Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 8

GaP 1 8.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ८ हरिरुवाच । भूमिष्ठे मण्डपे स्नात्वा मण्डले विष्णुमर्चयेत् । पञ्चरङ्गिकचूर्णेन वज्रनाभं तु मण्डलम्

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 8 hariruvāca / bhūmiṣṭhe maṇḍape snātvā maṇḍale viṣṇumarcayet / pañcaraṅgikacūrṇena vajranābhaṃ tu maṇḍalam

The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, chapter 8. Hari said: Having bathed, in a pavilion standing on (level) ground one should worship Viṣṇu in a maṇḍala; with powder of five colours (one should make) the maṇḍala with a vajra-shaped centre.

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GaP 1 8.2

षोडशैः कोष्ठकैस्तत्र संमितं रुद्र? कारयेत् । चतुर्थपञ्चकोणेषु सूत्रपातं तु कारयेत्

ṣoḍaśaiḥ koṣṭhakaistatra saṃmitaṃ rudra? kārayet / caturthapañcakoṇeṣu sūtrapātaṃ tu kārayet

There one should have it laid out, measured with sixteen compartments, O Rudra; and one should cause lines to be drawn at the fourth and fifth corners.

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

GaP 1 8.3

कोणसूत्रादुभयतः कोणा ये तत्र संस्थिताः । तेषु चैव प्रकुर्वीत सूत्रपातं विचक्षणः

koṇasūtrādubhayataḥ koṇā ye tatra saṃsthitāḥ / teṣu caiva prakurvīta sūtrapātaṃ vicakṣaṇaḥ

Those corners which are situated there on both sides of the corner-line — in those too the skilled (practitioner) should draw the lines.

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GaP 1 8.4

तदनन्तरकोणेषु एवमेव हि कारयेत् । प्रथमा नाभिरुद्दिष्टा मध्ये रेखाप्रसंगमे

tadanantarakoṇeṣu evameva hi kārayet / prathamā nābhiruddiṣṭā madhye rekhāprasaṃgame

And in the corners immediately following that he should do just the same. The first navel (centre) is declared to be in the middle, where the lines meet.

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GaP 1 8.5

अन्तरेषु च सर्वेषु अष्टौ चैव तुनाभयः । पूर्वमध्यमनाभि भ्यामथं सूत्रं तु भ्रामयेत्

antareṣu ca sarveṣu aṣṭau caiva tunābhayaḥ / pūrvamadhyamanābhi bhyāmathaṃ sūtraṃ tu bhrāmayet

And in all the intervals there are eight navels (centres). Then one should swing the cord from the eastern and the middle navels.

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GaP 1 8.6

अन्तरा स द्विजश्रेष्ठः पादोनं भ्रामयेद्धर ! । अनेन नाभिसूत्रस्य कर्णिकां भ्रामयेच्छिव !

antarā sa dvijaśreṣṭhaḥ pādonaṃ bhrāmayeddhara ! / anena nābhisūtrasya karṇikāṃ bhrāmayecchiva !

In between, that best of twice-born ones should swing (it) less by a quarter, O Hara! By this he should draw the pericarp with the navel-cord, O Śiva!

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GaP 1 8.7

कर्णिकाया द्विभागेन केसराणि विचक्षणः । तदग्रेण सदा विद्वान्दलान्येव समालिखेत्

karṇikāyā dvibhāgena kesarāṇi vicakṣaṇaḥ / tadagreṇa sadā vidvāndalānyeva samālikhet

With two parts of the pericarp the skilled one (should draw) the filaments; and with the tip of that the learned one should always draw the petals themselves.

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

GaP 1 8.8

सर्वेषु नाभिक्षेत्रषु मानेनानेन सुव्रत ! । पद्मानि तानि कुर्वीत देशिकः पर मार्थवित्

sarveṣu nābhikṣetraṣu mānenānena suvrata ! / padmāni tāni kurvīta deśikaḥ para mārthavit

By this measure, O you of good vows, at all the navel-fields the officiant who knows the highest truth should make those lotuses.

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GaP 1 8.9

आदिसूत्रविभागेन द्वाराणि परिकल्पयेत् । द्वारशोभां तथा तत्र तदर्धेन तु कल्पयेत्

ādisūtravibhāgena dvārāṇi parikalpayet / dvāraśobhāṃ tathā tatra tadardhena tu kalpayet

By the division of the first cord he should lay out the doorways; and there he should lay out the door-ornament with half of that.

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GaP 1 8.10

कर्णिकां पीतवर्णेन सितरक्तादिकेसरैः । अन्तरं नीलवर्णेन दलानि असितेन च

karṇikāṃ pītavarṇena sitaraktādikesaraiḥ / antaraṃ nīlavarṇena dalāni asitena ca

(He should make) the pericarp yellow in colour, the filaments white, red, and so on; the interior blue-dark, and the petals black.

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GaP 1 8.11

कृष्णवर्णेन रजसा चतुरश्रं प्रपूरयेत् । द्वाराणि शुक्लवर्णेन रेखाः पञ्च च मण्डले

kṛṣṇavarṇena rajasā caturaśraṃ prapūrayet / dvārāṇi śuklavarṇena rekhāḥ pañca ca maṇḍale

With black-coloured powder he should fill in the square; the doorways with white, and the five lines in the maṇḍala.

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GaP 1 8.12

सिता रक्ता तथा पीता कृष्णा चैव यथाक्रमम् । कृत्वैव मण्डलञ्चादौ न्यासं कृत्वार्चयेद्धरिम्

sitā raktā tathā pītā kṛṣṇā caiva yathākramam / kṛtvaiva maṇḍalañcādau nyāsaṃ kṛtvārcayeddharim

White, red, then yellow, and black, in that order. Having first made the maṇḍala and performed the placing (of the mantras), he should worship Hari.

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GaP 1 8.13

हृन्मध्ये तु न्यसेद्विष्णुं कण्ठे सङ्कर्षणं तथा । प्रद्युम्नं शिरसि न्यस्य शिखायामनिरुद्धकम्

hṛnmadhye tu nyasedviṣṇuṃ kaṇṭhe saṅkarṣaṇaṃ tathā / pradyumnaṃ śirasi nyasya śikhāyāmaniruddhakam

He should place Viṣṇu in the middle of the heart, and Saṅkarṣaṇa at the throat; having placed Pradyumna on the head, Aniruddha on the crown-lock.

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GaP 1 8.14

ब्रह्माणं सर्वगात्रेषु करयोः श्रीधरं तथा । अहं विष्णुरिति ध्यात्वा कर्णिकायां न्यसेद्धरिम्

brahmāṇaṃ sarvagātreṣu karayoḥ śrīdharaṃ tathā / ahaṃ viṣṇuriti dhyātvā karṇikāyāṃ nyaseddharim

Brahmā in all the limbs, and Śrīdhara in the two hands; meditating "I am Viṣṇu," he should place Hari on the pericarp.

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GaP 1 8.15

न्यसेत्सङ्कर्षणं पूर्वे प्रद्युम्नं चैव दक्षिणे । अनिरुद्धं पश्चिमे च ब्रिह्माणं चोत्तरे न्यसेत्

nyasetsaṅkarṣaṇaṃ pūrve pradyumnaṃ caiva dakṣiṇe / aniruddhaṃ paścime ca brihmāṇaṃ cottare nyaset

He should place Saṅkarṣaṇa in the east and Pradyumna in the south, Aniruddha in the west, and he should place Brahmā in the north.

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GaP 1 8.16

श्रीधरं रुद्रकोणेषु इन्द्रादीन्दिक्षु विन्यसेत् । ततो ऽभ्यर्च्य च गन्धाद्यैः प्राप्नुयात्परमं पदम्

śrīdharaṃ rudrakoṇeṣu indrādīndikṣu vinyaset / tato 'bhyarcya ca gandhādyaiḥ prāpnuyātparamaṃ padam

He should set Śrīdhara in the Rudra corners, and Indra and the rest in the (intermediate) directions; then, having worshipped with perfumes and the rest, he would attain the highest state.

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