Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 64

GaP 1 64.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ६४ हरिरुवाच । यस्यास्तु कुञ्चिताः केशा मुखं च परिमण्डलम् । नाभिश्च दक्षिणावर्ता सा कन्या कुलवर्धिनी

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 64 hariruvāca / yasyāstu kuñcitāḥ keśā mukhaṃ ca parimaṇḍalam / nābhiśca dakṣiṇāvartā sā kanyā kulavardhinī

The Glorious Great Garuḍa Purāṇa, 64. Hari said: She whose hair is curly and whose face is well-rounded, and whose navel turns to the right — that girl increases the family.

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GaP 1 64.2

या च काञ्चनवर्णाभा रक्तहस्तसरोरुहा । सहस्राणां तु नारीणां भवेत्सापि पतिव्रता

yā ca kāñcanavarṇābhā raktahastasaroruhā / sahasrāṇāṃ tu nārīṇāṃ bhavetsāpi pativratā

And she who has the sheen of gold in colour, whose hand-lotuses are red — among thousands of women, she too is devoted to her husband.

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GaP 1 64.3

वक्रकेशा च या कन्या मण्डलाक्षी च या भवेत् । भर्ता च म्रियते तस्या नियतं दुः खभागिनी

vakrakeśā ca yā kanyā maṇḍalākṣī ca yā bhavet / bhartā ca mriyate tasyā niyataṃ duḥ khabhāginī

And the girl who has crooked hair and who has round eyes — her husband dies, and she certainly has sorrow for her portion.

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GaP 1 64.4

पूर्णचन्द्रमुखी कन्या बालसूर्यसमप्रभा । विशालनेत्रा बिम्बोष्ठी सा कन्या लभते सुखम्

pūrṇacandramukhī kanyā bālasūryasamaprabhā / viśālanetrā bimboṣṭhī sā kanyā labhate sukham

A girl with a face like the full moon, with radiance like the young sun, with wide eyes and lips like the bimba fruit — that girl obtains happiness.

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GaP 1 64.5

रेखाभिर्बहुभिः क्लेशं स्वल्पाभिर्धनहीनता । रक्ताभिः सुखमाप्नोति कृष्णाभिः प्रेष्यतांव्रजेत्

rekhābhirbahubhiḥ kleśaṃ svalpābhirdhanahīnatā / raktābhiḥ sukhamāpnoti kṛṣṇābhiḥ preṣyatāṃvrajet

By many lines, trouble; by few, lack of wealth; by red ones she obtains happiness; by black ones she goes into servitude.

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GaP 1 64.6

कार्ये च मन्त्री सत्स्त्री स्यात्सती (खी) स्यात्करणेषु च । स्त्रेहेषु भार्या माता स्याद्वेश्या च शयने शुभा

kārye ca mantrī satstrī syātsatī (khī) syātkaraṇeṣu ca / streheṣu bhāryā mātā syādveśyā ca śayane śubhā

A good wife should be a counsellor in business, and capable (or: chaste) in the doing of things; in affection (she should be) a wife, in (caring) a mother, and in bed a fine courtesan.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 1 64.7

अङ्कुशं कुण्डलं चक्रं यस्याः पाणितले भवेत् । पुत्रं प्रसूयते नारी नरेन्द्रं लभते पतिम्

aṅkuśaṃ kuṇḍalaṃ cakraṃ yasyāḥ pāṇitale bhavet / putraṃ prasūyate nārī narendraṃ labhate patim

The woman on whose palm there is a goad, an earring, or a wheel — she gives birth to a son and obtains a king as husband.

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GaP 1 64.8

यस्यास्तु रोमशौ पार्श्वौ रोमशौ च पयोधरौ । अन्नतौ चाधरोष्ठौ च क्षिप्रं मारयते पतिम्

yasyāstu romaśau pārśvau romaśau ca payodharau / annatau cādharoṣṭhau ca kṣipraṃ mārayate patim

She whose two sides are hairy and whose breasts are hairy, and whose lower lip (and upper) are not raised — she quickly causes her husband's death.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 1 64.9

यस्याः पाणितले रेखा प्राकारस्तोरणं भवेत् । अपि दासकुले जाता राज्ञीत्वमुपगच्छति

yasyāḥ pāṇitale rekhā prākārastoraṇaṃ bhavet / api dāsakule jātā rājñītvamupagacchati

She on whose palm there is a line (forming) a rampart or an archway — even though born in a family of slaves, she attains queenship.

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GaP 1 64.10

उद्वृत्ता कपिला यस्य रोमराजी निरन्तरम् । अपि राजकुले जाता दासीत्वमुपगच्छति

udvṛttā kapilā yasya romarājī nirantaram / api rājakule jātā dāsītvamupagacchati

He (or she) whose line of body-hair is turned upward, tawny, and unbroken — even though born in a royal family, she comes to the state of a slave-woman.

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GaP 1 64.11

यस्या अनामिकाङ्गुष्ठौ पृथिव्यां नैव तिष्ठतः । पतिं मारयते क्षिप्रं स्वेच्छाचारेण वर्तते

yasyā anāmikāṅguṣṭhau pṛthivyāṃ naiva tiṣṭhataḥ / patiṃ mārayate kṣipraṃ svecchācāreṇa vartate

She whose ring finger and thumb do not rest on the ground at all — she quickly causes her husband's death and behaves according to her own will.

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GaP 1 64.12

यस्या गमनमात्रेण भूमिकम्पः प्रजायते । पतिं मारयते क्षिप्रं स्वेच्छाचारेण वर्तते

yasyā gamanamātreṇa bhūmikampaḥ prajāyate / patiṃ mārayate kṣipraṃ svecchācāreṇa vartate

She by whose mere walking a trembling of the earth arises — she quickly causes her husband's death and behaves according to her own will.

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GaP 1 64.13

चक्षुः स्नेहेन सौभाग्यं दन्तस्नेहेन भोजनम् । त्वचः स्नेहेन शाय्यां च पादस्नेहेन वाहनम्

cakṣuḥ snehena saubhāgyaṃ dantasnehena bhojanam / tvacaḥ snehena śāyyāṃ ca pādasnehena vāhanam

By the sheen of the eyes, good fortune; by the sheen of the teeth, food; by the sheen of the skin, a bed; and by the sheen of the feet, a conveyance.

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GaP 1 64.14

स्निग्धोन्नतौ ताम्रनखौ नार्याश्च चरणौ शुभौ । मत्स्याङ्कुशाब्जचिह्नौ च चक्रलाङ्गललक्षितौ

snigdhonnatau tāmranakhau nāryāśca caraṇau śubhau / matsyāṅkuśābjacihnau ca cakralāṅgalalakṣitau

A woman's feet are auspicious (when they are) glossy and arched, with copper-coloured nails, and marked with the signs of a fish, a goad, and a lotus, and distinguished by a wheel and a plough.

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GaP 1 64.15

अस्वेदिनौ मूदुतलौ प्रशस्तौ चरणौ स्त्रियाः । शुभे जङ्घे विरोमे च ऊरू हस्तिकरोपमौ

asvedinau mūdutalau praśastau caraṇau striyāḥ / śubhe jaṅghe virome ca ūrū hastikaropamau

Feet that do not sweat and have soft soles are praised in a woman; auspicious are calves that are hairless, and thighs resembling an elephant's trunk.

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GaP 1 64.16

अश्वत्थपत्रसदृशं विपुलं गुह्यमुत्तमम् । नाभिः प्रशस्ता गम्भीरा दक्षिणावर्तिका शुभा । अरोमा त्रिवली नार्या हृत्स्तनौ रोमवर्जितौ

aśvatthapatrasadṛśaṃ vipulaṃ guhyamuttamam / nābhiḥ praśastā gambhīrā dakṣiṇāvartikā śubhā / aromā trivalī nāryā hṛtstanau romavarjitau

The best pudendum is broad and like a fig leaf; the navel is praised (when it is) deep, and auspicious (when) turning to the right; a woman's three (belly-)folds are hairless, and her chest and breasts free of hair.

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