃ, to Vidyā, hraṃ hraḥ phaṭ. The set of the earth (element) is an elevation of eighty-four crores (of yojanas).

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GaP 1 23.40

तन्मध्ये भववृक्षं च आत्मानं च विचिन्तयेत् । अधोमुखीं ततः पृथ्वीं तत्तच्छुध्दं भवेद्ध्रुवम्

tanmadhye bhavavṛkṣaṃ ca ātmānaṃ ca vicintayet / adhomukhīṃ tataḥ pṛthvīṃ tattacchudhdaṃ bhaveddhruvam

In its midst let him contemplate the tree of becoming and the self; then (let him contemplate) the earth facing downward — thereby that (element) surely becomes purified.

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GaP 1 23.41

वामा देवी प्रतिष्ठा च सुषुम्ना धारिका तथा । समानोदानवरुणा देवता विष्णु कारणम्

vāmā devī pratiṣṭhā ca suṣumnā dhārikā tathā / samānodānavaruṇā devatā viṣṇu kāraṇam

The goddess Vāmā and Pratiṣṭhā, and likewise the suṣumnā, the sustainer; samāna and udāna (breaths), Varuṇa the deity, Viṣṇu the cause.

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GaP 1 23.42

अद्धाताश्च गुणा वेदाः श्वेतं ध्यानं तथैव च । एवं कुर्यात्कण्ठपद्ममर्धचन्द्राख्यमण्डलम्

addhātāśca guṇā vedāḥ śvetaṃ dhyānaṃ tathaiva ca / evaṃ kuryātkaṇṭhapadmamardhacandrākhyamaṇḍalam

And the (half?) strokes, the guṇas, the Vedas (i.e. four), white, and likewise the meditation — thus let him make the throat-lotus, the maṇḍala called the half-moon.

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GaP 1 23.43

पद्माङ्कितं द्विविंशतिककोटिविस्तीर्णमौ स्मरेत् । चतुर्नवत्युच्छ्रयं च आत्मानं च अधोमुखम्

padmāṅkitaṃ dviviṃśatikakoṭivistīrṇamau smaret / caturnavatyucchrayaṃ ca ātmānaṃ ca adhomukham

Let him recall (it) as marked with a lotus, twenty-two koṭis in extent, and ninety-four in height, and the self as facing downward.

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GaP 1 23.44

तालुस्थानं च पद्मं च अघोरो विद्ययान्वितः । नाभ्यो(ड्यो) ष्ठयोर्हस्तिजिह्वाध्यानो नागोग्निदेवता

tālusthānaṃ ca padmaṃ ca aghoro vidyayānvitaḥ / nābhyo(ḍyo) ṣṭhayorhastijihvādhyāno nāgognidevatā

And the palate as the station, and the lotus; Aghora accompanied by the vidyā; ... of the lips, the meditation of the elephant-tongue, the deities Nāga and Agni.

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GaP 1 23.45

रुद्रहेतुस्त्रिरुद्धातास्त्रिगुणा रक्तवर्णकम् । ज्वालाकृते त्रिकोणं च चतुः कोटिशतानि च

rudrahetustriruddhātāstriguṇā raktavarṇakam / jvālākṛte trikoṇaṃ ca catuḥ koṭiśatāni ca

Rudra is the cause; three strokes, three guṇas, red in colour; and a triangle in the shape of a flame, and four hundred koṭis.

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GaP 1 23.46

विस्तीर्णं च समुत्सेधं रुद्रतत्त्वं विचिन्तयेत् । ललाटे वै तत्पुरुषः शान्तिर्यः शाद्वलं बुधाः (वृषा)

vistīrṇaṃ ca samutsedhaṃ rudratattvaṃ vicintayet / lalāṭe vai tatpuruṣaḥ śāntiryaḥ śādvalaṃ budhāḥ (vṛṣā)

Let him contemplate the Rudra-principle as (so much) in extent and in height. On the forehead indeed is Tatpuruṣa, (and) Śānti, who is grass-green, O wise ones.

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GaP 1 23.47

कूर्मश्च कृकरो वायुर्देव ईश्वरकारणम् । द्विरुद्धातो गुणौ द्वौ च धूम्रषट्कोणमण्डलम्

kūrmaśca kṛkaro vāyurdeva īśvarakāraṇam / dviruddhāto guṇau dvau ca dhūmraṣaṭkoṇamaṇḍalam

Kūrma and Kṛkara are the winds; the god Īśvara is the cause; two strokes and two guṇas, a smoke-coloured six-cornered maṇḍala.

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GaP 1 23.48

बिन्द्वङ्कितं चाष्टकोटिविस्तीर्णं चोच्छ्रयस्तथा । चतुर्दशाधिकं कोटिवायुतत्त्वं विचिन्तयेत्

bindvaṅkitaṃ cāṣṭakoṭivistīrṇaṃ cocchrayastathā / caturdaśādhikaṃ koṭivāyutattvaṃ vicintayet

Marked with a dot, eight koṭis in extent and likewise in height; let him contemplate the wind-principle as fourteen koṭis more.

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GaP 1 23.49

द्वादशति सरसिजे शान्त्य तीतास्तथेश्वराः । कुहूश्च शङ्खिनी नाड्यो देवदत्तो धनञ्जयः

dvādaśati sarasije śāntya tītāstatheśvarāḥ / kuhūśca śaṅkhinī nāḍyo devadatto dhanañjayaḥ

In the twelve(-petalled) lotus are the Śāntyatītā (powers) and likewise the Īśvaras; the nāḍīs Kuhū and Śaṅkhinī, (the breaths) Devadatta and Dhanañjaya.

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GaP 1 23.50

शिखैशानकारणं च सदाशिव इति स्मृतः । गुण एकस्तथोद्धातः शुद्धस्फटिकवत्स्मरेत्

śikhaiśānakāraṇaṃ ca sadāśiva iti smṛtaḥ / guṇa ekastathoddhātaḥ śuddhasphaṭikavatsmaret

The tuft (of the crown) and Īśāna as cause, and he is called Sadāśiva; one guṇa and likewise one stroke; let him recall (it) as like pure crystal.

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GaP 1 23.51

षोडशकोटिविस्तीर्णं पञ्चविंशतिकोच्छ्रयम् । वर्तुलं चिन्तयेव्द्योम भुतशुद्धिरुदाहृता

ṣoḍaśakoṭivistīrṇaṃ pañcaviṃśatikocchrayam / vartulaṃ cintayevdyoma bhutaśuddhirudāhṛtā

Sixteen koṭis in extent, twenty-five in height, round — let him contemplate the ether. (Thus) the purification of the elements has been set forth.

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GaP 1 23.52

गुणयो गुरुर्बोजगुरुः शक्तयनन्तौ च धर्ंमकः । ज्ञानवैराग्यमैश्वर्यैस्ततः पूर्वादिपत्रके

guṇayo gururbojaguruḥ śaktayanantau ca dharṃmakaḥ / jñānavairāgyamaiśvaryaistataḥ pūrvādipatrake

...the guru and the enjoyment-guru(?), the two powers Ananta and Dharma; with knowledge, dispassion and lordship, then on the petals beginning in the east.

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GaP 1 23.53

अधोर्ध्ववदने द्वे च पद्मकर्णिककेसरम् । वामाद्या आत्मविद्या च सदा ध्यायेच्छिवाख्यकम्

adhordhvavadane dve ca padmakarṇikakesaram / vāmādyā ātmavidyā ca sadā dhyāyecchivākhyakam

And the two faces, below and above, and the pericarp and filaments of the lotus; Vāmā and the rest, and the self and the vidyā — let him always meditate on the one named Śiva.

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GaP 1 23.54

तत्त्वं शिवासने मूर्तिर्हे हौं विद्यादेहाय नमः । बद्धपद्मासनासीनः सितः षोडशवार्षिकः

tattvaṃ śivāsane mūrtirhe hauṃ vidyādehāya namaḥ / baddhapadmāsanāsīnaḥ sitaḥ ṣoḍaśavārṣikaḥ

The principle (is) on Śiva's seat, the image: 'he hauṃ, homage to the vidyā-body'; seated in the locked lotus posture, white, sixteen years of age.

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GaP 1 23.55

पञ्चवक्त्रः कराग्रैः स्वैर्दशभिश्चैव धारयन् । अभयं प्रसादं शक्तिं शूलं खट्वाङ्गमीश्वरः

pañcavaktraḥ karāgraiḥ svairdaśabhiścaiva dhārayan / abhayaṃ prasādaṃ śaktiṃ śūlaṃ khaṭvāṅgamīśvaraḥ

Five-faced, and bearing with his own ten fingertips: (the gestures of) fearlessness and favour, the spear, the trident, the khaṭvāṅga — (this is) the Lord.

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GaP 1 23.56

दक्षैः करैर्वामकैश्च भुजङ्गं चाक्षसूत्रकम् । डमरुकं नीलोत्पलं बीजपूरकमुत्तमम्

dakṣaiḥ karairvāmakaiśca bhujaṅgaṃ cākṣasūtrakam / ḍamarukaṃ nīlotpalaṃ bījapūrakamuttamam

With the right hands and with the left: the serpent and the rosary, the ḍamaru drum, the blue lotus, and the excellent citron.

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GaP 1 23.57

इच्छाज्ञानक्रियाशक्तिस्त्रिनेत्रो हि सदाशिवः । एवं शिवार्चनध्यानी सर्वदा कालवर्जितः

icchājñānakriyāśaktistrinetro hi sadāśivaḥ / evaṃ śivārcanadhyānī sarvadā kālavarjitaḥ

Sadāśiva indeed is three-eyed, with the powers of will, knowledge and action. One who thus meditates on the worship of Śiva is at all times exempt from death.

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GaP 1 23.58

इहाहोरा वचारेण त्रीणि वर्षाणि जीवति । दिनद्वयस्य चारेण जीवेद्वर्षद्वयं नरः

ihāhorā vacāreṇa trīṇi varṣāṇi jīvati / dinadvayasya cāreṇa jīvedvarṣadvayaṃ naraḥ

Here, by the course (of the breath lasting) a day and night, he lives three years; by the course of two days a man would live two years.

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GaP 1 23.59

दिनत्रयस्य चारेण वर्षमेकं स जीवति । नाकाले शीतले मृत्युरुष्णे चैव तु कारके

dinatrayasya cāreṇa varṣamekaṃ sa jīvati / nākāle śītale mṛtyuruṣṇe caiva tu kārake

By the course of three days he lives one year. Death (does) not (come) untimely — cold (being one) agent and hot (the other).

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