Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 45
GaP 1 45.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ४५ हरिरुवाच । प्रसंगात्कथयिष्यामि शालग्रामस्य लक्षणम् । शालग्रामशिलास्पर्शात्कोटिजन्माघनाशनम्
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 45 hariruvāca / prasaṃgātkathayiṣyāmi śālagrāmasya lakṣaṇam / śālagrāmaśilāsparśātkoṭijanmāghanāśanam
The Glorious Great Garuḍa Purāṇa, 45. Hari said: In this connection I shall tell the characteristics of the śālagrāma. By the touch of the śālagrāma stone the sin of ten million births is destroyed.
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GaP 1 45.2
शखचक्रगदापद्मी (हस्तः) (केशवाख्यो) गदाधरः । सब्जकौमादकीचक्रशङ्खी (नारायणो) विभुः
śakhacakragadāpadmī (hastaḥ) (keśavākhyo) gadādharaḥ / sabjakaumādakīcakraśaṅkhī (nārāyaṇo) vibhuḥ
Bearing conch, discus, mace and lotus (in his hands), the mace-holder is called (Keśava); the mighty one bearing lotus, the Kaumodakī mace, discus and conch is (Nārāyaṇa).
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GaP 1 45.3
सचक्रशङ्खाब्जगदो (माधवः) श्रीगदाधरः । गदब्जशङ्खचक्री वा (गोविन्दो)ऽर्च्यो गदाधरः
sacakraśaṅkhābjagado (mādhavaḥ) śrīgadādharaḥ / gadabjaśaṅkhacakrī vā (govindo)'rcyo gadādharaḥ
He with discus, conch, lotus and mace is (Mādhava), the glorious mace-bearer; or he with mace, lotus, conch and discus is (Govinda), to be worshipped, the mace-bearer.
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GaP 1 45.4
पद्मशङ्खारिगादिने (विष्णुरूपाय) ते नमः । सशङ्खाब्जगदाचक्र (मधुसूदनमूर्तये)
padmaśaṅkhārigādine (viṣṇurūpāya) te namaḥ / saśaṅkhābjagadācakra (madhusūdanamūrtaye)
Homage to you, (in the form of Viṣṇu), holding lotus, conch, discus and mace; (and to the form of Madhusūdana), with conch, lotus, mace and discus,
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GaP 1 45.5
नमो गदारिशङ्खाब्जयुक्त(त्रैविक्रमाय) च । सारिकौमोदकीपद्मशङ्ख(वामनमूर्तये)
namo gadāriśaṅkhābjayukta(traivikramāya) ca / sārikaumodakīpadmaśaṅkha(vāmanamūrtaye)
Homage also (to Trivikrama), furnished with mace, discus, conch and lotus; (to the form of Vāmana), with discus, the Kaumodakī mace, lotus and conch,
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GaP 1 45.6
चक्राब्जशङ्खगादिने नमः (श्रीधरमूर्तये) । (हृषीकेशाया)ऽब्जगदाशङ्खिने चक्रिणे नमः
cakrābjaśaṅkhagādine namaḥ (śrīdharamūrtaye) / (hṛṣīkeśāyā)'bjagadāśaṅkhine cakriṇe namaḥ
Homage (to the form of Śrīdhara), bearing discus, lotus, conch and mace; homage (to Hṛṣīkeśa), holding lotus, mace and conch, the discus-bearer.
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GaP 1 45.7
साब्जचक्रगदाशङ्ख(पद्मनाभस्वरूपिणे) । शङ्खचक्रगदापद्मिन् (दामोदर) मनोनमः
sābjacakragadāśaṅkha(padmanābhasvarūpiṇe) / śaṅkhacakragadāpadmin (dāmodara) manonamaḥ
(To him whose own form is Padmanābha), with lotus, discus, mace and conch; O (Dāmodara), holder of conch, discus, mace and lotus, homage to (you) with the mind.
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GaP 1 45.8
सारिशङ्खगदाब्जाय (वासुदेवाय) वै नमः । शङ्खाब्जचक्रगादिने नमः (सङ्कर्षणाय) च
sāriśaṅkhagadābjāya (vāsudevāya) vai namaḥ / śaṅkhābjacakragādine namaḥ (saṅkarṣaṇāya) ca
Homage indeed (to Vāsudeva), who has discus, conch, mace and lotus; and homage (to Saṅkarṣaṇa), the bearer of conch, lotus, discus and mace.
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GaP 1 45.9
सुशङ्खसुगदाब्जारिधृते (प्रद्युम्नमूर्तये) । नमो(ऽनिरुद्धाय) गदाशङ्खाब्जारीविधारिणे
suśaṅkhasugadābjāridhṛte (pradyumnamūrtaye) / namo('niruddhāya) gadāśaṅkhābjārīvidhāriṇe
(To the form of Pradyumna), who holds the fair conch, the fair mace, the lotus and the discus; homage (to Aniruddha), who bears mace, conch, lotus and discus.
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GaP 1 45.10
साब्जशङ्खगदाचक्र(पुरुषोत्तममूर्तये) । नमो(ऽधोक्षजरूपाय) गदाशङ्खारिपद्मिने
sābjaśaṅkhagadācakra(puruṣottamamūrtaye) / namo('dhokṣajarūpāya) gadāśaṅkhāripadmine
(To the form of Puruṣottama), with lotus, conch, mace and discus; homage (to him whose form is Adhokṣaja), holding mace, conch, discus and lotus.
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GaP 1 45.11
(नृसिंहमूर्तये) पद्मगदाशङ्खारिधारिणे । पद्मारिशङ्खगदिने नमो ऽ(स्त्वच्युतमूर्तये)
(nṛsiṃhamūrtaye) padmagadāśaṅkhāridhāriṇe / padmāriśaṅkhagadine namo '(stvacyutamūrtaye)
(To the form of Narasiṃha), the bearer of lotus, mace, conch and discus; homage (to the form of Acyuta), who holds lotus, discus, conch and mace.
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GaP 1 45.12
सशङ्कचक्राब्जगदं (जनार्दन) मिहानये । (उपेन्द्रः) सगदः सारिः पद्मशङ्खिन्नमोनमः
saśaṅkacakrābjagadaṃ (janārdana) mihānaye / (upendraḥ) sagadaḥ sāriḥ padmaśaṅkhinnamonamaḥ
(Janārdana), who has conch, discus, lotus and mace — to (him) I bow; (Upendra), with mace, with discus, holder of lotus and conch — homage, homage!
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GaP 1 45.13
सुचक्राब्जगदाशङ्खयुक्ताय (हरिमूर्तये) । सगदाब्जारिशङ्खाय नमः (श्रीकृष्णमूर्तये)
sucakrābjagadāśaṅkhayuktāya (harimūrtaye) / sagadābjāriśaṅkhāya namaḥ (śrīkṛṣṇamūrtaye)
To (the form of Hari), joined with the fair discus, lotus, mace and conch; homage (to the form of Śrī Kṛṣṇa), who has mace, lotus, discus and conch.
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GaP 1 45.14
शालग्रामशिलाद्वारगतलग्नद्विचक्रधृक् । शुक्लाभो(वासुदेवाख्यः) सो ऽव्याद्वः श्रीगदाधरः
śālagrāmaśilādvāragatalagnadvicakradhṛk / śuklābho(vāsudevākhyaḥ) so 'vyādvaḥ śrīgadādharaḥ
He who bears two discs fixed at the opening of the śālagrāma stone, white in hue, called Vāsudeva, holder of the glorious mace — may he protect you.
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GaP 1 45.15
लग्नद्विचक्रो रक्ताभः पूर्वभागस्तुपुष्कलः । संकर्षणो ऽथ(प्रद्युम्नः) सूक्ष्मचक्रस्तु पीतकः
lagnadvicakro raktābhaḥ pūrvabhāgastupuṣkalaḥ / saṃkarṣaṇo 'tha(pradyumnaḥ) sūkṣmacakrastu pītakaḥ
He with two attached discs, red in hue, with the eastern part full and swelling, is Saṃkarṣaṇa; and Pradyumna is yellow, with a fine (small) disc.
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GaP 1 45.16
स दीर्घः सशिरश्छिद्रो यो(ऽनिरुद्धस्तु) वर्तुलः । नीलो द्वारि त्रिरेखश्च अथ (नारायणो)ऽसितः
sa dīrghaḥ saśiraśchidro yo('niruddhastu) vartulaḥ / nīlo dvāri trirekhaśca atha (nārāyaṇo)'sitaḥ
He who is long, with a hole at the top (head), and round, is Aniruddha; and dark blue, with three lines at the opening, is Nārāyaṇa, black.
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GaP 1 45.17
मध्ये गादकृती रेखा नाभिचक्रो (क्र) महोन्नतः । पृथुवक्षा (नृसिंहो) वः कपिलो ऽव्यात्त्रिबिन्दुकः
madhye gādakṛtī rekhā nābhicakro (kra) mahonnataḥ / pṛthuvakṣā (nṛsiṃho) vaḥ kapilo 'vyāttribindukaḥ
With a mace-shaped line in the middle, a disc at the navel, greatly elevated, broad-chested — (that is) Nṛsiṃha; may he, tawny and marked with three dots, protect you.
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GaP 1 45.18
अथवा पञ्चबिन्दुस्तत्पूजनं ब्रह्मचारिणः । (वराहः) शक्तिलिङ्गो ऽव्याद्विषमद्वयचक्रकः
athavā pañcabindustatpūjanaṃ brahmacāriṇaḥ / (varāhaḥ) śaktiliṅgo 'vyādviṣamadvayacakrakaḥ
Or he has five dots; his worship belongs to a celibate. Varāha, with a śakti-mark (liṅga), having two unequal discs, may he protect (you).
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GaP 1 45.19
नीलस्त्रिरेखः स्थूलो ऽथ (कूर्ममूर्तिः स बिन्दुमान् । (कृष्णः) स वर्तुलावर्तः पातु वो नतपृष्ठकः
nīlastrirekhaḥ sthūlo 'tha (kūrmamūrtiḥ sa bindumān / (kṛṣṇaḥ) sa vartulāvartaḥ pātu vo natapṛṣṭhakaḥ
Dark blue, three-lined, thick — that is the Kūrma form, marked with a dot; Kṛṣṇa is the one with a round whorl — may he with the bent (depressed) back protect you.
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GaP 1 45.20
(श्रीधरः) पञ्चरेखो ऽव्या (द्वनमाली) गादाङ्कितः । (वामनो) वर्तुलो ह्रस्वो वा (रा) मचक्रः सुरेश्वरः
(śrīdharaḥ) pañcarekho 'vyā (dvanamālī) gādāṅkitaḥ / (vāmano) vartulo hrasvo vā (rā) macakraḥ sureśvaraḥ
Śrīdhara, having five lines, may he protect (you); Vanamālin is marked with a mace; Vāmana is round and short; and Rāma-cakra (the one with Rāma's disc) is the lord of the gods.
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GaP 1 45.21
नानावर्णो ऽनेकमूर्तिर्नागभोगी (त्वनन्तकः) । स्थूलो (दामोदरो) नीलो मध्येवक्रः सुनीलकः
nānāvarṇo 'nekamūrtirnāgabhogī (tvanantakaḥ) / sthūlo (dāmodaro) nīlo madhyevakraḥ sunīlakaḥ
Of many colours, of many forms, coiled like a serpent — that is Ananta; thick and dark blue is Dāmodara, bent in the middle, deep blue.
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GaP 1 45.22
संकीर्णद्वारकः सो ऽव्यादथ ब्रह्मा सुलोहितः । सदीर्घरेखः सुषिर एकचक्राम्बुजः पृथुः
saṃkīrṇadvārakaḥ so 'vyādatha brahmā sulohitaḥ / sadīrgharekhaḥ suṣira ekacakrāmbujaḥ pṛthuḥ
May he with a narrow opening protect (you). Then Brahmā is bright red, with a long line, hollow, having a single disc and lotus, broad.
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GaP 1 45.23
पृथुच्छिद्रः स्थूलचक्रः(कृष्णो) (विष्णुश्च) बिल्ववत् । (हयग्रीवो) ऽङ्कुशाकारः पञ्चरेखः सकौस्तुभः
pṛthucchidraḥ sthūlacakraḥ(kṛṣṇo) (viṣṇuśca) bilvavat / (hayagrīvo) 'ṅkuśākāraḥ pañcarekhaḥ sakaustubhaḥ
With a wide hole and a thick disc is Kṛṣṇa; and Viṣṇu is like a bilva fruit; Hayagrīva has the shape of a goad, five lines, and the Kaustubha mark.
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GaP 1 45.24
(वैकुण्ठो मणिरत्नाभ एकचक्राम्बुजो ऽसितः । (मत्स्यो) दीर्घो ऽम्बुजाकारो द्वाररेखश्च पातु वः
(vaikuṇṭho maṇiratnābha ekacakrāmbujo 'sitaḥ / (matsyo) dīrgho 'mbujākāro dvārarekhaśca pātu vaḥ
Vaikuṇṭha has the lustre of a jewel, one disc and a lotus, and is black; Matsya is long, lotus-shaped, with a line at the opening — may they protect you.
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GaP 1 45.25
रामचक्रो दक्षरेखः श्यामोवो ऽव्या (त्त्रिविक्रमः) । शालग्रामे द्वारकायां स्थिताय गदिन नमः
rāmacakro dakṣarekhaḥ śyāmovo 'vyā (ttrivikramaḥ) / śālagrāme dvārakāyāṃ sthitāya gadina namaḥ
Trivikrama has Rāma's disc, a line on the right, and is dark — may he protect you. Homage to the mace-bearer who abides in the śālagrāma at Dvārakā.
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GaP 1 45.26
एकद्वारश्चतुश्चक्रो वनमालाविभूषितः । स्वर्णरेखासमायुक्तो गोष्पदेन विराजितः
ekadvāraścatuścakro vanamālāvibhūṣitaḥ / svarṇarekhāsamāyukto goṣpadena virājitaḥ
With one opening, four discs, adorned with a forest-garland, furnished with golden lines, resplendent with a cow's-hoof mark,
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GaP 1 45.27
कदम्बकुसुमाकारो (लक्ष्मीनारायणो)ऽवतु । एकेन लक्षितो योव्याद्रदाधारी (सुदर्शनः)
kadambakusumākāro (lakṣmīnārāyaṇo)'vatu / ekena lakṣito yovyādradādhārī (sudarśanaḥ)
having the shape of a kadamba flower — may Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa protect (you). He who is marked with one (disc) is Sudarśana, bearer of the wheel — may he protect (us).
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GaP 1 45.28
(लक्ष्मीनारायणो) द्वाभ्यान्त्रिभिर्मूर्ति(स्त्रिविक्रमः) । चतुर्भिश्च (चतुर्व्यूहो) (वासुदेवश्च) पञ्चभिः
(lakṣmīnārāyaṇo) dvābhyāntribhirmūrti(strivikramaḥ) / caturbhiśca (caturvyūho) (vāsudevaśca) pañcabhiḥ
With two (marks) it is Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa; with three, the form is Trivikrama; with four, the Caturvyūha; and with five, Vāsudeva.
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GaP 1 45.29
(प्रद्युम्नः) षडूभिरेव स्यात् (संकर्षण) इतस्ततः । (पुरुषोत्तमो)ऽष्टभिः स्या(न्नवव्यूहो) नवाङ्कितः
(pradyumnaḥ) ṣaḍūbhireva syāt (saṃkarṣaṇa) itastataḥ / (puruṣottamo)'ṣṭabhiḥ syā(nnavavyūho) navāṅkitaḥ
With six it would be Pradyumna, with (seven) here and there Saṃkarṣaṇa; with eight it would be Puruṣottama, and marked with nine, the Navavyūha.
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GaP 1 45.30
(दशावतारो) दशभिरनिरुद्धो ऽवतादथ । (द्वादशात्मा) द्वादशबिरत ऊर्ध्व(मनन्तकः)
(daśāvatāro) daśabhiraniruddho 'vatādatha / (dvādaśātmā) dvādaśabirata ūrdhva(manantakaḥ)
With ten (marks) it is the Daśāvatāra; then may Aniruddha protect (us); with twelve, the Twelve-fold Self; and beyond that, Ananta.
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GaP 1 45.31
विष्णोर्मूर्तिमयं स्तोत्रं यः पठेत्स दिवं व्रजेत् । (ब्रह्मा) चतुर्मुखो दण्डी कमण्डलुयुगान्वितः
viṣṇormūrtimayaṃ stotraṃ yaḥ paṭhetsa divaṃ vrajet / (brahmā) caturmukho daṇḍī kamaṇḍaluyugānvitaḥ
Whoever recites this hymn consisting of the forms of Viṣṇu goes to heaven. Brahmā is four-faced, staff-bearing, provided with a pair of water-pots.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 45.32
(महेश्वरः) प्रञ्चवक्रो दशबाहुर्वृषध्वजः । यथायुधस्तथा गौरी चण्डिका च सरस्वती
(maheśvaraḥ) prañcavakro daśabāhurvṛṣadhvajaḥ / yathāyudhastathā gaurī caṇḍikā ca sarasvatī
Maheśvara is five-faced, ten-armed, with the bull as his banner; as (he is) with his weapons, so too Gaurī, Caṇḍikā, and Sarasvatī,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 45.33
महालक्ष्मीर्मातरश्च पद्महस्तो (दिवाकरः) । गजास्यश्च गणः स्कन्दः षण्मुखोनेकधा गुणाः
mahālakṣmīrmātaraśca padmahasto (divākaraḥ) / gajāsyaśca gaṇaḥ skandaḥ ṣaṇmukhonekadhā guṇāḥ
and Mahālakṣmī and the Mothers, and the Sun with a lotus in his hand, and the elephant-faced Gaṇa (Gaṇeśa), and Skanda six-faced — (their) attributes are manifold.
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GaP 1 45.34
एते ऽर्चिताः स्थापिताश्च प्रासादे वास्तुपूजिते । धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाद्याः प्राप्यन्ते पुरुषेण च
ete 'rcitāḥ sthāpitāśca prāsāde vāstupūjite / dharmārthakāmamokṣādyāḥ prāpyante puruṣeṇa ca
These (deities), worshipped and installed in a temple where the vāstu (site-spirit) has been honoured — (thereby) dharma, wealth, pleasure, liberation and the rest are obtained by a man.
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