Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 82
GaP 1 82.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ८२ श्रीगणेशाय नमः । (अथ गयामाहात्म्यं प्रारभ्यते) । ब्रह्मोवाच । सारात्सारतरं व्यास गयाभाहात्म्य मुत्तमम् । प्रवक्ष्यामि समासेन बुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदं शृणु
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 82 śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ / (atha gayāmāhātmyaṃ prārabhyate) / brahmovāca / sārātsārataraṃ vyāsa gayābhāhātmya muttamam / pravakṣyāmi samāsena buktimuktipradaṃ śṛṇu
The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, (chapter) 82. Homage to Śrī Gaṇeśa. (Here the Glorification of Gayā begins.) Brahmā said: O Vyāsa, I shall declare in brief the excellent Glorification of Gayā, more essential than the essence, which grants enjoyment and liberation; listen.
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GaP 1 82.2
गयासुरो ऽभवत्पूर्वं वीर्यवान्परमः स च । तपस्तप्यन्महाघोरं सर्वभूतोपतापनम्
gayāsuro 'bhavatpūrvaṃ vīryavānparamaḥ sa ca / tapastapyanmahāghoraṃ sarvabhūtopatāpanam
Formerly there was an asura named Gaya, mighty and supreme; he practised most terrible austerity, which tormented all beings.
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GaP 1 82.3
तत्तपस्तापिता देवास्तद्वधार्थं हरिं गताः । शरणं हरिरूचे तान् भवितव्यं शिवात्मभैः
tattapastāpitā devāstadvadhārthaṃ hariṃ gatāḥ / śaraṇaṃ harirūce tān bhavitavyaṃ śivātmabhaiḥ
Tormented by that austerity, the gods went to Hari for refuge in order to slay him; Hari said to them: "It must be brought about by those whose selves are auspicious (i.e. by pious means)."
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GaP 1 82.4
पात्यते ऽस्य महादेहो तथेत्यूचुः सुरा हरिम् । कदाचिच्छिवपूजार्थं क्षीराब्धेः कमलानि च
pātyate 'sya mahādeho tathetyūcuḥ surā harim / kadācicchivapūjārthaṃ kṣīrābdheḥ kamalāni ca
"His great body shall be laid low." "So be it," said the gods to Hari. Once, for the worship of Śiva, (he brought) lotuses from the ocean of milk,
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GaP 1 82.5
आनीय कीकटे देशे शयनं चाकरोद्वली । विष्णुमायाविमूढो ऽसौ गदया विष्णुना हतः
ānīya kīkaṭe deśe śayanaṃ cākarodvalī / viṣṇumāyāvimūḍho 'sau gadayā viṣṇunā hataḥ
and having brought (them) the strong one made his bed in the land of Kīkaṭa; bewildered by Viṣṇu's magic, he was slain by Viṣṇu with the mace.
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GaP 1 82.6
अतो गदाधरो विष्णुर्गयायां मुक्तिदः स्थितः । तस्य देहो लिङ्गरूपी स्थितः शुद्धे पितामहः
ato gadādharo viṣṇurgayāyāṃ muktidaḥ sthitaḥ / tasya deho liṅgarūpī sthitaḥ śuddhe pitāmahaḥ
Therefore Viṣṇu, the mace-bearer, stands in Gayā as the giver of liberation; his body stands in the form of a liṅga; in (that) pure (place) is Pitāmaha,
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GaP 1 82.7
जनार्दनश्च कालेशस्तथान्यः प्रपितामहः । विष्णुराहाथ मर्यादां पुण्यक्षेत्रं भविष्यति
janārdanaśca kāleśastathānyaḥ prapitāmahaḥ / viṣṇurāhātha maryādāṃ puṇyakṣetraṃ bhaviṣyati
and Janārdana, and Kāleśa, and another, Prapitāmaha. Then Viṣṇu declared the boundary: "It shall be a holy field."
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GaP 1 82.8
यज्ञं श्राद्धं पिण्डदानं स्नानादि कुरुते नरः । स स्वर्गं ब्रह्मलोकं च गच्छेन्न नरकं नरः
yajñaṃ śrāddhaṃ piṇḍadānaṃ snānādi kurute naraḥ / sa svargaṃ brahmalokaṃ ca gacchenna narakaṃ naraḥ
The man who performs sacrifice, the śrāddha rite, the giving of rice-balls, bathing and the rest — that man goes to heaven and to the world of Brahmā, and does not go to hell.
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GaP 1 82.9
गयातीर्थं परं ज्ञात्वा यागं चक्रे पितामहः । ब्राह्मणान्पूजयामास ऋत्विगर्थमुपागतान्
gayātīrthaṃ paraṃ jñātvā yāgaṃ cakre pitāmahaḥ / brāhmaṇānpūjayāmāsa ṛtvigarthamupāgatān
Knowing the holy place Gayā to be supreme, Pitāmaha performed a sacrifice; he honoured the brahmins who had come to serve as officiating priests.
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GaP 1 82.10
महानदीं रसवहां सृष्ट्वा वाप्यादिकं तथा । भक्ष्यभोज्यफलादींश्च कामधेनुं तथासृजत्
mahānadīṃ rasavahāṃ sṛṣṭvā vāpyādikaṃ tathā / bhakṣyabhojyaphalādīṃśca kāmadhenuṃ tathāsṛjat
Having created a great river flowing with sap, and likewise tanks and the rest, and foods to chew and to eat, and fruits and so on, he created also the wish-granting cow.
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GaP 1 82.11
पञ्चक्रोशं गयोक्षेत्रं ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददौ प्रभुः । धरमयागेषु लोभात्तु प्रतिगृह्य धनादिकम्
pañcakrośaṃ gayokṣetraṃ brāhmaṇebhyo dadau prabhuḥ / dharamayāgeṣu lobhāttu pratigṛhya dhanādikam
The Lord gave the field of Gayā, five krośas (in extent), to the brahmins; but at the sacrifices of dharma, out of greed, having accepted wealth and other (gifts),
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GaP 1 82.12
स्थिता विप्रास्तदा शप्ता गयायां ब्राह्मणास्ततः । मा भूत्त्रैपुरुषी विद्या मा भूत्त्रैपुरुषं धनम्
sthitā viprāstadā śaptā gayāyāṃ brāhmaṇāstataḥ / mā bhūttraipuruṣī vidyā mā bhūttraipuruṣaṃ dhanam
The brahmins who were then present in Gayā were thereupon cursed: "Let there not be learning (lasting) three generations, let there not be wealth (lasting) three generations."
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GaP 1 82.13
युष्माकं स्याद्वारिवहा नदी पाषाणपर्वतः । शप्तैस्तु प्रार्थितो ब्रह्मानुग्रहं कृतवान्प्रभुः
yuṣmākaṃ syādvārivahā nadī pāṣāṇaparvataḥ / śaptaistu prārthito brahmānugrahaṃ kṛtavānprabhuḥ
"Let your river be one that carries (only) water, and (your) mountain be of (bare) stone." But when the cursed ones entreated him, the lord Brahmā granted a favour.
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GaP 1 82.14
लोकाः पुण्या गयायां हि श्राद्धिनो ब्रह्मलोकगाः । युष्मान्ये पूजयिष्यन्ति तैरहं पूजितः सदा
lokāḥ puṇyā gayāyāṃ hi śrāddhino brahmalokagāḥ / yuṣmānye pūjayiṣyanti tairahaṃ pūjitaḥ sadā
"For the worlds are meritorious in Gayā, and those who perform the śrāddha go to Brahmā's world. Those who honour you—by them I am always honoured."
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GaP 1 82.15
ब्रह्मज्ञानं गयाश्राद्धं गोगृहे मरणं तथा । वासः पुंसां कुरुक्षेत्रे मुक्तिरेषा चतुर्विधा
brahmajñānaṃ gayāśrāddhaṃ gogṛhe maraṇaṃ tathā / vāsaḥ puṃsāṃ kurukṣetre muktireṣā caturvidhā
Knowledge of Brahman, the śrāddha at Gayā, death in a cow-pen, and dwelling in Kurukṣetra: this is the fourfold liberation of men.
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GaP 1 82.16
समुद्राः सरितः सर्वा वापीकूपह्रदास्तथा । स्नातुकामा गयातीर्थं व्यास यास यान्ति न संशयः
samudrāḥ saritaḥ sarvā vāpīkūpahradāstathā / snātukāmā gayātīrthaṃ vyāsa yāsa yānti na saṃśayaḥ
The oceans, all the rivers, and likewise the tanks, wells and pools, wishing to bathe, go to the sacred place Gayā—there is no doubt.
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GaP 1 82.17
ब्रह्महत्या सुरापानं स्तेयं गुर्वङ्गनागमः । पापं तत्संगजं सर्वं गयाश्राद्धाद्विनश्यति
brahmahatyā surāpānaṃ steyaṃ gurvaṅganāgamaḥ / pāpaṃ tatsaṃgajaṃ sarvaṃ gayāśrāddhādvinaśyati
Killing a brahmin, drinking liquor, theft, approaching the teacher's wife, and all the sin arising from association with such (offenders)—it perishes through the śrāddha at Gayā.
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GaP 1 82.18
असंस्कृता मृता य च पशुचोरहताश्च ये । सर्पदष्टा गयाश्राद्धान्मुक्ताः स्वर्गं व्रजन्ति ते
asaṃskṛtā mṛtā ya ca paśucorahatāśca ye / sarpadaṣṭā gayāśrāddhānmuktāḥ svargaṃ vrajanti te
Those who have died without the (funeral) rites, and those slain by beasts or by thieves, and those bitten by snakes—released by the śrāddha at Gayā, they go to heaven.
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GaP 1 82.19
गयायां पिण्डदानेन यत्फलं लभते नरः । न तच्छक्यं मया वक्तुं वर्षकोटिशतैरपि
gayāyāṃ piṇḍadānena yatphalaṃ labhate naraḥ / na tacchakyaṃ mayā vaktuṃ varṣakoṭiśatairapi
The fruit that a man obtains by the offering of piṇḍas at Gayā—that I could not tell even in a hundred crores of years.
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