Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 37

GaP 1 37.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ३७ हरिरुवाच । गायत्त्री परमा देवी भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदा च ताम् । यो जपेत्तस्य पापानिविनश्यन्ति महान्त्यपि

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 37 hariruvāca / gāyattrī paramā devī bhuktimuktipradā ca tām / yo japettasya pāpānivinaśyanti mahāntyapi

The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 37. Hari said: Gāyatrī is the supreme goddess, and she grants both enjoyment and liberation; whoever recites her — his sins perish, even the great ones.

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GaP 1 37.2

गायत्त्रीकल्पमाख्यास्ये भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदं च तत् । अष्टोत्तरं सहस्रं वा अथवाष्टशतं जपेत्

gāyattrīkalpamākhyāsye bhuktimuktipradaṃ ca tat / aṣṭottaraṃ sahasraṃ vā athavāṣṭaśataṃ japet

I shall declare the ritual manual (kalpa) of Gāyatrī, and that (too) grants enjoyment and liberation: one should recite a thousand and eight, or else a hundred and eight.

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GaP 1 37.3

त्रिसन्ध्यं ब्रह्मलोकीस्याच्छतं जप्त्वा जलं पिबेत् । संध्यायां सर्वपापघ्नीं देवीमावाह्य पूजयेत्

trisandhyaṃ brahmalokīsyācchataṃ japtvā jalaṃ pibet / saṃdhyāyāṃ sarvapāpaghnīṃ devīmāvāhya pūjayet

(Reciting) at the three junctures, he would be in the world of Brahmā; having recited a hundred, he should sip water; at twilight he should invoke and worship the goddess who destroys all sins.

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GaP 1 37.4

भूर्भुवः स्वः स्वमन्त्रेण युतां द्वादशनामभिः । गायत्र्यै नमः । सावित्र्यै सरस्वत्यै नमोनमः

bhūrbhuvaḥ svaḥ svamantreṇa yutāṃ dvādaśanāmabhiḥ / gāyatryai namaḥ / sāvitryai sarasvatyai namonamaḥ

(He should worship her) joined with bhūḥ, bhuvaḥ, svaḥ by her own mantra, with the twelve names: "Homage to Gāyatrī; to Sāvitrī, to Sarasvatī, homage upon homage,

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GaP 1 37.5

वेदमात्रे च सांकृत्यै ब्रह्माणी कौशिकी क्रमात् । साध्व्यै सर्वार्थसाधिन्यै सहस्राक्ष्यै च भूर्भुवः

vedamātre ca sāṃkṛtyai brahmāṇī kauśikī kramāt / sādhvyai sarvārthasādhinyai sahasrākṣyai ca bhūrbhuvaḥ

and to the Mother of the Vedas, to Sāṃkṛtī, Brāhmāṇī, Kauśikī in order, to Sādhvī, to the Accomplisher of all aims, to the Thousand-eyed" — and (with) bhūḥ, bhuvaḥ,

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

GaP 1 37.6

स्वरेवं जुहुया दग्नौ समिदाज्यं हविष्यकम् । अष्टोत्तरसहस्रं वाप्यथवाष्टशन्त घृतम्

svarevaṃ juhuyā dagnau samidājyaṃ haviṣyakam / aṣṭottarasahasraṃ vāpyathavāṣṭaśanta ghṛtam

svaḥ. Thus he should offer in the fire firewood, ghee, and food fit for oblation — a thousand and eight, or else a hundred and eight (offerings of) ghee.

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GaP 1 37.7

धर्मकामादिसिद्ध्यर्थं जुहुयात्सर्वकर्मसु । प्रतिमां चन्दनस्वर्णनिर्मितां प्रतिपूज्य च

dharmakāmādisiddhyarthaṃ juhuyātsarvakarmasu / pratimāṃ candanasvarṇanirmitāṃ pratipūjya ca

For the sake of accomplishing dharma, desire and the rest, he should offer oblations in all rites, having duly worshipped an image made of sandalwood or gold;

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GaP 1 37.8

यथा लक्षं तु जप्तव्यं पयोमूलफलार्शनैः । अयुतद्वयहोमेन सर्वकामानवाप्नुयात्

yathā lakṣaṃ tu japtavyaṃ payomūlaphalārśanaiḥ / ayutadvayahomena sarvakāmānavāpnuyāt

and (the mantra) is to be recited up to a hundred thousand times, (the reciter) subsisting on milk, roots and fruits; by an offering of twenty thousand he would obtain all his desires.

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GaP 1 37.9

उत्तरे शिखरे जाता भूम्यां पर्वत वासिनी । ब्रह्मणा समनुज्ञाता गच्छ देवि यथासुखम्

uttare śikhare jātā bhūmyāṃ parvata vāsinī / brahmaṇā samanujñātā gaccha devi yathāsukham

"You who were born on the northern peak, dwelling on the mountain on the earth, having been given leave by Brahmā, go, O goddess, as you please."

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