Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 39
GaP 1 39.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ३९ रुद्र उवाच । पुनर्देवार्चनं ब्रूहि संक्षेपेण जनार्दन । सूर्यस्य विष्णुरूपस्य भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायकम्
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 39 rudra uvāca / punardevārcanaṃ brūhi saṃkṣepeṇa janārdana / sūryasya viṣṇurūpasya bhuktimuktipradāyakam
The Glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 39. Rudra said: Tell (me) again, O Janārdana, briefly, the worship of the god — of the Sun, who has the form of Viṣṇu — which bestows enjoyment and liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 39.2
वासुदेव उवाच । शृणु सूर्यस्य रुद्र त्वं पुनर्वक्ष्यामि पूजनम् । ॐ उच्चैः श्रवसे नमः ॐ अरुणाय नमः । ॐ दण्डिने नमः । ॐ पिङ्गलाय नमः । एते द्वारे प्रपूज्या वै एपिर्मन्त्रैर्वृषध्वज
vāsudeva uvāca / śṛṇu sūryasya rudra tvaṃ punarvakṣyāmi pūjanam / oṃ uccaiḥ śravase namaḥ oṃ aruṇāya namaḥ / oṃ daṇḍine namaḥ / oṃ piṅgalāya namaḥ / ete dvāre prapūjyā vai epirmantrairvṛṣadhvaja
Vāsudeva said: Hear, O Rudra, again I shall declare the worship of the Sun. Oṃ, homage to Uccaiḥśravas; oṃ, homage to Aruṇa; oṃ, homage to the Staff-bearer; oṃ, homage to Piṅgala. These indeed are to be worshipped at the door with these mantras, O you whose banner is the bull.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 39.3
ॐ अं प्रभूताय नमः । इमं तु पूजयेन्मध्ये प्रभूतामलसंज्ञकम् । ॐ अं विमलाय नमः । ॐ अं साराय नमः । ॐ अंआधाराय नमः । ॐ अं परममुखाय नमः । इत्याग्नेयादिकोणेषु पूज्या वै विमलादयः
oṃ aṃ prabhūtāya namaḥ / imaṃ tu pūjayenmadhye prabhūtāmalasaṃjñakam / oṃ aṃ vimalāya namaḥ / oṃ aṃ sārāya namaḥ / oṃ aṃādhārāya namaḥ / oṃ aṃ paramamukhāya namaḥ / ityāgneyādikoṇeṣu pūjyā vai vimalādayaḥ
Oṃ aṃ, homage to Prabhūta. Him, named Prabhūta-amala, one should worship in the centre. Oṃ aṃ, homage to Vimala; oṃ aṃ, homage to Sāra; oṃ aṃ, homage to Ādhāra; oṃ aṃ, homage to Paramamukha. Thus Vimala and the rest are to be worshipped in the corners beginning with the southeast.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 39.4
ॐ पद्माय नमः । ॐ कर्णिकायै नमः । मघ्ये तु पूजयेद्रुद्र पूर्वादिषु तथैव च । दीप्ताद्याः पूजयेन्मध्ये पूजयेत्सर्वतोमुखीः । ॐ वां (रां) दीप्तायै नमः । ॐ वीं (रीं) सूक्ष्मायै नमः । ॐ वूं (रूं भद्रायै नमः । ॐ वैं (रैं) जयायै नमः । ॐ वौं (रौं) विबूत्यै नमः । ॐ वं (रं) अधोरायै नमः । ॐ वं (रं) वैद्युतायै नमः । ॐ वः (रः) विजयायै नमः । ॐ रो सर्वतोमुख्यै नमः
oṃ padmāya namaḥ / oṃ karṇikāyai namaḥ / maghye tu pūjayedrudra pūrvādiṣu tathaiva ca / dīptādyāḥ pūjayenmadhye pūjayetsarvatomukhīḥ / oṃ vāṃ (rāṃ) dīptāyai namaḥ / oṃ vīṃ (rīṃ) sūkṣmāyai namaḥ / oṃ vūṃ (rūṃ bhadrāyai namaḥ / oṃ vaiṃ (raiṃ) jayāyai namaḥ / oṃ vauṃ (rauṃ) vibūtyai namaḥ / oṃ vaṃ (raṃ) adhorāyai namaḥ / oṃ vaṃ (raṃ) vaidyutāyai namaḥ / oṃ vaḥ (raḥ) vijayāyai namaḥ / oṃ ro sarvatomukhyai namaḥ
Oṃ, homage to the Lotus; oṃ, homage to the Pericarp. These one should worship in the centre, O Rudra, and likewise in the east and the other (directions). One should worship Dīptā and the rest, (and) in the centre one should worship Sarvatomukhī. Oṃ vāṃ (rāṃ), homage to Dīptā; oṃ vīṃ (rīṃ), homage to Sūkṣmā; oṃ vūṃ (rūṃ), homage to Bhadrā; oṃ vaiṃ (raiṃ), homage to Jayā; oṃ vauṃ (rauṃ), homage to Vibhūti; oṃ vaṃ (raṃ), homage to Adhorā; oṃ vaṃ (raṃ), homage to Vaidyutā; oṃ vaḥ (raḥ), homage to Vijayā; oṃ ro, homage to Sarvatomukhī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 39.5
ॐ अर्कासनाय नमः । ॐ ह्रां सूर्यमूर्तये नमः । एतास्तु पूजयेन्मध्ये ह्रन्मन्त्राञ्छृणु शङ्कर । ॐ हं सं खं खखोल्काय क्रां क्रीं सः स्वाहा सूर्यमूर्तये नमः । अनेनावाहनं कुर्यात्स्थापनं सन्निधापनम् । सन्निरोपनमन्त्रेण सकलीकरणं तथा
oṃ arkāsanāya namaḥ / oṃ hrāṃ sūryamūrtaye namaḥ / etāstu pūjayenmadhye hranmantrāñchṛṇu śaṅkara / oṃ haṃ saṃ khaṃ khakholkāya krāṃ krīṃ saḥ svāhā sūryamūrtaye namaḥ / anenāvāhanaṃ kuryātsthāpanaṃ sannidhāpanam / sanniropanamantreṇa sakalīkaraṇaṃ tathā
Oṃ, homage to the Sun's seat; oṃ hrāṃ, homage to the Sun's image. But these one should worship in the centre; hear the heart-mantras, O Śaṅkara. Oṃ haṃ saṃ khaṃ, to Khakholka, krāṃ krīṃ saḥ svāhā, homage to the Sun's image. With this one should perform the invocation, the installation, and the bringing near; and with the sanniropaṇa mantra likewise the sakalīkaraṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 39.6
मुद्राया दर्शनं रुद्र मूलमन्त्रेण वा हर । तेजोरूपं रक्तवर्णं सितपद्मोपरि स्थितम् । एकचक्ररथारूढं द्विबाहुं धृतपङ्कजम्
mudrāyā darśanaṃ rudra mūlamantreṇa vā hara / tejorūpaṃ raktavarṇaṃ sitapadmopari sthitam / ekacakrarathārūḍhaṃ dvibāhuṃ dhṛtapaṅkajam
(Then) the showing of the mudrā, O Rudra, or (it may be done) with the root mantra, O Hara — (the Sun) whose form is radiance, red in colour, standing upon a white lotus, mounted on a one-wheeled chariot, two-armed, holding a lotus.
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GaP 1 39.7
एवं ध्यायेत्सदा सूर्यं मूलमन्त्रं शृणुष्व च । ॐ ह्रां ह्रीं सः सूर्याय नमः
evaṃ dhyāyetsadā sūryaṃ mūlamantraṃ śṛṇuṣva ca / oṃ hrāṃ hrīṃ saḥ sūryāya namaḥ
Thus one should always meditate on the Sun; and hear the root mantra: oṃ hrāṃ hrīṃ saḥ, homage to the Sun.
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GaP 1 39.8
वारत्रयं पद्ममुद्रां बिम्बमुद्रां च दर्शयेत् । ॐ आं हृदयाय नमः । ॐ अर्काय शिरसे स्वाहा । ॐ अः भूर्भुवः स्वः ज्वालिनि शिखायै वषट् । ॐ हुं कवचाय हुं । ॐ भां नेत्राभ्यां वौषट् । ॐ वः अस्त्राय फडिति
vāratrayaṃ padmamudrāṃ bimbamudrāṃ ca darśayet / oṃ āṃ hṛdayāya namaḥ / oṃ arkāya śirase svāhā / oṃ aḥ bhūrbhuvaḥ svaḥ jvālini śikhāyai vaṣaṭ / oṃ huṃ kavacāya huṃ / oṃ bhāṃ netrābhyāṃ vauṣaṭ / oṃ vaḥ astrāya phaḍiti
Three times he should display the lotus-mudrā and the disc-mudrā. Oṃ āṃ, homage to the heart; oṃ, to Arka, to the head, svāhā; oṃ aḥ, bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ, O flaming one, to the crest-lock, vaṣaṭ; oṃ huṃ, to the armour, huṃ; oṃ bhāṃ, to the two eyes, vauṣaṭ; oṃ vaḥ, to the weapon, phaṭ — thus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 39.9
आग्नेय्यामथवैशान्यां नैरृत्यामर्चयेद्धर । त्दृयदयादि हि वायव्यां नेत्रं चान्तः प्रपूजयेत्
āgneyyāmathavaiśānyāṃ nairṛtyāmarcayeddhara / tdṛyadayādi hi vāyavyāṃ netraṃ cāntaḥ prapūjayet
In the southeast, or in the northeast, (or) in the southwest one should worship, O Hara; the heart and the rest in the northwest, and the eye he should worship within.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 39.10
दिस्वस्त्रं पूजयेद्रुद्र सोमं तु श्वेतवर्णकम् । दले पूर्वेर्ऽचयेद्रुद्र बुधं चामीकरप्रभम्
disvastraṃ pūjayedrudra somaṃ tu śvetavarṇakam / dale pūrver'cayedrudra budhaṃ cāmīkaraprabham
He should worship the weapon of the directions, O Rudra, and Soma, who is white in colour; on the eastern petal he should worship, O Rudra, and Budha, of golden lustre.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 39.11
दक्षिणे पूजयेद्रुद्र पतिवर्णं गुरुं यजेत् । पश्चिमे चैव भूतेशं उत्तरे भार्गवं सितम्
dakṣiṇe pūjayedrudra pativarṇaṃ guruṃ yajet / paścime caiva bhūteśaṃ uttare bhārgavaṃ sitam
In the south one should worship, O Rudra; he should worship the teacher (Jupiter), yellow in colour; and in the west the lord of beings, in the north white Bhārgava (Venus).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 39.12
रक्तमङ्गारकं चैव आग्नेये पूजयेद्धर । शनैश्चरं कृष्णवर्णं नैरृत्यां दिशि पूजयेत्
raktamaṅgārakaṃ caiva āgneye pūjayeddhara / śanaiścaraṃ kṛṣṇavarṇaṃ nairṛtyāṃ diśi pūjayet
And in the southeast, O Hara, one should worship red Aṅgāraka (Mars); in the southwestern direction one should worship black-hued Śanaiścara (Saturn).
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GaP 1 39.15
राहुं वायव्यदेशे तु नन्द्यावर्तनिभिं हर । ऐशान्यां धूम्रवर्णं तु केतुं सं परिपूजयेत् ॥ गर्प्_१,३९।१३ ॥ एभिर्मन्त्रैर्महादेव तच्छृणुष्व च शङ्कर ॥ गर्प्_१,३९।१४ ॥ ॐ स्ॐ सोमाय नमः । ॐ बुं बुधाय नमः । ॐ बृं बृहस्पतये नमः । ॐ भं भार्गवाय नमः । ॐ अं अङ्गारकाय नमः । ॐ शं शनैश्चराय नमः । ॐ रं राहवे नमः । ॐ कं केतवे नम इति
rāhuṃ vāyavyadeśe tu nandyāvartanibhiṃ hara / aiśānyāṃ dhūmravarṇaṃ tu ketuṃ saṃ paripūjayet // garp_1,39.13 // ebhirmantrairmahādeva tacchṛṇuṣva ca śaṅkara // garp_1,39.14 // oṃ soṃ somāya namaḥ / oṃ buṃ budhāya namaḥ / oṃ bṛṃ bṛhaspataye namaḥ / oṃ bhaṃ bhārgavāya namaḥ / oṃ aṃ aṅgārakāya namaḥ / oṃ śaṃ śanaiścarāya namaḥ / oṃ raṃ rāhave namaḥ / oṃ kaṃ ketave nama iti
And Rāhu in the northwestern quarter, O Hara, resembling a nandyāvarta; and in the northeast one should fully worship smoke-coloured Ketu. // 1,39.13 // With these mantras, O Mahādeva — hear that, O Śaṅkara. // 1,39.14 // Oṃ soṃ, homage to Soma. Oṃ buṃ, homage to Budha. Oṃ bṛṃ, homage to Bṛhaspati. Oṃ bhaṃ, homage to Bhārgava (Śukra). Oṃ aṃ, homage to Aṅgāraka. Oṃ śaṃ, homage to Śanaiścara. Oṃ raṃ, homage to Rāhu. Oṃ kaṃ, homage to Ketu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 39.16
पाद्यादीन्मूलमन्त्रेण दत्त्वा सूर्याय शङ्कर । नैवेद्यान्ते धेनुमुद्रां दर्शयेत्साधकोत्तमः
pādyādīnmūlamantreṇa dattvā sūryāya śaṅkara / naivedyānte dhenumudrāṃ darśayetsādhakottamaḥ
Having offered water for the feet and the rest to the Sun with the root mantra, O Śaṅkara, at the end of the food-offering the best of adepts should display the cow-gesture (dhenumudrā).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 39.17
जप्त्वा चाष्टसहस्रं तु तच्च तस्मै समर्पयेत् । ऐशान्यां दिशि भूतेश तेजश्चण्डं तु पूजयेत्
japtvā cāṣṭasahasraṃ tu tacca tasmai samarpayet / aiśānyāṃ diśi bhūteśa tejaścaṇḍaṃ tu pūjayet
And having recited (the mantra) eight thousand times, he should present that too to him; and in the northeastern direction, O Lord of beings, he should worship Tejaścaṇḍa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 39.18
ॐ तेजश्चंण्डाय हुं फट् स्वधा स्वाहा पौषट् । निर्माल्यं चार्पयेत्तस्मै ह्यर्घ्यं दद्यात्ततो हर
oṃ tejaścaṃṇḍāya huṃ phaṭ svadhā svāhā pauṣaṭ / nirmālyaṃ cārpayettasmai hyarghyaṃ dadyāttato hara
"Oṃ, to Tejaścaṇḍa, huṃ phaṭ svadhā svāhā pauṣaṭ" — and he should offer the used flowers (nirmālya) to him, and then, O Hara, he should give the arghya water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 39.19
तिलतण्डुलसंयुक्तं रक्तचन्दनचर्चितम् । गन्धोदकेन संमिश्रं पुष्पधूपसमन्वितम्
tilataṇḍulasaṃyuktaṃ raktacandanacarcitam / gandhodakena saṃmiśraṃ puṣpadhūpasamanvitam
(The arghya is) mixed with sesame and rice grains, smeared with red sandal, blended with scented water, and provided with flowers and incense.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 39.20
कृत्वा शिरसि तत्पात्रं जानुभ्यामवनिं गतः । दर्घ्यं तु सूर्याय त्दृन्मन्त्रेण वृषध्वज
kṛtvā śirasi tatpātraṃ jānubhyāmavaniṃ gataḥ / darghyaṃ tu sūryāya tdṛnmantreṇa vṛṣadhvaja
Having placed that vessel on his head, touching the ground with his two knees, (he should offer) the arghya to the Sun with this mantra, O bull-bannered one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition