Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 63
GaP 1 63.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ६३ हरिरुवाच । नरस्त्रीलक्षणं वक्ष्ये संक्षपाच्छृणु शङ्कर । अस्वेदिनौ मृदुतलौ कमलोदरसन्निभौ
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 63 hariruvāca / narastrīlakṣaṇaṃ vakṣye saṃkṣapācchṛṇu śaṅkara / asvedinau mṛdutalau kamalodarasannibhau
The Great Garuḍa Purāṇa, 63. Hari said: I shall declare the marks of men and women; hear it in brief, Śaṅkara. (The feet) that do not sweat, that are soft-soled and resemble the inside of a lotus,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 63.2
श्लिष्टाङ्गुली ताम्रनखौ सुगुल्फौ शिरयोज्झितौ । कूर्मोन्नतौ च चरणौ स्यातां नृपवरस्य हि
śliṣṭāṅgulī tāmranakhau sugulphau śirayojjhitau / kūrmonnatau ca caraṇau syātāṃ nṛpavarasya hi
that have close-set toes, coppery nails, well-formed ankles, are free of (visible) veins, and are arched like a tortoise — such indeed are the feet of the best of kings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 63.3
विरूक्षपाण्डुरनखौ वक्रौ चैव शिरानतौ । सूर्पाकारौ च चरणौ संखुष्कौ विरलाङ्गुली
virūkṣapāṇḍuranakhau vakrau caiva śirānatau / sūrpākārau ca caraṇau saṃkhuṣkau viralāṅgulī
(Feet) that are rough, with pale nails, crooked, sunken with veins, shaped like a winnowing-basket, quite dried up, with widely spaced toes —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 63.4
दुः खदारिद्यदौ स्याता नात्र कार्यां विचारणा । अल्परोमयुता श्रेष्ठा जङ्घा हस्तिकरोपमा
duḥ khadāridyadau syātā nātra kāryāṃ vicāraṇā / alparomayutā śreṣṭhā jaṅghā hastikaropamā
these would be givers of sorrow and poverty; no deliberation is to be made about this. A shank with little hair is best, one resembling an elephant's trunk.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 63.5
रोमैकैकं कूपके स्याद्भूपानां तु महात्मनाम् । द्वेद्वे रोम्णी पण्डितानां श्रोत्रियाणां तथैव च
romaikaikaṃ kūpake syādbhūpānāṃ tu mahātmanām / dvedve romṇī paṇḍitānāṃ śrotriyāṇāṃ tathaiva ca
A single hair in each pore belongs to great-souled kings; two hairs each to the learned, and likewise to Vedic scholars;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 63.6
रोमत्रयं दरिद्राणां रोगी निर्मांसजानुकः । अल्पलिङ्गी च धनवान्स्याच्च पुत्रादिवर्जितः
romatrayaṃ daridrāṇāṃ rogī nirmāṃsajānukaḥ / alpaliṅgī ca dhanavānsyācca putrādivarjitaḥ
three hairs to the poor. One whose knees are without flesh is sickly; and one with a small member will be wealthy but deprived of sons and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 63.7
स्थूललिङ्गो दरिद्रः स्याद्दुख्येकवृष्णी भवेत् । विषमेस्त्रीचञ्चलो वै नृपः स्याद्वृषणे समे
sthūlaliṅgo daridraḥ syāddukhyekavṛṣṇī bhavet / viṣamestrīcañcalo vai nṛpaḥ syādvṛṣaṇe same
One with a thick member would be poor; one with a single testicle will be miserable; if they are uneven he is fickle toward women; if the testicles are even he would be a king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 63.8
प्रलम्बवृषणो ऽल्पायुर्निर्द्रव्यः कुमणिर्भवेत् । पाण्डुरैर्मलिनैश्चैव मणिभिश्च सुखी नरः
pralambavṛṣaṇo 'lpāyurnirdravyaḥ kumaṇirbhavet / pāṇḍurairmalinaiścaiva maṇibhiśca sukhī naraḥ
One with hanging testicles is short-lived; one with a bad glans will be without property; but by (having) pale and dark glans a man is happy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 63.9
निः स्वाः सशब्दमूत्राः स्युर्नृपा निःशब्दधारया । भोगाढ्याः समजठरा निः स्वाः स्युर्घटसन्निभाः
niḥ svāḥ saśabdamūtrāḥ syurnṛpā niḥśabdadhārayā / bhogāḍhyāḥ samajaṭharā niḥ svāḥ syurghaṭasannibhāḥ
Those whose urine has sound are destitute; those with a soundless stream are kings; those with an even belly are rich in enjoyments; those (whose belly is) like a pot are destitute.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 63.10
सर्पोदरा दरिद्राः स्यू रेखाभिश्चायुरुच्यते । ललाटे यस्य दृश्यन्ते तिस्रो रेखाः समाहिताः
sarpodarā daridrāḥ syū rekhābhiścāyurucyate / lalāṭe yasya dṛśyante tisro rekhāḥ samāhitāḥ
Those with a snake-like belly would be poor; and by the lines (on the forehead) the lifespan is declared. He on whose forehead three well-formed lines are seen —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 63.13
सुखी पुत्रसमायुक्तः स षष्टिं जीवते नरः । चत्वारिंशच्च वर्षाणि द्विरेखादर्शनान्नरः ॥ गर्प्_१,६३।११ ॥ विंशत्यब्दं त्वेकरेखा आकर्णान्ताः शतायुषः ॥ गर्प्_१,६३।१२ ॥ सप्तत्यायुर्द्विरेखा तु षष्ट्यायुस्तिसृभिर्भवेत् । व्यक्ताव्यक्ताभी रेखाभिर्विंशत्यायुर्भवेन्नरः
sukhī putrasamāyuktaḥ sa ṣaṣṭiṃ jīvate naraḥ / catvāriṃśacca varṣāṇi dvirekhādarśanānnaraḥ // garp_1,63.11 // viṃśatyabdaṃ tvekarekhā ākarṇāntāḥ śatāyuṣaḥ // garp_1,63.12 // saptatyāyurdvirekhā tu ṣaṣṭyāyustisṛbhirbhavet / vyaktāvyaktābhī rekhābhirviṃśatyāyurbhavennaraḥ
That man is happy, blessed with sons, and lives sixty years; but from the appearance of two lines, a man (lives) forty years. // 11 // With a single line, twenty years; (lines) reaching to the ears (indicate) a life of a hundred years. // 12 // Two lines (give) a life of seventy, with three it would be a life of sixty; with lines partly clear and partly unclear, a man's life would be twenty (years).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 63.14
चत्वारिंशच्च वर्षाणि हीनरेखस्तु जीवति । भिन्नाभिश्चैव रेखाभिरपमृत्युर्नरस्य हि
catvāriṃśacca varṣāṇi hīnarekhastu jīvati / bhinnābhiścaiva rekhābhirapamṛtyurnarasya hi
But one with deficient lines lives forty years; and where the lines are broken, a man meets an untimely death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 63.15
त्रिशूलं पट्टिशं वापि ललाटे यस्य दृश्यते । धनपुत्र समायुक्तः स जीवेच्छरदः शतम्
triśūlaṃ paṭṭiśaṃ vāpi lalāṭe yasya dṛśyate / dhanaputra samāyuktaḥ sa jīveccharadaḥ śatam
He on whose forehead a trident or a spear-mark is seen — endowed with wealth and sons, he lives a hundred autumns.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 63.16
तर्जन्या मध्यमाङ्गुल्या आयूरेखा तु मध्यतः । संप्राप्ता या भवेद्रुद्र ! स जीवेच्छरदः शतम्
tarjanyā madhyamāṅgulyā āyūrekhā tu madhyataḥ / saṃprāptā yā bhavedrudra ! sa jīveccharadaḥ śatam
But the life-line (that runs) between the index finger and the middle finger — the one that reaches (there), O Rudra, (its bearer) lives a hundred autumns.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 63.17
प्रथमा ज्ञानरेखा तु ह्यङ्गुष्ठादनुवर्तते । मध्यमामूलगा रेखा आयूरेखा अतः परम्
prathamā jñānarekhā tu hyaṅguṣṭhādanuvartate / madhyamāmūlagā rekhā āyūrekhā ataḥ param
The first is the line of knowledge, which proceeds from the thumb; the line going to the base of the middle finger is, next after that, the life-line.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 63.18
कनिष्ठिकां समाश्रित्य आयूरेखा समाविशेत् । अच्छिन्ना वा विभक्ता वा स जीवेच्छरदः शतम्
kaniṣṭhikāṃ samāśritya āyūrekhā samāviśet / acchinnā vā vibhaktā vā sa jīveccharadaḥ śatam
Resting upon the little finger, the life-line enters (the palm); whether unbroken or divided, he lives a hundred autumns.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 63.19
यस्य पाणितले रेखा आयुस्तस्य प्रकाशयेत् । शतवर्षाणि जीवेच्च भोगी रुद्र ! न संशयः
yasya pāṇitale rekhā āyustasya prakāśayet / śatavarṣāṇi jīvecca bhogī rudra ! na saṃśayaḥ
He on whose palm the line reveals his lifespan — he lives a hundred years and is one who enjoys (pleasures), O Rudra, without doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 63.20
कनिष्ठिकां समाश्रित्य मध्यमायामुपागता । षष्ठिवर्षायुषं कुर्यादायूरेखा तु मानवम्
kaniṣṭhikāṃ samāśritya madhyamāyāmupāgatā / ṣaṣṭhivarṣāyuṣaṃ kuryādāyūrekhā tu mānavam
Resting upon the little finger and reaching to the middle finger, the life-line makes a man's lifespan sixty years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition