Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 35

GaP 1 35.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ३५ हरिरुवाच । न्यासादिकं प्रवक्ष्यामि गायत्त्र्याः शृणु शङ्कर । विश्वामित्रऋषिश्चैव सविता चाथ देवता

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 35 hariruvāca / nyāsādikaṃ pravakṣyāmi gāyattryāḥ śṛṇu śaṅkara / viśvāmitraṛṣiścaiva savitā cātha devatā

The Glorious Great Garuḍa Purāṇa, 35. Hari said: I shall declare the placing (of the mantra on the body) and the rest for the Gāyatrī — listen, O Śaṅkara. Viśvāmitra is the seer, and Savitā is the deity.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 35.2

ब्रह्मशीर्षा रुद्रशिखा विष्णोर्हृदयसंश्रिता । विनियोगैकनयना कात्यायनसगोत्रजा

brahmaśīrṣā rudraśikhā viṣṇorhṛdayasaṃśritā / viniyogaikanayanā kātyāyanasagotrajā

(She has) Brahmā for her head, Rudra for her crest, (she is) lodged in Viṣṇu's heart; her single eye is (ritual) application, and she is born of the gotra of Kātyāyana.

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

GaP 1 35.3

त्रैलोक्यचरणा ज्ञेया पृथिवीकुक्षिसंस्थिता । एवं ज्ञात्वा तु गायत्त्रीं जपेद्द्वादशलक्षकम्

trailokyacaraṇā jñeyā pṛthivīkukṣisaṃsthitā / evaṃ jñātvā tu gāyattrīṃ japeddvādaśalakṣakam

She is to be known as having the three worlds for her feet, and as abiding in the belly of the earth. Knowing the Gāyatrī thus, one should recite (her) twelve hundred thousand times.

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GaP 1 35.4

त्रिपदाष्टाक्षरा ज्ञेया चतुष्पादा षडक्षरा । जेप च त्रिपदा ग्रोक्ता अर्चने च चतुष्पदा

tripadāṣṭākṣarā jñeyā catuṣpādā ṣaḍakṣarā / jepa ca tripadā groktā arcane ca catuṣpadā

She is to be known as of three feet with eight syllables (each), and as of four feet with six syllables (each); in recitation she is declared to have three feet, and in worship four feet.

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GaP 1 35.5

न्यासे जपे तथा ध्याने अग्निकार्ये तथार्चने । गायत्त्रीं विन्यसेन्नित्यं सर्वपापग्रणाशिनीम्

nyāse jape tathā dhyāne agnikārye tathārcane / gāyattrīṃ vinyasennityaṃ sarvapāpagraṇāśinīm

In placement (nyāsa), in recitation, in meditation, in the fire rite and in worship, one should always install the Gāyatrī, who destroys all sins.

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GaP 1 35.6

पादांसुष्ठे गुल्फमध्ये जङ्घयोर्विद्धि जानुनोः । ऊर्वोर्गुह्ये च वृषणे नाड्यां नाभौ तनूदरे

pādāṃsuṣṭhe gulphamadhye jaṅghayorviddhi jānunoḥ / ūrvorguhye ca vṛṣaṇe nāḍyāṃ nābhau tanūdare

Know (the placements to be) on the big toes of the feet, in the middle of the ankles, on the shanks, on the knees, on the thighs, on the private parts and the testicles, on the (central) channel, on the navel, on the slender belly,

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GaP 1 35.7

स्तनयोर्हृदि कण्ठौष्ठमुखे तालुनि चांसयोः । नेत्रे भुवार्ललाटे च पूर्वस्यां दक्षिणोत्तरे

stanayorhṛdi kaṇṭhauṣṭhamukhe tāluni cāṃsayoḥ / netre bhuvārlalāṭe ca pūrvasyāṃ dakṣiṇottare

on the two breasts, on the heart, on the throat, lips and face, on the palate and on the two shoulders, on the eyes, on the brows and on the forehead, and to the east, to the south and to the north,

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GaP 1 35.8

पश्चमे मूर्ध्नि चाकारं न्यसेद्वर्णान्वदाम्यहम् । इन्द्रनीलं च वह्निं च पीतं श्यामं च कापिलम्

paścame mūrdhni cākāraṃ nyasedvarṇānvadāmyaham / indranīlaṃ ca vahniṃ ca pītaṃ śyāmaṃ ca kāpilam

and fifthly on the head one should place the syllable 'a'. I (now) declare the colours: sapphire-blue, fire-coloured, yellow, dark, and tawny,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 35.9

श्वेतं विद्युत्प्रभं तारं कृष्णं रक्तं क्रमेण तत् । श्यामं शुक्लं तथा पीतं श्वेतं वै पद्मरागवत्

śvetaṃ vidyutprabhaṃ tāraṃ kṛṣṇaṃ raktaṃ krameṇa tat / śyāmaṃ śuklaṃ tathā pītaṃ śvetaṃ vai padmarāgavat

white, lightning-bright, star-like(?), black, red — in that order; dark, white, likewise yellow, white, and indeed like a ruby,

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

GaP 1 35.10

शङ्खवर्णं पाण्डुरं च रक्तं चासवसन्निभम् । अर्कवर्णसमं सौम्यं शङ्खाभं श्वेतमेव च

śaṅkhavarṇaṃ pāṇḍuraṃ ca raktaṃ cāsavasannibham / arkavarṇasamaṃ saumyaṃ śaṅkhābhaṃ śvetameva ca

conch-coloured, pale, red, and like liquor, equal to the colour of the sun, gentle, conch-like, and white as well.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 35.11

यद्यत्स्पृशति हस्तेन यच्च पश्यति चक्षुषा । पूतं भवति तत्सर्वं गायत्त्र्या न परं विदुः

yadyatspṛśati hastena yacca paśyati cakṣuṣā / pūtaṃ bhavati tatsarvaṃ gāyattryā na paraṃ viduḥ

Whatever he touches with his hand and whatever he sees with his eye, all that becomes purified; (people) know nothing higher than the Gāyatrī.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition