Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 38

GaP 1 38.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ३८ हरिरुवाच । नवम्यादौ यजेद्दुर्गां ह्रीं दुर्गे रक्षिणीति च । मातर्मातर्वरे दुर्गे सर्वकामार्थसाधनि

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 38 hariruvāca / navamyādau yajeddurgāṃ hrīṃ durge rakṣiṇīti ca / mātarmātarvare durge sarvakāmārthasādhani

The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 38. Hari said: On the ninth day and so on one should worship Durgā (with) "hrīṃ, O Durgā, protectress": "O Mother, mother, excellent one, Durgā, accomplisher of all desires and aims,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 38.2

अनेन बलिदानेन सर्वकामान्प्रयच्छ मे । गौरी काली उमा दुर्गा भद्रा कान्तिः सरस्वती

anena balidānena sarvakāmānprayaccha me / gaurī kālī umā durgā bhadrā kāntiḥ sarasvatī

by this offering of an oblation grant me all my desires." Gaurī, Kālī, Umā, Durgā, Bhadrā, Kānti, Sarasvatī,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 38.3

मङ्गला विजया लक्ष्मीः शिवा नारायणी क्रमात् । मार्गे तृतीयामारभ्य पूजयेन्न वियोगभाक्

maṅgalā vijayā lakṣmīḥ śivā nārāyaṇī kramāt / mārge tṛtīyāmārabhya pūjayenna viyogabhāk

Maṅgalā, Vijayā, Lakṣmī, Śivā, Nārāyaṇī in order: beginning from the third (day) of (the month) Mārgaśīrṣa, one should worship (them); he does not suffer separation.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 38.4

अष्टादशभुजां खेटकं घण्टां दर्पणं तर्जनीम् । धनुर्ध्वजं डमरुकं परशुं पाशमेव च

aṣṭādaśabhujāṃ kheṭakaṃ ghaṇṭāṃ darpaṇaṃ tarjanīm / dhanurdhvajaṃ ḍamarukaṃ paraśuṃ pāśameva ca

(He should recall her as) eighteen-armed: a shield, a bell, a mirror, the threatening finger, a bow, a banner, a ḍamaru drum, an axe, and a noose,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 38.7

