Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 86
GaP 1 86.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ८६ ब्रह्मोवाच । येयं प्रेतशिला ख्याता गयायां सा त्रिधा स्थिता । प्रभासे प्रेतकुण्डे च गयासुरशिरस्यपि
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 86 brahmovāca / yeyaṃ pretaśilā khyātā gayāyāṃ sā tridhā sthitā / prabhāse pretakuṇḍe ca gayāsuraśirasyapi
Brahmā said: This which is renowned as the Preta-rock at Gayā stands in three places: at Prabhāsa, at the Preta-pool, and also on the head of Gayāsura.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 86.2
धर्मेण धारिता भूत्यै सर्वदेवमयी शिला । प्रेतत्वं ये गता नॄणां मित्राद्या बान्धवादयः
dharmeṇa dhāritā bhūtyai sarvadevamayī śilā / pretatvaṃ ye gatā nṝṇāṃ mitrādyā bāndhavādayaḥ
The rock, made of all the gods, is upheld by Dharma for (men's) welfare. Those of men who have become ghosts — friends and others, kinsmen and others —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 86.3
तेषामुद्धरणार्थाय यतः प्रेतशिला शुभा । अतो ऽत्र मुनयो भूपा राजपत्न्यादयः सदा
teṣāmuddharaṇārthāya yataḥ pretaśilā śubhā / ato 'tra munayo bhūpā rājapatnyādayaḥ sadā
Since the auspicious Preta-rock is for their deliverance, therefore here always sages, kings, kings' wives and others (come).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 86.4
तस्यां शिलायां श्राद्धादिकर्तारो ब्रह्मलोकगाः । गयासुरस्य यन्मुण्डं तस्य पृष्ठे शिला यतः
tasyāṃ śilāyāṃ śrāddhādikartāro brahmalokagāḥ / gayāsurasya yanmuṇḍaṃ tasya pṛṣṭhe śilā yataḥ
Those who perform the śrāddha and the rest upon that rock go to Brahmā's world. Since the rock is on the back of that skull of Gayāsura,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 86.5
मुणाडपृष्ठो गिरिस्तस्मात्सर्वदेवमयो ह्ययम् । मुण्डपृष्ठस्य पादेषु यतो ब्रह्मसरोमुखाः
muṇāḍapṛṣṭho giristasmātsarvadevamayo hyayam / muṇḍapṛṣṭhasya pādeṣu yato brahmasaromukhāḥ
therefore this mountain is Muṇḍapṛṣṭha ('skull-back'), and it is made of all the gods. Since at the feet of Muṇḍapṛṣṭha there is the Brahmā lake and the rest,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 86.6
अरविन्दवनं तेषु तेन चैवोपलक्षितः । अरविन्दो गिरिर्नाम क्रौञ्चपादाङ्कितो यतः
aravindavanaṃ teṣu tena caivopalakṣitaḥ / aravindo girirnāma krauñcapādāṅkito yataḥ
among them is the lotus-wood, and by that too it is marked out; since the mountain named Aravinda is marked with the foot of the krauñca (heron),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 86.7
तस्मा द्गिरिः क्रैञ्चपादः पितॄणां ब्रह्मलोकदः । गदाधरादयो देवा आद्या आदौ व्यवस्थिताः
tasmā dgiriḥ kraiñcapādaḥ pitṝṇāṃ brahmalokadaḥ / gadādharādayo devā ādyā ādau vyavasthitāḥ
therefore the mountain is Krauñcapāda, granting Brahmā's world to the ancestors. The primordial gods, Gadādhara and the rest, were established there at the beginning.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 86.8
शिलारूपेण चाव्यक्तास्तस्माद्देवमयी शिला । गया शिरश्छादयित्वा गुरुत्वादास्थिता शिला
śilārūpeṇa cāvyaktāstasmāddevamayī śilā / gayā śiraśchādayitvā gurutvādāsthitā śilā
And in the form of stone they (the gods) were unmanifest; hence the stone is made of the gods. Having covered Gayā's head, the stone stayed fixed by its weight.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 86.9
कालान्तरेण व्यक्तश्चस्थित आदिगदाधरः । महारुद्रादिदेवैस्तु आनादिनिधनो हरिः
kālāntareṇa vyaktaścasthita ādigadādharaḥ / mahārudrādidevaistu ānādinidhano hariḥ
In the course of time the primal Gadādhara became manifest and remained (there), (worshipped) by Mahārudra and the other gods — Hari, without beginning or end.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 86.10
धर्म संरक्षणार्थाय अधर्मादिविनष्टये । दैत्यराक्षसनाशार्थं मत्स्यः पूर्वं यथाभवत्
dharma saṃrakṣaṇārthāya adharmādivinaṣṭaye / daityarākṣasanāśārthaṃ matsyaḥ pūrvaṃ yathābhavat
For the protection of dharma, for the destruction of unrighteousness and the rest, and for the annihilation of demons and rākṣasas, as the Fish came to be formerly,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 86.11
कूर्मो वराहो नृहरिर्वामनो राम ऊर्जितः । यथा दाशरथी रामः कृष्णोबुद्धो ऽथ कल्क्यपि
kūrmo varāho nṛharirvāmano rāma ūrjitaḥ / yathā dāśarathī rāmaḥ kṛṣṇobuddho 'tha kalkyapi
and the Tortoise, the Boar, the Man-lion, the Dwarf, the mighty Rāma (Paraśurāma), and as Rāma the son of Daśaratha, Kṛṣṇa, the Buddha, and then Kalki too —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 86.12
तथा व्यक्तो ऽव्यक्तरूपी आसीदादिर्गदाधरः । आदिरादौ पूजितो ऽत्र देवैर्ब्रह्मादिभिर्यतः
tathā vyakto 'vyaktarūpī āsīdādirgadādharaḥ / ādirādau pūjito 'tra devairbrahmādibhiryataḥ
so the primal Gadādhara was manifest (though) of unmanifest form; (he is called) Ādi because he was worshipped here at the beginning by the gods, Brahmā and the others,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 86.13
पाद्याद्यैर्गन्धपुष्पाद्यैरत आदिगदाधरः । गदाधरं सुरैः सार्धमाद्यं गत्वा ददाति यः
pādyādyairgandhapuṣpādyairata ādigadādharaḥ / gadādharaṃ suraiḥ sārdhamādyaṃ gatvā dadāti yaḥ
with water for the feet and the rest, with perfumes, flowers and so on — hence (he is) Ādi-Gadādhara. Whoever goes and gives to Gadādhara, first, along with the gods,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 86.14
अर्घ्यं पात्रं च पाद्यं च गन्धपुष्पं च धूपकम् । दीपं नैवैद्यमुत्कष्टं माल्यानि विविधानि च
arghyaṃ pātraṃ ca pādyaṃ ca gandhapuṣpaṃ ca dhūpakam / dīpaṃ naivaidyamutkaṣṭaṃ mālyāni vividhāni ca
the offering-water and the vessel, water for the feet, perfume and flowers, incense, a lamp, excellent food-offering, and garlands of many kinds,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 86.15
वस्त्राणि मुकुटं घण्टा चामरं प्रेक्षणीयकम् । अलङ्कारादिकं पिण्डमन्नदानादिकं तथा
vastrāṇi mukuṭaṃ ghaṇṭā cāmaraṃ prekṣaṇīyakam / alaṅkārādikaṃ piṇḍamannadānādikaṃ tathā
garments, a crown, a bell, a fly-whisk, something worth looking at, ornaments and the like, the rice-ball, gifts of food and so forth —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 86.16
तेषां तावद्धनं धान्यमायुरारो ग्यसम्पदः । पुत्त्रादिसन्ततिश्रेयोविद्यार्थं काम ईप्सितः
teṣāṃ tāvaddhanaṃ dhānyamāyurāro gyasampadaḥ / puttrādisantatiśreyovidyārthaṃ kāma īpsitaḥ
for such people there is wealth, grain, long life, health and prosperity, offspring beginning with sons, welfare, learning, wealth, and desire fulfilled as wished;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 86.17
भार्या स्वर्गादिवासश्च स्वर्गादागत्य राज्यकम् । कुलीनः सत्त्वसम्पन्नो रणे मर्दितशात्रवनः
bhāryā svargādivāsaśca svargādāgatya rājyakam / kulīnaḥ sattvasampanno raṇe marditaśātravanaḥ
a wife, and dwelling in heaven and the like, and, having come back from heaven, kingship; (he becomes) well-born, endowed with strength, one who crushes his enemies in battle,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 86.18
वधबन्धविनिर्मुक्तश्चान्ते मोक्षमवाप्नुयात् । श्राद्धपिण्डादिकर्तारः पितृभिर्ब्रह्मलोकगाः
vadhabandhavinirmuktaścānte mokṣamavāpnuyāt / śrāddhapiṇḍādikartāraḥ pitṛbhirbrahmalokagāḥ
freed from slaying and bondage, and in the end he would attain liberation. Those who perform the śrāddha, the rice-ball offering and the rest go to Brahmā's world together with their ancestors.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 86.19
जगन्नाथं ये ऽप्चयन्ति सुभद्रां बलभद्रकम् । ज्ञानं प्राप्य श्रियं पुत्रान्व्रजन्ति पुरुषोत्तमम्
jagannāthaṃ ye 'pcayanti subhadrāṃ balabhadrakam / jñānaṃ prāpya śriyaṃ putrānvrajanti puruṣottamam
Those who worship Jagannātha, Subhadrā and Balabhadra, having obtained knowledge, fortune and sons, go to Puruṣottama.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 86.20
पुरुषोत्तमराजस्य सूर्यस्य च गणस्य च । पुरतस्तत्र पिण्डादि पितॄणां ब्रिह्मलोकदः
puruṣottamarājasya sūryasya ca gaṇasya ca / puratastatra piṇḍādi pitṝṇāṃ brihmalokadaḥ
There, before Puruṣottama the king, and the Sun, and the Troop (Gaṇa), the rice-ball offering and the rest bestows Brahmā's world on the ancestors.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 86.21
नत्वा कपर्दिविघ्नेशं सर्वविघ्नैः प्रमुच्यते । कार्तिकेयं पूजयित्वा ब्रह्मलोकमवाप्नुयात्
natvā kapardivighneśaṃ sarvavighnaiḥ pramucyate / kārtikeyaṃ pūjayitvā brahmalokamavāpnuyāt
Having bowed to Kapardin and to Vighneśa, one is released from all obstacles; having worshipped Kārtikeya, one would attain Brahmā's world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 86.22
द्वादशादित्यमभ्यर्च्य सर्वरोगैः प्रमुच्यते । वैश्वानरं समभ्यर्च्य उत्तमां दीप्तिमाप्नुयात्
dvādaśādityamabhyarcya sarvarogaiḥ pramucyate / vaiśvānaraṃ samabhyarcya uttamāṃ dīptimāpnuyāt
Having worshipped the twelve Ādityas, one is freed from all diseases; having worshipped Vaiśvānara (Fire), one would attain the highest splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 86.23
रेवन्तं पूजयित्वाथ अश्वानाप्नोत्यनुत्तमान् । अभ्यर्च्येन्द्रं महैश्वर्यं गौरीं सौभाग्यमाप्नुयात्
revantaṃ pūjayitvātha aśvānāpnotyanuttamān / abhyarcyendraṃ mahaiśvaryaṃ gaurīṃ saubhāgyamāpnuyāt
Then, having worshipped Revanta, one obtains unsurpassed horses; having worshipped Indra, great lordship; and Gaurī, one would attain marital good fortune.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 86.24
विद्यां सरस्वतीं प्रार्च्य लक्ष्मीं संपूज्य च श्रियम् । गरुडं च समभ्यर्च्य विघ्नवृन्दात्प्रमुच्यते
vidyāṃ sarasvatīṃ prārcya lakṣmīṃ saṃpūjya ca śriyam / garuḍaṃ ca samabhyarcya vighnavṛndātpramucyate
Having worshipped Sarasvatī, (one obtains) learning; and having worshipped Lakṣmī, fortune; and having worshipped Garuḍa, one is freed from the host of obstacles.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 86.25
क्षेत्रपालं समभ्यर्च्य ग्रहवृन्दैः प्रमुच्यते । मुण्डपृष्ठं समभ्यर्च्य सर्वकाममवाप्नुयात्
kṣetrapālaṃ samabhyarcya grahavṛndaiḥ pramucyate / muṇḍapṛṣṭhaṃ samabhyarcya sarvakāmamavāpnuyāt
Having worshipped the Kṣetrapāla, one is freed from the host of planets; having worshipped Muṇḍapṛṣṭha, one would obtain every desire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 86.26
नागाष्टकं समभ्यर्च्य नागदष्टो विमुच्यते । ब्रह्माणं पूजयित्वा च ब्रह्मलोकमवाप्नुयात्
nāgāṣṭakaṃ samabhyarcya nāgadaṣṭo vimucyate / brahmāṇaṃ pūjayitvā ca brahmalokamavāpnuyāt
Having worshipped the group of eight Nāgas, one bitten by a snake is released; and having worshipped Brahmā, one would attain Brahmā's world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 86.27
बलभद्रं समभ्यर्च्य बलारोग्यमवाप्नुयात् । सुभद्रां पूजयित्वा तु सौभाग्यं परमाप्नुयात्
balabhadraṃ samabhyarcya balārogyamavāpnuyāt / subhadrāṃ pūjayitvā tu saubhāgyaṃ paramāpnuyāt
Having worshipped Balabhadra, one would obtain strength and health; but having worshipped Subhadrā, one would obtain supreme good fortune.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 86.28
सर्वान्कामानवाप्नोति संपूज्य पुरुषोत्तमम् । नारायणं तु संपूज्य नराणामधिपो भवेत्
sarvānkāmānavāpnoti saṃpūjya puruṣottamam / nārāyaṇaṃ tu saṃpūjya narāṇāmadhipo bhavet
By worshipping Puruṣottama one obtains all desires; and by worshipping Nārāyaṇa one becomes lord of men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 86.29
स्पृष्ट्वा नत्वा नारसिंहं संग्रामे विजयी भवेत् । वराहं पूजयित्वा तु भूमिराज्यमवाप्नुयात्
spṛṣṭvā natvā nārasiṃhaṃ saṃgrāme vijayī bhavet / varāhaṃ pūjayitvā tu bhūmirājyamavāpnuyāt
Having touched and bowed to Narasiṃha, one becomes victorious in battle; and having worshipped Varāha, one obtains a kingdom on earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 86.30
मालाविद्याधरौ स्पष्ट्वा विद्याधरपदं लभेत् । सर्वान्कामानवाप्नोति संपूज्यादिगदाधरम्
mālāvidyādharau spaṣṭvā vidyādharapadaṃ labhet / sarvānkāmānavāpnoti saṃpūjyādigadādharam
Having (clearly) seen the two garland-bearing Vidyādharas, one attains the station of a Vidyādhara; by worshipping Ādigadādhara one obtains all desires.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 86.31
सोमनाथं समभ्यर्च्य शिवलोकमवाप्नुयात् । रुद्रेश्वरं नमस्कृत्य रुद्रलोके महीयते
somanāthaṃ samabhyarcya śivalokamavāpnuyāt / rudreśvaraṃ namaskṛtya rudraloke mahīyate
Having worshipped Somanātha one attains the world of Śiva; having bowed to Rudreśvara one is honoured in Rudra's world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 86.32
रामेश्वरं नरो नत्वा रामवत्सुप्रियो भवेत् । ब्रह्मेश्वरं नरः स्तुत्वा ब्रह्मलोकाय कल्प्यते
rāmeśvaraṃ naro natvā rāmavatsupriyo bhavet / brahmeśvaraṃ naraḥ stutvā brahmalokāya kalpyate
A man, having bowed to Rāmeśvara, becomes as dear (to Viṣṇu) as Rāma; a man, having praised Brahmeśvara, becomes fit for the world of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 86.33
कालेश्वरं समभ्यर्च्य नरः कालञ्जयो भवेत् । केदारं पूजयित्वा तु शिवलोके महीयते
kāleśvaraṃ samabhyarcya naraḥ kālañjayo bhavet / kedāraṃ pūjayitvā tu śivaloke mahīyate
Having worshipped Kāleśvara, a man becomes a conqueror of time (death); and having worshipped Kedāra, he is honoured in Śiva's world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 86.34
सिद्धेश्वरं च संपूज्य सिद्धो ब्रह्मपुरं व्रजेत् । आद्यै रुद्रादिभिः सार्धं दृष्ट्वा ह्यादिगदाधरम्
siddheśvaraṃ ca saṃpūjya siddho brahmapuraṃ vrajet / ādyai rudrādibhiḥ sārdhaṃ dṛṣṭvā hyādigadādharam
And having worshipped Siddheśvara, one becomes a siddha and goes to Brahmā's city; and having seen Ādigadādhara together with the primal ones, Rudra and the rest,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 86.35
कुलानां शतमुद्धृत्य नयेद्ब्रह्मपुरं नरः । धर्मार्थो प्राप्नुयाद्धर्ममर्थार्थो चार्थमाप्नुयात्
kulānāṃ śatamuddhṛtya nayedbrahmapuraṃ naraḥ / dharmārtho prāpnuyāddharmamarthārtho cārthamāpnuyāt
a man, having raised up a hundred lineages, would lead (them) to the city of Brahmā; one who seeks dharma would obtain dharma, and one who seeks wealth would obtain wealth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 86.36
कामान्संप्राप्नुयात्कामी मोक्षार्थो मोक्षमाप्नुयात् । राज्यार्थो राज्यमाप्नोति शान्त्यर्थो शान्तिमाप्नुयात्
kāmānsaṃprāpnuyātkāmī mokṣārtho mokṣamāpnuyāt / rājyārtho rājyamāpnoti śāntyartho śāntimāpnuyāt
One who desires pleasures would fully obtain pleasures; one who seeks liberation would obtain liberation; one who seeks kingship obtains kingship; one who seeks peace would obtain peace.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 86.37
सर्वार्थो सर्वमाप्नोति संपूज्यादिगदाधरम् । पुत्रान्पुत्रार्थिनी स्त्री च सौभाग्यं च तदर्थिनी
sarvārtho sarvamāpnoti saṃpūjyādigadādharam / putrānputrārthinī strī ca saubhāgyaṃ ca tadarthinī
One who seeks everything obtains everything, by worshipping Ādigadādhara; and a woman who desires sons (obtains) sons, and one who desires it, good fortune;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 86.38
वंशार्थिनी च वंशान्वै प्राप्यार्च्यादिगदाधरम् । श्राद्धेन पिण्डदानेन अन्नदानेन वारिदः
vaṃśārthinī ca vaṃśānvai prāpyārcyādigadādharam / śrāddhena piṇḍadānena annadānena vāridaḥ
and a woman desiring offspring (obtains) descendants, having reached and worshipped Ādigadādhara; by śrāddha, by giving piṇḍas, by the gift of food, the giver of water
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 86.39
ब्रह्मलोकमवाप्नोति संपूज्यादिगदाधरम् । पृथिव्यां सर्वतीर्थेभ्यो यथा श्रेष्ठा गया पुरी
brahmalokamavāpnoti saṃpūjyādigadādharam / pṛthivyāṃ sarvatīrthebhyo yathā śreṣṭhā gayā purī
attains the world of Brahmā, by worshipping Ādigadādhara. As on earth the city of Gayā is the best of all tīrthas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 86.40
तथा शिलादिरूपश्च श्रेष्ठश्चैव गदाधरः । तस्मिन्दृष्टे शिला दृष्टा यतः सर्वं गदाधरः
tathā śilādirūpaśca śreṣṭhaścaiva gadādharaḥ / tasmindṛṣṭe śilā dṛṣṭā yataḥ sarvaṃ gadādharaḥ
so too Gadādhara, whose form is the Rock and the rest, is the best; when he is seen the Rock is seen, since Gadādhara is everything.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition