Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 42

GaP 1 42.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ४२ हरिरुवाच । पवित्रारोपणं वक्ष्ये सिवस्याशिवनाशनम् । आचार्यः साधकः कुर्यात्पुत्रकः समयी हर

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 42 hariruvāca / pavitrāropaṇaṃ vakṣye sivasyāśivanāśanam / ācāryaḥ sādhakaḥ kuryātputrakaḥ samayī hara

The Garuḍa-mahāpurāṇa, 42. Hari said: I shall declare the offering of the sacred thread to Śiva, which destroys what is inauspicious. The teacher, the adept, the 'son' (initiate), and the observer of the rules should perform it, O Hara.

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GaP 1 42.2

संवत्सरकृतां पूजां विघ्नेशो हरते ऽन्यथा । आषाढे श्रावणे माघे कुर्याद्भाद्रपदे ऽपि वा

saṃvatsarakṛtāṃ pūjāṃ vighneśo harate 'nyathā / āṣāḍhe śrāvaṇe māghe kuryādbhādrapade 'pi vā

Otherwise the Lord of Obstacles carries off the worship performed through the year. One should do it in Āṣāḍha, in Śrāvaṇa, in Māgha, or else in Bhādrapada.

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GaP 1 42.3

सौवर्णरौप्यताम्रं च सूत्रं कार्पासिकं क्रमात् । ज्ञेयं कुजादौ संग्राह्यं कन्यया कर्तितं च यत्

sauvarṇaraupyatāmraṃ ca sūtraṃ kārpāsikaṃ kramāt / jñeyaṃ kujādau saṃgrāhyaṃ kanyayā kartitaṃ ca yat

Gold, silver, copper, and cotton thread are to be known (as the materials) in order; and it should be gathered on Tuesday and so on, and (should be) that which has been spun by a maiden.

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GaP 1 42.4

त्रिगुणं त्रिगुणीकृत्य ततः कुर्यात्पवित्रकम् । ग्रन्थयो वामदेवेन सत्येन क्षालयेच्छिव

triguṇaṃ triguṇīkṛtya tataḥ kuryātpavitrakam / granthayo vāmadevena satyena kṣālayecchiva

Making the triple(-stranded thread) threefold, one should then make the sacred thread; the knots (are made) with the Vāmadeva (mantra), and one should wash it with the Satya (mantra), O Śiva.

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GaP 1 42.5

अघोरेण तु संशोध्य बद्धस्तत्पुरुषाद्भवेत् । धूपयेदीशमन्त्रेण तन्तुदेवा इति (मे) स्मृताः

aghoreṇa tu saṃśodhya baddhastatpuruṣādbhavet / dhūpayedīśamantreṇa tantudevā iti (me) smṛtāḥ

But having purified it with the Aghora (mantra), it becomes bound by the Tatpuruṣa (mantra); one should fumigate it with the Īśa mantra. Thus the deities of the threads are recorded (by me).

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GaP 1 42.6

ॐ कारश्चन्द्रमा वह्निर्ब्रह्ना नागः शिखिध्वजः । रविर्विष्णुः शिवः प्रोक्तः क्रमात्तन्तुषु देवताः

oṃ kāraścandramā vahnirbrahnā nāgaḥ śikhidhvajaḥ / ravirviṣṇuḥ śivaḥ proktaḥ kramāttantuṣu devatāḥ

The syllable Oṃ, the moon, fire, Brahmā, the serpent, he whose banner is the peacock (Skanda), the sun, Viṣṇu, Śiva — these are declared, in order, the deities in the threads.

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GaP 1 42.7

अष्टोत्तरशतं कुर्यात्पञ्चाशत्पञ्चविंशतिम् । रुद्रो ऽत्तमादि विज्ञेयं मानं च ग्रन्थयो दश

aṣṭottaraśataṃ kuryātpañcāśatpañcaviṃśatim / rudro 'ttamādi vijñeyaṃ mānaṃ ca granthayo daśa

One should make it of a hundred and eight (threads), of fifty, or of twenty-five; O Rudra, this is to be known as the (best, middling, etc.) measure, and the knots are ten.

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GaP 1 42.8

चतुरङ्गुलान्तराः स्युर्ग्रन्थिनामानि च क्रमात् । प्रकृतिः पौरुषी वीरा चतुर्थो चापराजिता

caturaṅgulāntarāḥ syurgranthināmāni ca kramāt / prakṛtiḥ pauruṣī vīrā caturtho cāparājitā

They should be four fingers apart, and the names of the knots in order (are): Prakṛti, Pauruṣī, Vīrā, and the fourth Aparājitā,

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GaP 1 42.9

जया च विजया रुद्रा अजिता च सदाशिवा । मनोन्मनी सर्वमुखी द्व्यङ्गुलाङ्गुलतो ऽथवा

jayā ca vijayā rudrā ajitā ca sadāśivā / manonmanī sarvamukhī dvyaṅgulāṅgulato 'thavā

and Jayā, Vijayā, Rudrā, Ajitā, and Sadāśivā, Manonmanī, Sarvamukhī — or else (they may be) two fingers or one finger apart.

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GaP 1 42.10

रञ्जयेत्कुङ्कुमाद्यैस्तु कुर्याद्रन्धैः पवित्रकम् । सप्तम्यां वा त्रयोदश्यां शुक्लपक्षे तथेतरे

rañjayetkuṅkumādyaistu kuryādrandhaiḥ pavitrakam / saptamyāṃ vā trayodaśyāṃ śuklapakṣe tathetare

One should dye it with saffron and the rest, and make the sacred thread with holes(?); (this should be done) on the seventh or the thirteenth of the bright fortnight, or likewise in the other (fortnight).

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GaP 1 42.11

क्षीरादिभिश्च संस्नाप्य लिङ्गं गन्धादिभिर्यजेत् । दद्याद्रन्धपवित्रं तु आत्मने ब्रह्मणे हर

kṣīrādibhiśca saṃsnāpya liṅgaṃ gandhādibhiryajet / dadyādrandhapavitraṃ tu ātmane brahmaṇe hara

And having bathed the liṅga with milk and the rest, one should worship it with perfume and the rest; and one should give the holed(?) sacred thread to the Self, to Brahmā, O Hara.

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GaP 1 42.12

पुष्पं गन्धयुतं दद्यान्मूलेनेशानगोचरे । पूर्वे च दण्डकाष्ठं तु उत्तरे चामलकीफलम्

puṣpaṃ gandhayutaṃ dadyānmūleneśānagocare / pūrve ca daṇḍakāṣṭhaṃ tu uttare cāmalakīphalam

One should offer a flower together with perfume, with the root-mantra, in the region of Īśāna; in the east a tooth-stick of wood, and in the north an āmalakī fruit.

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GaP 1 42.13

मृत्तिकां पश्चिमे दद्याद्दक्षिणे भस्म भूतयः । नैरृतेह्यगुरुं दद्याच्छिखामन्त्रेण मन्त्रवित्

mṛttikāṃ paścime dadyāddakṣiṇe bhasma bhūtayaḥ / nairṛtehyaguruṃ dadyācchikhāmantreṇa mantravit

He should offer clay in the west, and ashes in the south; in the southwest the knower of mantras should offer aguru wood with the śikhā-mantra.

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GaP 1 42.14

वायव्यां सर्षपं दद्यात्कवचेन वृषध्वज । गृहं संवेष्ट्य सूत्रेण दद्याद्रन्धपवित्रकम्

vāyavyāṃ sarṣapaṃ dadyātkavacena vṛṣadhvaja / gṛhaṃ saṃveṣṭya sūtreṇa dadyādrandhapavitrakam

In the northwest he should offer mustard seed with the kavaca(-mantra), O bull-bannered one; and having encircled the house with thread, he should offer the perforated pavitraka.

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GaP 1 42.15

होमं कृत्वा ग्नेय दत्त्वा दद्याद्भूतबलिं तथा । आमन्त्रितो ऽसि देवेश गणैः सार्धं महेश्वर

homaṃ kṛtvā gneya dattvā dadyādbhūtabaliṃ tathā / āmantrito 'si deveśa gaṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ maheśvara

Having performed the fire-oblation and made the offering in the fire, he should likewise offer the oblation to the spirits (saying): "You are invited, lord of gods, together with your hosts, O Maheśvara."

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GaP 1 42.16

प्रातस्त्वां पूजयिष्यामि अत्र सन्निहितो भव । निमन्त्र्यानेन तिष्ठेत्तु कुर्वन् गीतादिकं निशि

prātastvāṃ pūjayiṣyāmi atra sannihito bhava / nimantryānena tiṣṭhettu kurvan gītādikaṃ niśi

"In the morning I shall worship you; be present here." Having invited (the god) with this (formula), he should remain (awake), performing song and the like through the night.

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GaP 1 42.17

मन्त्रितानि पवित्राणि स्थापयेद्देवपार्श्वतः । स्नात्वादित्यं चतुर्दश्यां प्राग्रुद्रं च प्रपूजयेत्

mantritāni pavitrāṇi sthāpayeddevapārśvataḥ / snātvādityaṃ caturdaśyāṃ prāgrudraṃ ca prapūjayet

He should place the consecrated pavitras beside the deity; having bathed, on the fourteenth he should worship the sun first, and then Rudra.

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GaP 1 42.18

ललाटस्थं विश्वरूपं ध्यात्वात्मानं प्रपूजयेत् । अस्त्रेण प्रोक्षितान्येवं हृदयेनार्चितान्यथ

lalāṭasthaṃ viśvarūpaṃ dhyātvātmānaṃ prapūjayet / astreṇa prokṣitānyevaṃ hṛdayenārcitānyatha

Having meditated on the self as the universal-formed (one) seated in the forehead, he should worship (it); (the pavitras) being thus sprinkled with the astra-mantra and honoured with the hṛdaya-mantra,

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GaP 1 42.19

संहितामन्त्रितान्येव धूपितानि समर्पयेत् । शिवतत्त्वात्मकं चादौ विद्यातत्त्वात्मकं ततः

saṃhitāmantritānyeva dhūpitāni samarpayet / śivatattvātmakaṃ cādau vidyātattvātmakaṃ tataḥ

consecrated with the saṃhitā-mantra and fumigated with incense, he should present them: first that which embodies the Śiva-principle, then that which embodies the Vidyā-principle,

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GaP 1 42.20

आत्मतत्त्वात्मकं पश्चाद्देवकाख्यं ततोर्ऽचयेत् । ॐ हौं हौं शिवतत्त्वाय नमः । ॐ हीं(हीः) विद्यातत्त्वाय नमः

ātmatattvātmakaṃ paścāddevakākhyaṃ tator'cayet / oṃ hauṃ hauṃ śivatattvāya namaḥ / oṃ hīṃ(hīḥ) vidyātattvāya namaḥ

then that which embodies the Ātma-principle, and thereafter he should worship the one called Devaka. Oṃ hauṃ hauṃ, homage to the Śiva-principle. Oṃ hīṃ (hīḥ), homage to the Vidyā-principle.

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GaP 1 42.21

ॐ हां (हौः) आत्मतत्त्वाय नमः । ॐ हां हीं हूं क्षैं सर्वतत्त्वाय नमः । कालात्मना त्वया देव यद्दृष्टं मामके विधौ

oṃ hāṃ (hauḥ) ātmatattvāya namaḥ / oṃ hāṃ hīṃ hūṃ kṣaiṃ sarvatattvāya namaḥ / kālātmanā tvayā deva yaddṛṣṭaṃ māmake vidhau

Oṃ hāṃ (hauḥ), homage to the Ātma-principle. Oṃ hāṃ hīṃ hūṃ kṣaiṃ, homage to the All-principle. "Whatever fault has been seen by you, O god, in the form of Time, in my performance of the rite—"

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