शक्तिमुद्ररशूलानि कपालशरकाङ्कुशान् । वज्र चक्रं शलाकां च अष्टादशभुजां स्मरेत् ॥ गर्प्_१,३८।५ ॥ मन्त्रः श्रीभगवत्याश्च प्रवक्ष्यामि जपादिकम् ॥ गर्प्_१,३८।६ ॥ ॐ नमो भगवति चामुण्डे श्मशानवासिनि कपालहस्ते महाप्रेतसमारूढे महाविमानमालाकुले कालरात्रि बहुगणपरिवृते महामुखे बहुभुजे सुघण्टाडमरुकिङ्किणीके अट्टाट्टहासे किलिकिलि हुं सर्वनादशब्दबहुले गजचर्मप्रावृतशरीरे रुधिरमांसदिग्धे लोलग्रजिह्वे महाराक्षसि रौद्रदंष्ट्राकराले भीमाट्टाट्टहासे स्फुरितविद्युत्समप्रभे चलचल करालनेत्रे हिलिहिलि ललज्जिह्वे ह्रैं ह्रीं भृकुटिमुखि ॐ कारभद्रासने कपालमालावेष्टिते जटामुकुटशशाङ्कधारिणि अट्टाट्टहासे किलिकिलि हुंहुं दंष्ट्राघोरान्धकारिणि सर्वविघ्नविनाशिनि इदं कर्म साधय साधय शीघ्रं कुरुकुरु कहकह अङ्कुशे समनुप्रवेशय वर्गंवर्गं (वङ्गवङ्ग) कम्पयकम्पय चलचल चालयचालय रुधिरमांसमद्यप्रिये हनहन कुट्टकुट्ट छिन्दछिन्द मारयमारय अनुबूम अनुबूम वज्रशरीरं साधयसाधय त्रैलोक्यगतमपि दुष्टमदुष्टं वा गृहीतमगृहीतम् आवेशय आवेशय क्रामयक्रमय नृत्यनृत्य बन्धबन्ध वल्गवल्ग कोटराक्षि उर्ध्वकेशि उलूकवदने करकिङ्किणि करङ्कमालाधारिणि दहदह पचपच गृह्णगह्ण मण्डलमध्ये प्रवेशयप्रवेशय किं विलम्बसि ब्रह्मसत्येन विष्णुसत्येन ऋषिसत्येन रुद्रसत्येन आवेशय आवेशय किलिकिलि खिलिखिलि मिलिमिलि चिलिचिलि विकृतरूपधारिणि कृष्णभुजङ्ग वेष्टितशरीर सर्वग्रहावेशिनि प्रलम्भोष्ठि भ्रूमग्ननासिके विकटमुखि कपिलजटे ब्राह्मि भञ्जभञ्ज ज्वलज्वल कालमुखि खलखल खरखरः पातयपा तय रक्ताक्षि धूर्णापयधूर्णापय भूमिं पातयपातय शिरो गृह्णगृह्ण चक्षुर्मोलयमीलय भञ्जभञ्ज पादौ गृह्णगृह्ण मुद्रां स्फोटयस्फोटय हुं हूं फट् विदारय विदारय त्रिशूलेन भेदयभेदय वज्रेण हनहन दण्डेन ताडयताडय चेक्रण छेदयछेदय शक्तिना भेदयभेदय दंष्ट्रया दंशयदंशय कीलकेन कीलय कीलय कर्तारिकया पाटयपाटय अङ्कुशेन गृह्णगृह्ण ब्रह्माणि एहि एहि माहेश्वरि एहि एहि कौमारि एहि एहि वाराहि एहि एहि ऐन्द्रि एहि एहि चामुण्डे एहि एहि वैष्णावि एहि एहि हिमवन्तचारिणि एहि एहि कैलासवारीणि एहि एहि परमन्त्रं छिन्धिछिन्धि किलिकिलि बिम्बे अघोरे घोररूपिणि चामुण्डे रुरुक्रोधान्धविनिः) सृते असुरक्षयङ्करि आकाशगामिनि पाशेन बन्धबन्ध समये तिष्ठतिष्ठ मण्डलं प्रवेशयप्रवेशय पातयपातय गृह्णगृह्ण मुखं बन्धबन्ध चक्षुर्बन्धयबन्धय हृदयं बन्धबन्ध हस्तपादौ च बन्धबन्ध दुष्टग्रहान् सर्वान् बन्धबन्ध दिशां बन्धबन्ध विदिशां बन्धबन्ध ऊर्ध्वं बन्धबन्ध अधस्ताद् बन्धबन्ध भस्मना पानीयेन मृतिकया सर्षपैर्वा आवेशय आवेशय पातयपातय चामुण्डे किलिकिलि विच्छेह्रीं(हुं) फट् स्वाह्

śaktimudraraśūlāni kapālaśarakāṅkuśān / vajra cakraṃ śalākāṃ ca aṣṭādaśabhujāṃ smaret // garp_1,38.5 // mantraḥ śrībhagavatyāśca pravakṣyāmi japādikam // garp_1,38.6 // oṃ namo bhagavati cāmuṇḍe śmaśānavāsini kapālahaste mahāpretasamārūḍhe mahāvimānamālākule kālarātri bahugaṇaparivṛte mahāmukhe bahubhuje sughaṇṭāḍamarukiṅkiṇīke aṭṭāṭṭahāse kilikili huṃ sarvanādaśabdabahule gajacarmaprāvṛtaśarīre rudhiramāṃsadigdhe lolagrajihve mahārākṣasi raudradaṃṣṭrākarāle bhīmāṭṭāṭṭahāse sphuritavidyutsamaprabhe calacala karālanetre hilihili lalajjihve hraiṃ hrīṃ bhṛkuṭimukhi oṃ kārabhadrāsane kapālamālāveṣṭite jaṭāmukuṭaśaśāṅkadhāriṇi aṭṭāṭṭahāse kilikili huṃhuṃ daṃṣṭrāghorāndhakāriṇi sarvavighnavināśini idaṃ karma sādhaya sādhaya śīghraṃ kurukuru kahakaha aṅkuśe samanupraveśaya vargaṃvargaṃ (vaṅgavaṅga) kampayakampaya calacala cālayacālaya rudhiramāṃsamadyapriye hanahana kuṭṭakuṭṭa chindachinda mārayamāraya anubūma anubūma vajraśarīraṃ sādhayasādhaya trailokyagatamapi duṣṭamaduṣṭaṃ vā gṛhītamagṛhītam āveśaya āveśaya krāmayakramaya nṛtyanṛtya bandhabandha valgavalga koṭarākṣi urdhvakeśi ulūkavadane karakiṅkiṇi karaṅkamālādhāriṇi dahadaha pacapaca gṛhṇagahṇa maṇḍalamadhye praveśayapraveśaya kiṃ vilambasi brahmasatyena viṣṇusatyena ṛṣisatyena rudrasatyena āveśaya āveśaya kilikili khilikhili milimili cilicili vikṛtarūpadhāriṇi kṛṣṇabhujaṅga veṣṭitaśarīra sarvagrahāveśini pralambhoṣṭhi bhrūmagnanāsike vikaṭamukhi kapilajaṭe brāhmi bhañjabhañja jvalajvala kālamukhi khalakhala kharakharaḥ pātayapā taya raktākṣi dhūrṇāpayadhūrṇāpaya bhūmiṃ pātayapātaya śiro gṛhṇagṛhṇa cakṣurmolayamīlaya bhañjabhañja pādau gṛhṇagṛhṇa mudrāṃ sphoṭayasphoṭaya huṃ hūṃ phaṭ vidāraya vidāraya triśūlena bhedayabhedaya vajreṇa hanahana daṇḍena tāḍayatāḍaya cekraṇa chedayachedaya śaktinā bhedayabhedaya daṃṣṭrayā daṃśayadaṃśaya kīlakena kīlaya kīlaya kartārikayā pāṭayapāṭaya aṅkuśena gṛhṇagṛhṇa brahmāṇi ehi ehi māheśvari ehi ehi kaumāri ehi ehi vārāhi ehi ehi aindri ehi ehi cāmuṇḍe ehi ehi vaiṣṇāvi ehi ehi himavantacāriṇi ehi ehi kailāsavārīṇi ehi ehi paramantraṃ chindhichindhi kilikili bimbe aghore ghorarūpiṇi cāmuṇḍe rurukrodhāndhaviniḥ) sṛte asurakṣayaṅkari ākāśagāmini pāśena bandhabandha samaye tiṣṭhatiṣṭha maṇḍalaṃ praveśayapraveśaya pātayapātaya gṛhṇagṛhṇa mukhaṃ bandhabandha cakṣurbandhayabandhaya hṛdayaṃ bandhabandha hastapādau ca bandhabandha duṣṭagrahān sarvān bandhabandha diśāṃ bandhabandha vidiśāṃ bandhabandha ūrdhvaṃ bandhabandha adhastād bandhabandha bhasmanā pānīyena mṛtikayā sarṣapairvā āveśaya āveśaya pātayapātaya cāmuṇḍe kilikili vicchehrīṃ(huṃ) phaṭ svāh

a spear, a mudrā, a trident, a skull, an arrow, a hook, a thunderbolt, a discus and a pin — thus one should recall her as eighteen-armed. (38.5) And I shall declare the mantra of the blessed Goddess, together with its recitation and the rest. (38.6) Oṃ, homage, O Blessed One, O Cāmuṇḍā, dweller in the cremation ground, skull in hand, mounted upon a great corpse, thronged with garlands of great celestial cars, O Night of Time, surrounded by many hosts, great-mouthed, many-armed, adorned with fine bells, ḍamaru and tinkling ornaments, laughing the loud aṭṭaṭṭa laugh, kilikili huṃ, abounding in all roars and sounds, your body wrapped in elephant hide, smeared with blood and flesh, with lolling tongue-tip, great demoness, gaping with terrible fangs, with fearful loud laughter, blazing like flashing lightning, cala cala, with gaping dreadful eyes, hili hili, with quivering tongue, hraiṃ hrīṃ, with frowning face, seated on the auspicious seat of oṃ, encircled with a garland of skulls, wearing the crescent moon in your matted crown, laughing aṭṭaṭṭa, kilikili huṃ huṃ, you who make darkness terrible with your fangs, destroyer of all obstacles: accomplish, accomplish this work, do it, do it quickly, kaha kaha, O one with the hook, cause (him) to enter in, group by group (or: vaṅga vaṅga), shake, shake, cala cala, set in motion, set in motion, O lover of blood, flesh and liquor, strike, strike, pound, pound, cut, cut, kill, kill, anubūma anubūma, make, make (my) body adamantine, whether it has gone to the three worlds or not, whether evil or not evil, whether seized or not seized — possess, possess, make (it) advance, make (it) advance, dance, dance, bind, bind, leap, leap, O hollow-eyed one, hair erect, owl-faced, with bells on your hands, wearing a garland of skeletons, burn, burn, cook, cook, seize, seize, cause (him) to enter into the middle of the maṇḍala — why do you delay? By the truth of Brahmā, by the truth of Viṣṇu, by the truth of the seers, by the truth of Rudra: possess, possess, kilikili khilikhili milimili cilicili, O you who wear a distorted form, whose body is wrapped by a black serpent, who possess all (afflicting) spirits, with hanging lips, with nose sunk below the brows, with hideous face, with tawny matted hair, O Brāhmī, break, break, blaze, blaze, O black-faced one, khala khala, khara khara, cast down, cast down, red-eyed one, whirl (him) about, whirl (him) about, throw (him) to the ground, throw (him) down, seize the head, seize it, close the eyes, close them, break, break, seize the two feet, seize them, burst the seal, burst it, huṃ hūṃ phaṭ, tear, tear, split with the trident, split, strike with the thunderbolt, strike, beat with the staff, beat, cut with the discus, cut, pierce with the spear, pierce, bite with the fang, bite, pin with the pin, pin, rend with the shears, rend, seize with the hook, seize; O Brāhmāṇī, come, come; O Māheśvarī, come, come; O Kaumārī, come, come; O Vārāhī, come, come; O Aindrī, come, come; O Cāmuṇḍā, come, come; O Vaiṣṇavī, come, come; O you who roam on the Himālaya, come, come; O you who dwell on Kailāsa, come, come; cut off, cut off the mantra of the adversary, kilikili, O Bimbā, O not-terrible one, O you of terrible form, Cāmuṇḍā, ruru, issuing forth blind with wrath, O maker of the destruction of the asuras, traveller in the sky, bind, bind with the noose, stand fast, stand fast at the (appointed) time, make (him) enter the maṇḍala, make (him) enter, cast (him) down, cast (him) down, seize, seize, bind the mouth, bind it, bind the eyes, bind them, bind the heart, bind it, and bind the hands and feet, bind them, bind all the evil grahas, bind them, bind the (quarters of the) directions, bind them, bind the intermediate directions, bind them, bind above, bind, bind below, bind — by means of ashes, water, clay, or mustard seeds: possess, possess, cast down, cast down, O Cāmuṇḍā, kilikili, viccheh hrīṃ (huṃ) phaṭ svāhā.

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

GaP 1 38.8

अष्टोत्तरपदानां हि माला मन्त्रमयी जपः । एकैक्रपदमष्टसहस्रधा त्रिमधुराक्ततिलाष्टसहस्रहामेः

aṣṭottarapadānāṃ hi mālā mantramayī japaḥ / ekaikrapadamaṣṭasahasradhā trimadhurāktatilāṣṭasahasrahāmeḥ

For the (mantra) of one hundred and eight words, the garland made of the mantra is the recitation; each single word (is to be recited) eight thousand times, with an oblation of eight thousand sesame seeds smeared with the three sweets.

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

GaP 1 38.9

महामांसेन-त्रिमधुराक्तेन अष्टोत्तरसह्सत्रं च एकैकं च पदं यजेत् । तिलांस्त्रिमधुराक्तांश्च सहस्रं चाष्ट होमयेत्

mahāmāṃsena-trimadhurāktena aṣṭottarasahsatraṃ ca ekaikaṃ ca padaṃ yajet / tilāṃstrimadhurāktāṃśca sahasraṃ cāṣṭa homayet

With great flesh (mahāmāṃsa) smeared with the three sweets he should offer each single word one thousand and eight times; and he should offer as oblation eight thousand sesame seeds smeared with the three sweets.

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

GaP 1 38.10

महामांसं त्रिमधुरादथ वा सर्वकर्मकृत् । वारिसर्षपभस्मादिक्षेपाद्युद्धादिके जयः

mahāmāṃsaṃ trimadhurādatha vā sarvakarmakṛt / vārisarṣapabhasmādikṣepādyuddhādike jayaḥ

Great flesh, or else the three sweets, accomplishes every rite; by casting water, mustard seeds, ashes and the like, (there is) victory in battle and so forth.

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

GaP 1 38.11

अष्टाविंशभुजा ध्येया अष्टादशभुजाथवा । द्वादशाष्टभुजा वापि ध्येया वापि चतुर्भुजा

aṣṭāviṃśabhujā dhyeyā aṣṭādaśabhujāthavā / dvādaśāṣṭabhujā vāpi dhyeyā vāpi caturbhujā

She is to be meditated upon as having twenty-eight arms, or else eighteen arms, or twelve or eight arms, or she may be meditated upon as four-armed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 38.12

असिखेटान्वितौ हस्तौ गदादण्डयुतौ परौ । शरचापयुतौ चान्यौ खड्गमुद्ररसंयुतौ

asikheṭānvitau hastau gadādaṇḍayutau parau / śaracāpayutau cānyau khaḍgamudrarasaṃyutau

Two hands are furnished with sword and shield, two others with mace and staff, two others with arrow and bow, and (two) joined with sword and mallet.

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

GaP 1 38.13

खङ्खघण्टान्वितौ चान्यौ ध्वजदण्डयुतौ परौ । अन्यौ परशुचक्राढ्यौ डमरुदर्पणान्वितौ

khaṅkhaghaṇṭānvitau cānyau dhvajadaṇḍayutau parau / anyau paraśucakrāḍhyau ḍamarudarpaṇānvitau

Two others are furnished with conch and bell, two others with banner and staff, two others are equipped with axe and discus, (two) with the ḍamaru drum and a mirror.

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

GaP 1 38.14

शक्तिहस्ताश्रितौ चान्यौ रटोणी मुसलान्वितौ । पाशतोमरसंयुक्तौ ढक्रापणवसंयुतौ

śaktihastāśritau cānyau raṭoṇī musalānvitau / pāśatomarasaṃyuktau ḍhakrāpaṇavasaṃyutau

Two others rest with the spear (śakti) in hand, (two) are furnished with the raṭoṇī(?) and the pestle, (two) joined with noose and lance, (two) with the ḍhakkā and paṇava drums.

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

GaP 1 38.15

तर्जयन्ती परेणैव अन्यं कलकलध्वनिम् । अभयस्वस्तिकाद्यौ च महिषघ्नी च सिंहगा

tarjayantī pareṇaiva anyaṃ kalakaladhvanim / abhayasvastikādyau ca mahiṣaghnī ca siṃhagā

With one (hand) she threatens, with another (she makes) a clattering din; and (others show) the gesture of fearlessness, the svastika and so on; and she is the slayer of the buffalo and rides a lion.

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

GaP 1 38.16

जय त्वं किल भूतेशे सर्वभूतसमावृते । रक्ष मां निजभूतेभ्यो वलिं गृह्ण नमो ऽस्तु ते

jaya tvaṃ kila bhūteśe sarvabhūtasamāvṛte / rakṣa māṃ nijabhūtebhyo valiṃ gṛhṇa namo 'stu te

Victory to you, O mistress of the spirits, surrounded by all the spirits! Protect me from your own spirits; accept the offering; homage be to you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition