Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 46
GaP 1 46.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ४६ हरिरुवाच । वास्तुं संक्षेपतो वक्ष्ये गृहादौ विघ्ननाशनम् । ईसानकोणादारभ्य ह्येकाशीतिपदे यजेत्
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 46 hariruvāca / vāstuṃ saṃkṣepato vakṣye gṛhādau vighnanāśanam / īsānakoṇādārabhya hyekāśītipade yajet
The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 46. Hari said: I shall declare the vāstu (rite) in brief, which destroys obstacles in (the building of) a house and the like. Beginning from the north-east corner, one should offer worship in the eighty-one squares.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 46.2
ईशाने च शिरः पादौ नैरृते ऽग्न्यनिले करौ । आवासवासवेश्मादौ पुरे ग्रामे वणिक्पथे
īśāne ca śiraḥ pādau nairṛte 'gnyanile karau / āvāsavāsaveśmādau pure grāme vaṇikpathe
And (the Vāstu-being's) head is in the north-east, the feet in the south-west, the hands in the south-east and the north-west — in a dwelling, a residence, a house and so forth, in a city, in a village, on a merchants' street.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 46.3
प्रासादारामदुर्गेषु देवालयमठेषु च । द्वाविंशति सुरान्बाह्ये तदन्तश्च त्रयोदश
prāsādārāmadurgeṣu devālayamaṭheṣu ca / dvāviṃśati surānbāhye tadantaśca trayodaśa
And in temples, pleasure-gardens, forts, shrines of gods and monasteries — twenty-two gods on the outside, and within that thirteen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 46.4
ईशश्चैवाथ पर्जन्यो जयन्तः कुलिशायुधः । सूर्यः सत्यो भृगुश्चैव आकाशो वायुरेव च
īśaścaivātha parjanyo jayantaḥ kuliśāyudhaḥ / sūryaḥ satyo bhṛguścaiva ākāśo vāyureva ca
Īśa, then Parjanya, Jayanta, the wielder of the thunderbolt (Indra), Sūrya, Satya, Bhṛgu, Ākāśa, and Vāyu,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 46.5
पूषा च वितथश्चैव ग्रहक्षेत्रयमावुभौ । गन्धर्वो भृगुराजस्तु मृगः पितृगणस्तथा
pūṣā ca vitathaścaiva grahakṣetrayamāvubhau / gandharvo bhṛgurājastu mṛgaḥ pitṛgaṇastathā
and Pūṣan, and Vitatha, both Gṛhakṣata and Yama, Gandharva, Bhṛgarāja, Mṛga, and likewise the host of the Fathers,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 46.6
दौवारिको ऽथ सुग्रीवः पुष्पदन्तो गणाधिपः । असुरः शेषपापौ (दौ) च रोगो।डहिमुख (ख्य) एव च
dauvāriko 'tha sugrīvaḥ puṣpadanto gaṇādhipaḥ / asuraḥ śeṣapāpau (dau) ca rogo/ḍahimukha (khya) eva ca
then Dauvārika, Sugrīva, Puṣpadanta, Gaṇādhipa, Asura, Śeṣa and Pāpa, and Roga and Ahimukha,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 46.7
भल्लाटः सोमसर्पौ च अदितिश्चदितिस्तथा । बहिर्द्वात्रिंशदेते तु तदन्तश्चतुरः शृणु
bhallāṭaḥ somasarpau ca aditiścaditistathā / bahirdvātriṃśadete tu tadantaścaturaḥ śṛṇu
Bhallāṭa, Soma and Sarpa, Aditi and likewise Diti — these thirty-two are on the outside; now hear the four within that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 46.8
ईशानादिचतुष्कोणसंस्थितान्पूजयेद्धुधः । आपश्चैवाथ सावित्री जयो रुद्रस्तथैव च
īśānādicatuṣkoṇasaṃsthitānpūjayeddhudhaḥ / āpaścaivātha sāvitrī jayo rudrastathaiva ca
The wise man should worship those stationed in the four corners beginning with the north-east: Āpas, then Sāvitrī, Jaya, and likewise Rudra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 46.9
मध्ये नवपदे ब्रह्मा तस्याष्ठौ च समीपगान् । देवानेकोत्तरानेतान्पूर्वादौ नामतः शृणु
madhye navapade brahmā tasyāṣṭhau ca samīpagān / devānekottarānetānpūrvādau nāmataḥ śṛṇu
In the middle, over nine squares, is Brahmā, and eight (gods) close beside him; hear these gods by name, one after another, beginning from the east.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 46.10
अर्यमा सविता चैव विवस्वान्विबुधाधिपः । मित्रो ऽथ राजयक्ष्मा च तथा पृथ्वीधरः क्रमात्
aryamā savitā caiva vivasvānvibudhādhipaḥ / mitro 'tha rājayakṣmā ca tathā pṛthvīdharaḥ kramāt
Aryaman, and Savitṛ, Vivasvat, the lord of the gods, Mitra, then Rājayakṣman, and likewise Pṛthvīdhara, in order,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 46.11
अष्टमश्चापवत्सश्च परितो ब्रह्मणः स्मृताः । ईशानकोणादारभ्य दुर्गे चर् (ज्ञेयो) वंश उच्यते
aṣṭamaścāpavatsaśca parito brahmaṇaḥ smṛtāḥ / īśānakoṇādārabhya durge car (jñeyo) vaṃśa ucyate
and the eighth is Āpavatsa; they are held to be all around Brahmā. Beginning from the north-east corner, in a fortress the line (of squares) is called Cara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 46.12
आग्नेयकोणादारभ्य वंशो भवति दुर्धरः । अदितिं हिमवन्तं च जयन्तं च इदं त्रयम्
āgneyakoṇādārabhya vaṃśo bhavati durdharaḥ / aditiṃ himavantaṃ ca jayantaṃ ca idaṃ trayam
Beginning from the south-east corner the line (vaṃśa) is Durdhara; Aditi, Himavat, and Jayanta — this triad.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 46.13
नायिका कालिका नाम शक्राद्रन्धर्वगाः पुनः । वास्तुदेवान्पूजयित्वा गृहप्रासादकृद्भवेत्
nāyikā kālikā nāma śakrādrandharvagāḥ punaḥ / vāstudevānpūjayitvā gṛhaprāsādakṛdbhavet
The presiding goddess is named Kālikā; again, those (squares) running from Śakra to Gandharva. Having worshipped the Vāstu deities, one may become a builder of a house or temple.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 46.14
सुरेज्यः पुरतः कार्यो यस्याग्नेय्यां महानसम् । कपिनिर्गमने (णी)?येन पूर्वतः सत्रमण्डपम्
surejyaḥ purataḥ kāryo yasyāgneyyāṃ mahānasam / kapinirgamane (ṇī)?yena pūrvataḥ satramaṇḍapam
The worship-place of the gods is to be made in front, of him whose kitchen is in the south-east; on the east side the sacrificial pavilion, with an outlet (?) for smoke.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 46.15
गन्धपुष्पगृहं कार्यमैशान्यां पट्टसंयुतम् । भाण्डागारं च कौबेर्यां गोष्ठागारं च वायवे
gandhapuṣpagṛhaṃ kāryamaiśānyāṃ paṭṭasaṃyutam / bhāṇḍāgāraṃ ca kauberyāṃ goṣṭhāgāraṃ ca vāyave
A house for perfumes and flowers, furnished with cloth, is to be made in the north-east; a storehouse in the north, and a cow-shed in the north-west.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 46.16
उदगाश्रयं च वारुण्यां वातायनसमन्वितम् । समित्कुशेन्धनस्थानमायुधानां च नैरृते
udagāśrayaṃ ca vāruṇyāṃ vātāyanasamanvitam / samitkuśendhanasthānamāyudhānāṃ ca nairṛte
And in the west a northward-facing shelter provided with windows; and in the south-west the place for kindling, kuśa grass and fuel, and for weapons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 46.17
अभ्यागतालयं रम्यसशय्यासनापदुकम् । तोयाग्निदीपसद्भृत्यैर्युक्तं दक्षिणतो भवेत्
abhyāgatālayaṃ ramyasaśayyāsanāpadukam / toyāgnidīpasadbhṛtyairyuktaṃ dakṣiṇato bhavet
The lodging for guests, pleasant, with beds, seats and footwear, supplied with water, fire, lamps and good servants, should be on the south side.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 46.18
गृहान्तराणि सर्वाणि सजलैः कदलीगृहैः । पञ्चवर्णैश्च कुसुमैः शोभितानि प्रकल्पयेत्
gṛhāntarāṇi sarvāṇi sajalaiḥ kadalīgṛhaiḥ / pañcavarṇaiśca kusumaiḥ śobhitāni prakalpayet
One should make all the interior spaces of the house adorned with watered plantain-bowers and with flowers of five colours.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 46.19
प्राकारं तद्वहिर्दद्यात्पञ्चहस्तप्रमाणतः । एवं विष्ण्वाश्रमं कुर्याद्वनैश्चोपवनैर्युतम्
prākāraṃ tadvahirdadyātpañcahastapramāṇataḥ / evaṃ viṣṇvāśramaṃ kuryādvanaiścopavanairyutam
Outside that one should set a wall of five cubits' measure. In this way one should make a hermitage of Viṣṇu, furnished with woods and pleasure-groves.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 46.20
चतुः षष्टिपदो वास्तुः प्रासादादौ प्रपूजितः । मध्ये चतुष्पदो ब्रह्मा द्विप दास्त्वर्यमादयः
catuḥ ṣaṣṭipado vāstuḥ prāsādādau prapūjitaḥ / madhye catuṣpado brahmā dvipa dāstvaryamādayaḥ
A vāstu (diagram) of sixty-four squares is the one honoured for temples and the like; in the middle Brahmā (occupies) four squares, while Aryaman and the others (occupy) two squares each.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 46.21
कर्णे चैवाथ शिख्याद्यास्तथा देवाः प्रकीर्तिताः । तेभ्यो ह्युभयतः सार्धादन्ये ऽपि द्विपदाः सुराः
karṇe caivātha śikhyādyāstathā devāḥ prakīrtitāḥ / tebhyo hyubhayataḥ sārdhādanye 'pi dvipadāḥ surāḥ
And at the corner Śikhin and the rest — thus the gods are proclaimed; and on both sides of them, from the half onward, others too are gods of two squares.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 46.22
चतुः षष्टिपदा देवा इत्येवं परिकीर्तिताः । चरकी च विदारी च पूतना पापराक्षसी
catuḥ ṣaṣṭipadā devā ityevaṃ parikīrtitāḥ / carakī ca vidārī ca pūtanā pāparākṣasī
Thus the gods of the sixty-four squares have been declared; and Carakī, and Vidārī, Pūtanā, Pāparākṣasī,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 46.23
ईशानाद्यास्ततो बाह्ये देवाद्या हेतुकादयः । हैतुकस्त्रिपुरान्तश्च अग्निवेतालकौ यमः
īśānādyāstato bāhye devādyā hetukādayaḥ / haitukastripurāntaśca agnivetālakau yamaḥ
beginning with Īśāna; then, on the outside, the deities beginning with Hetuka: Haituka, Tripurāntaka, Agni, Vetāla, Yama,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 46.24
अग्निजिह्वः कालकश्च करालो ह्यकपादकः । ऐशान्यां भीमरूपस्तु पाताले प्रेतनायकः
agnijihvaḥ kālakaśca karālo hyakapādakaḥ / aiśānyāṃ bhīmarūpastu pātāle pretanāyakaḥ
Agnijihva, Kālaka, Karāla, and Ekapādaka; in the northeast Bhīmarūpa, and in the netherworld Pretanāyaka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 46.25
आकाशे गन्धमाली स्यात्क्षेत्रपालांस्ततो यजेत् । विस्ताराभिहतं दैर्घ्यं राशिं वास्तोस्तु कारयेत्
ākāśe gandhamālī syātkṣetrapālāṃstato yajet / vistārābhihataṃ dairghyaṃ rāśiṃ vāstostu kārayet
In the sky (zenith) is Gandhamālin; thereafter one should worship the Kṣetrapālas. One should make the (total) sum of the vāstu as the length multiplied by the breadth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 46.26
कृत्वा च वसुभिर्भागं शेषं बद्धा यमादिशेत् । पुनर्गुणितमष्टाभिरृभागं तु भाजयेत्
kṛtvā ca vasubhirbhāgaṃ śeṣaṃ baddhā yamādiśet / punarguṇitamaṣṭābhirṛbhāgaṃ tu bhājayet
And having made the division by eight, one should assign the remainder to Yama and the rest; multiplying (it) again by eight, one should divide by (twenty-seven, the number of) asterisms.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 46.27
यच्छेषं तद्भवेदृक्षं भागैर्हृत्वाव्ययं भवेत् । ऋक्षं चतुर्गुणं कृत्वा नवभिर्भागहारितम्
yaccheṣaṃ tadbhavedṛkṣaṃ bhāgairhṛtvāvyayaṃ bhavet / ṛkṣaṃ caturguṇaṃ kṛtvā navabhirbhāgahāritam
Whatever remains, that becomes the asterism; when divided by the (proper) divisors, the expenditure results. Having multiplied the asterism by four and divided it by nine,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 46.28
शेषमंशं विजानीयाद्देवलस्य मतं यथा । अष्टाभिर्गुणितं पिण्डं षष्टिभिर्भागाहरितम्
śeṣamaṃśaṃ vijānīyāddevalasya mataṃ yathā / aṣṭābhirguṇitaṃ piṇḍaṃ ṣaṣṭibhirbhāgāharitam
one should know the remainder as the share, according to Devala's opinion. The piṇḍa (product) multiplied by eight and divided by sixty —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 46.29
यच्छेषं तद्भवेज्जीवं मरणं भतहारितम् । वास्तुक्रोडे गृहं कुर्यान्न पृष्ठे मानवः सदा
yaccheṣaṃ tadbhavejjīvaṃ maraṇaṃ bhatahāritam / vāstukroḍe gṛhaṃ kuryānna pṛṣṭhe mānavaḥ sadā
whatever remains, that becomes the "life"; when divided by the asterism (-number), it is death. A man should always build the house on the belly of the vāstu (being), never on its back.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 46.30
वामपार्श्वेन स्वापिति नात्र कार्या विचारणा । सिंहकन्यातुलायां च द्वारं शुध्येदथोत्तरम्
vāmapārśvena svāpiti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā / siṃhakanyātulāyāṃ ca dvāraṃ śudhyedathottaram
It sleeps upon its left side — no deliberation is to be made about this. And in Leo, Virgo and Libra the northern door is pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 46.31
एवं च वृश्चिकादौ स्यात्पूर्वदक्षिणपश्चिमम् । द्वारं दीर्घार्धविस्तारं द्वाराण्यष्टौ स्मृतानि च
evaṃ ca vṛścikādau syātpūrvadakṣiṇapaścimam / dvāraṃ dīrghārdhavistāraṃ dvārāṇyaṣṭau smṛtāni ca
And thus in Scorpio and the following (signs) the east, south and west (doors are pure). The door's breadth is half its length; and eight doors are recorded.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 46.32
सन्तानप्रेष्यनीचत्वं स्वयानं स्वर्णभूषणम् । सुतहीनं तु रौद्रेण वीर्यघ्नं दक्षिणे तथा
santānapreṣyanīcatvaṃ svayānaṃ svarṇabhūṣaṇam / sutahīnaṃ tu raudreṇa vīryaghnaṃ dakṣiṇe tathā
(They give) offspring, servitude, lowliness, one's own vehicle, gold ornaments; but by the Rudra (quarter) it is bereft of sons, and in the south it destroys virility.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 46.33
वह्नौ बधश्चायुर्वृद्धिंपुत्त्रलाभसुतृप्तिदः । धनदे नृपपीडादमर्थघ्नं रोगदं जले
vahnau badhaścāyurvṛddhiṃputtralābhasutṛptidaḥ / dhanade nṛpapīḍādamarthaghnaṃ rogadaṃ jale
In the fire (southeast) quarter, bondage; increase of lifespan, gain of sons, and the giving of good contentment; in the (quarter) of the wealth-giver (north), affliction from the king, destruction of wealth; in the water (west), the giving of disease.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 46.34
नृपभी तिर्मृतापत्यं ह्यनपत्यं न वैरदम् । अर्थदं चार्थहान्यै च दोषदं पुत्रमृत्युदम्
nṛpabhī tirmṛtāpatyaṃ hyanapatyaṃ na vairadam / arthadaṃ cārthahānyai ca doṣadaṃ putramṛtyudam
fear of the king, dead offspring, indeed childlessness, not giving enmity, giving wealth and (leading) to loss of wealth, giving fault, giving the death of sons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 46.35
द्वाराण्युत्तरसंज्ञानि पूर्वद्वाराणि वच्म्यहम् । अग्निभीतिर्बहु कन्याधनसंमानकोपदम्
dvārāṇyuttarasaṃjñāni pūrvadvārāṇi vacmyaham / agnibhītirbahu kanyādhanasaṃmānakopadam
These are the doors named "northern"; I shall now tell the eastern doors: fear of fire, many daughters, wealth, honour, the giving of anger,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 46.36
राजघ्नं कोपदं पूर्वे फलतो द्वारमीरितम् । ईशानादौ भवेत्पूर्वमग्नेय्यादौ तु दक्षिणम्
rājaghnaṃ kopadaṃ pūrve phalato dvāramīritam / īśānādau bhavetpūrvamagneyyādau tu dakṣiṇam
destruction of the king, giving of anger — thus the door in the east has been stated according to its fruit. Beginning from the northeast is the east, and beginning from the southeast the south.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 46.37
नैरृत्यादौ पश्चिमं स्याद्वायव्यादौ तु चोत्तरम् । अष्टभागे कृते भागे द्वाराणां च फलाफलम्
nairṛtyādau paścimaṃ syādvāyavyādau tu cottaram / aṣṭabhāge kṛte bhāge dvārāṇāṃ ca phalāphalam
Beginning from the southwest is the west, and beginning from the northwest the north; when the division into eight parts has been made, (such is) the fruit and non-fruit of the doors.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 46.38
अश्वत्थप्लक्षन्यग्रोधाः पूर्वादौ स्यादुदुम्बरः । गृहस्य शोभनः प्रोक्त ईशाने चैव साल्मलिः । पूजितो विग्नहारी स्यात्प्रासादस्य गृहस्य च
aśvatthaplakṣanyagrodhāḥ pūrvādau syādudumbaraḥ / gṛhasya śobhanaḥ prokta īśāne caiva sālmaliḥ / pūjito vignahārī syātprāsādasya gṛhasya ca
The aśvattha, plakṣa and nyagrodha in the east and so on, and the udumbara — (each) is said to be auspicious for a house; and in the northeast the śālmali: when worshipped it removes obstacles, both for a temple and for a house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain