Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 81
GaP 1 81.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ८१ (इति रत्नमुक्तादि परीक्षा समाप्ता ) । (अथ तीर्थक्षेत्रमाहात्म्यमारभ्यते ) । सूत उवाच । सर्वतीर्थानि वक्ष्यामि गङ्गा तीर्थोत्तमोत्तमा । सर्वत्र सुलभा गङ्गात्रिषु स्थानेषु दुर्लभा
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 81 (iti ratnamuktādi parīkṣā samāptā ) / (atha tīrthakṣetramāhātmyamārabhyate ) / sūta uvāca / sarvatīrthāni vakṣyāmi gaṅgā tīrthottamottamā / sarvatra sulabhā gaṅgātriṣu sthāneṣu durlabhā
The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 81. (Thus ends the testing of gems, pearls and the rest.) (Now begins the greatness of holy places and sacred fields.) Sūta said: I shall declare all the holy places. The Gaṅgā is the best of the best of holy places. Everywhere the Gaṅgā is easy of access; in three places she is hard to attain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 81.2
गङ्गाद्वारे प्रयागे च गङ्गासागरसङ्गमे । प्रयागं परमं तीर्थं मृतानां भुक्तिमुक्तिदम्
gaṅgādvāre prayāge ca gaṅgāsāgarasaṅgame / prayāgaṃ paramaṃ tīrthaṃ mṛtānāṃ bhuktimuktidam
At Gaṅgādvāra, at Prayāga, and at the meeting of the Gaṅgā with the ocean. Prayāga is the supreme holy place, granting enjoyment and liberation to those who die (there).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 81.3
सेवनात्कृतपिण्डानां पापजित्कामदं नृणाम् । वाराणसी परं तीर्थं विश्वेशो यत्र केशवः
sevanātkṛtapiṇḍānāṃ pāpajitkāmadaṃ nṛṇām / vārāṇasī paraṃ tīrthaṃ viśveśo yatra keśavaḥ
By resorting (to it), and for those who have offered piṇḍas, (it is) destroyer of sin and giver of desires to men. Vārāṇasī is the highest sacred place, where Viśveśa (Śiva) and Keśava (are).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 81.4
कुरुक्षेत्रं परं तीर्थं दानाद्यैर्भुक्तिमुक्तिदम् । प्रभासं परं तीर्थं सोमनाथो हि तत्र च
kurukṣetraṃ paraṃ tīrthaṃ dānādyairbhuktimuktidam / prabhāsaṃ paraṃ tīrthaṃ somanātho hi tatra ca
Kurukṣetra is the highest sacred place, giving enjoyment and liberation through gifts and the rest; Prabhāsa is the highest sacred place, for Somanātha is there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 81.5
द्वारका च पुरी रम्या भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायिका । प्राची सरस्वती पुण्या सप्तसारस्वतं परम्
dvārakā ca purī ramyā bhuktimuktipradāyikā / prācī sarasvatī puṇyā saptasārasvataṃ param
And the city of Dvārakā is lovely, bestowing enjoyment and liberation; the eastern Sarasvatī is holy, and the Seven-Sārasvata (place) is supreme.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 81.6
केदारं सर्वपापघ्नं स (श) म्भलग्राम उत्तमः । नरनरायणं तीर्थं मुक्त्यै वदरिकाश्रमः
kedāraṃ sarvapāpaghnaṃ sa (śa) mbhalagrāma uttamaḥ / naranarāyaṇaṃ tīrthaṃ muktyai vadarikāśramaḥ
Kedāra destroys all sin; the village of Śambhala is excellent; Nara-Nārāyaṇa is a sacred place, and the Badarikā hermitage (is) for liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 81.7
श्वेतद्वीपं पुरी माया नैमिषं पुष्करं परम् । अयोध्या चार्घ्यतीर्थं तु चित्रकूटं च गोमती
śvetadvīpaṃ purī māyā naimiṣaṃ puṣkaraṃ param / ayodhyā cārghyatīrthaṃ tu citrakūṭaṃ ca gomatī
Śvetadvīpa, the city of Māyā, Naimiṣa, Puṣkara the supreme, Ayodhyā, and the Arghya sacred place, and Citrakūṭa, and the Gomatī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 81.8
वैनायकं महीतीर्थं रामगिर्याश्रमं परम् । काञ्चीपुरी तुङ्गभद्रा श्रीशैलं सेतुबन्धनम्
vaināyakaṃ mahītīrthaṃ rāmagiryāśramaṃ param / kāñcīpurī tuṅgabhadrā śrīśailaṃ setubandhanam
Vaināyaka, the Mahī sacred place, the Rāmagiri hermitage the supreme, the city of Kāñcī, the Tuṅgabhadrā, Śrīśaila, the Setubandhana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 81.9
रामेश्वरं परं तीर्थं कार्तिकेयं तथोत्तमम् । भृगुतुङ्गं कामतीर्थं तीर्थं चामरकण्टकम्
rāmeśvaraṃ paraṃ tīrthaṃ kārtikeyaṃ tathottamam / bhṛgutuṅgaṃ kāmatīrthaṃ tīrthaṃ cāmarakaṇṭakam
Rāmeśvara is the highest sacred place, and Kārtikeya likewise excellent; Bhṛgutuṅga, the Kāma sacred place, and the sacred place Amarakaṇṭaka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 81.10
उज्जयिन्यां महाकालः कुब्जके श्रीधरो हरिः । कुब्जाम्रकं महातीर्थं कालसर्पिश्च कामदम्
ujjayinyāṃ mahākālaḥ kubjake śrīdharo hariḥ / kubjāmrakaṃ mahātīrthaṃ kālasarpiśca kāmadam
In Ujjayinī, Mahākāla; in Kubjaka, Hari Śrīdhara; Kubjāmraka is a great sacred place, and Kālasarpi grants desires.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 81.11
महा केशी च कावेरी चन्द्रभागा विपाशया । एकाम्रं च तथा तीर्थं ब्रह्मेशं देवकोटकम्
mahā keśī ca kāverī candrabhāgā vipāśayā / ekāmraṃ ca tathā tīrthaṃ brahmeśaṃ devakoṭakam
And Mahākeśī, and the Kāverī, the Candrabhāgā with the Vipāśā, and likewise the sacred place Ekāmra, Brahmeśa, Devakoṭaka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 81.12
मथुरा च पुरी रम्या शोणश्चैव महानदः । जम्बूसरो महातीर्थं तानि तीर्थानि विद्धि च
mathurā ca purī ramyā śoṇaścaiva mahānadaḥ / jambūsaro mahātīrthaṃ tāni tīrthāni viddhi ca
And the lovely city of Mathurā, and the Śoṇa, the great river, and Jambūsara the great sacred place — know these to be sacred places.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 81.13
सूर्यः शिवो गणो देवी हरिर्यत्र च तिष्ठति । एतेषु च यथान्येषु स्नानं दानं जपस्तपः
sūryaḥ śivo gaṇo devī hariryatra ca tiṣṭhati / eteṣu ca yathānyeṣu snānaṃ dānaṃ japastapaḥ
(These are places) where the Sun, Śiva, Gaṇa (Gaṇeśa), the Goddess, and Hari abide; in these and likewise in others, bathing, giving, muttering of prayers, austerity,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 81.14
पूजा श्राद्धं पिण्डदानं सर्वं भवति चाक्षयम् । शालग्रामं सर्वदं स्यात्तीर्थं पशुपतेः परम्
pūjā śrāddhaṃ piṇḍadānaṃ sarvaṃ bhavati cākṣayam / śālagrāmaṃ sarvadaṃ syāttīrthaṃ paśupateḥ param
worship, śrāddha, the offering of piṇḍas — all becomes imperishable. Śālagrāma would give everything; the sacred place of Paśupati is supreme.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 81.15
कोकामुखं च वाराहं भा (भु) ण्डीरं स्वामिसंज्ञकम् । लो (मो) हदण्डे महाविष्णुर्मन्दारे मधुसूदनः
kokāmukhaṃ ca vārāhaṃ bhā (bhu) ṇḍīraṃ svāmisaṃjñakam / lo (mo) hadaṇḍe mahāviṣṇurmandāre madhusūdanaḥ
And Kokāmukha, and Vārāha, Bhaṇḍīra called Svāmin; at Lohadaṇḍa the great Viṣṇu, at Mandāra Madhusūdana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 81.16
कामरूपं महातीर्थं कामाख्या (क्षा) यत्र तिष्ठति । पुण्ड्रवर्धनकं तीर्थं कार्तिकेयश्च यत्र च
kāmarūpaṃ mahātīrthaṃ kāmākhyā (kṣā) yatra tiṣṭhati / puṇḍravardhanakaṃ tīrthaṃ kārtikeyaśca yatra ca
Kāmarūpa is a great sacred place, where Kāmākhyā abides; Puṇḍravardhana is a sacred place, and (so is that) where Kārtikeya (is).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 81.17
विरजस्तु महातीर्थं तीर्थं श्रीपुरुषोत्तमम् । महेन्द्रपर्वतस्तीर्थं कावेरी च नदी परा
virajastu mahātīrthaṃ tīrthaṃ śrīpuruṣottamam / mahendraparvatastīrthaṃ kāverī ca nadī parā
And Viraja is a great sacred place, and the sacred place Śrī-Puruṣottama; the Mahendra mountain is a sacred place, and the Kāverī a supreme river.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 81.18
गोदावरी महातीर्थं पयोष्णी वरदा नदी । विन्ध्यः पापहरं तीर्थं नर्मदाभेद उत्तमः
godāvarī mahātīrthaṃ payoṣṇī varadā nadī / vindhyaḥ pāpaharaṃ tīrthaṃ narmadābheda uttamaḥ
The Godāvarī is a great sacred place, the Payoṣṇī, the river Varadā; the Vindhya is a sin-removing sacred place, and the Narmadā-cleft is excellent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 81.19
गोकर्णं परमं तीर्थं तीर्थं माहिष्मती पुरी । कालञ्जरं महीतीर्थं शुक्लतीर्थमनुत्तमम्
gokarṇaṃ paramaṃ tīrthaṃ tīrthaṃ māhiṣmatī purī / kālañjaraṃ mahītīrthaṃ śuklatīrthamanuttamam
Gokarṇa is the highest sacred place, a sacred place too is the city Māhiṣmatī; Kālañjara is the Mahī(-related?) sacred place, Śuklatīrtha is unsurpassed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 81.20
कृते शौचे मुक्तिदं च शार्ङ्गधारी तदन्तिके । विरजं सर्वदं तीर्थं स्वर्णाक्षं तीर्थमुत्तमम्
kṛte śauce muktidaṃ ca śārṅgadhārī tadantike / virajaṃ sarvadaṃ tīrthaṃ svarṇākṣaṃ tīrthamuttamam
And when purification has been performed (there) it gives liberation, and the Bearer of the Śārṅga bow is near it; Viraja is a sacred place granting everything, and Svarṇākṣa is an excellent sacred place.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 81.21
नन्दितीर्थं मुक्तिदं च कोटितीर्थफलप्रदम् । नासिक्यं च महातीर्थं गोवर्धनमतः परम्
nanditīrthaṃ muktidaṃ ca koṭitīrthaphalapradam / nāsikyaṃ ca mahātīrthaṃ govardhanamataḥ param
And Nanditīrtha gives liberation, granting the fruit of ten million sacred places; and Nāsikya is a great sacred place, and Govardhana higher than that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 81.22
कृष्णवेणी भीमरथी गण्डकी या त्विरावती । तीर्थं बिन्दुसरः पुण्यं विष्णुपादोदकं परम्
kṛṣṇaveṇī bhīmarathī gaṇḍakī yā tvirāvatī / tīrthaṃ bindusaraḥ puṇyaṃ viṣṇupādodakaṃ param
The Kṛṣṇaveṇī, the Bhīmarathī, the Gaṇḍakī, and that Irāvatī; the sacred place Bindusaras is holy, and the water from Viṣṇu's feet is supreme.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 81.23
ब्रह्मध्यानं परं तीर्थं तीर्थमिन्द्रियनिग्रहः । दमस्तीर्थं तु परमं भवशुद्धिः परं तथा
brahmadhyānaṃ paraṃ tīrthaṃ tīrthamindriyanigrahaḥ / damastīrthaṃ tu paramaṃ bhavaśuddhiḥ paraṃ tathā
Meditation on Brahman is the highest place of pilgrimage; restraint of the senses is a place of pilgrimage; self-control is indeed the supreme pilgrimage place, and so too is purity of being the highest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 81.24
ज्ञानह्रदे ध्यानजले रागद्वेषमलापहे । यः स्नाति मानसे तीर्थे स याति परमां गतिम्
jñānahrade dhyānajale rāgadveṣamalāpahe / yaḥ snāti mānase tīrthe sa yāti paramāṃ gatim
In the lake of knowledge, whose water is meditation, which removes the stain of passion and hatred — he who bathes in that pilgrimage place of the mind goes to the highest goal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 81.25
इदं तीर्थमिदं नेति ये नरा भेददर्शिनः । तेषां विधीयते तीर्थगमनं तत्फलं च यत्
idaṃ tīrthamidaṃ neti ye narā bhedadarśinaḥ / teṣāṃ vidhīyate tīrthagamanaṃ tatphalaṃ ca yat
Those men who see difference, (thinking) "this is a holy place, this is not" — for them going to holy places, and whatever fruit comes of it, is prescribed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 81.26
सर्वं ब्रह्मेतियो ऽवेति नातीर्थं तस्य किञ्चन । एतेषु स्नानदानानि श्राद्धं पिण्डमथाक्षयम्
sarvaṃ brahmetiyo 'veti nātīrthaṃ tasya kiñcana / eteṣu snānadānāni śrāddhaṃ piṇḍamathākṣayam
He who knows "all this is Brahman" — for him there is nothing that is not a holy place. In these (places) bathings, gifts, the śrāddha rite and the offering of rice-balls are imperishable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 81.27
सर्वा नद्यः सर्वशैलाः तीर्थं देवादिसेवितम् । श्रीरङ्गं च हरेस्तीर्थं तापी श्रेष्ठा महानदी
sarvā nadyaḥ sarvaśailāḥ tīrthaṃ devādisevitam / śrīraṅgaṃ ca harestīrthaṃ tāpī śreṣṭhā mahānadī
All rivers, all mountains, (each) is a holy place frequented by the gods and others; Śrīraṅga too is a holy place of Hari; the Tāpī is the best great river.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 81.28
सप्तगोदावरं तीर्थं तीर्थं कोणगिरिः परम् । महालक्ष्मीर्यत्र देवी प्रणीता परमा नदी
saptagodāvaraṃ tīrthaṃ tīrthaṃ koṇagiriḥ param / mahālakṣmīryatra devī praṇītā paramā nadī
The Seven-Godāvarī is a holy place; Koṇagiri is a supreme holy place; where the goddess Mahālakṣmī (is), the Praṇītā is the supreme river.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 81.29
सह्याद्रौ देवदेवेश एकवीरः सुरेश्वरी । गङ्गाद्वारे कुशावर्ते विन्ध्यके नीलपर्वते
sahyādrau devadeveśa ekavīraḥ sureśvarī / gaṅgādvāre kuśāvarte vindhyake nīlaparvate
On the Sahya mountain (is) the Lord of the gods of gods, Ekavīra, (and) the Mistress of the gods; at Gaṅgādvāra, at Kuśāvarta, on the Vindhya, on the Blue Mountain —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 81.30
स्नात्वा कनखले तीर्थे स भवेन्न पुनर्भवे । सू उवाच । एतान्यन्यानि तीर्थानि स्नानाद्यैः सर्वदानि हि
snātvā kanakhale tīrthe sa bhavenna punarbhave / sū uvāca / etānyanyāni tīrthāni snānādyaiḥ sarvadāni hi
having bathed at the holy place Kanakhala, he would not come to birth again. Sūta said: These and other holy places indeed grant everything through bathing and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 81.31
श्रुत्वाब्रवीद्धरेर्ब्रह्मा व्यासं दक्षादिसंयुतम् । एतान्युक्त्वा च तीर्थानि पुन स्तीर्थोत्तमोत्तमम् । गयाख्यं प्राह सर्वेषामक्षयं ब्रह्मलोकदम्
śrutvābravīddharerbrahmā vyāsaṃ dakṣādisaṃyutam / etānyuktvā ca tīrthāni puna stīrthottamottamam / gayākhyaṃ prāha sarveṣāmakṣayaṃ brahmalokadam
Having heard (this) from Hari, Brahmā spoke to Vyāsa together with Dakṣa and the others; and having told of these holy places, he then proclaimed the best of the best of holy places, called Gayā, which is imperishable and grants the world of Brahmā to all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition