Garuda Purana — Uttara Khanda (Pretakalpa) — Chapter 41
GaP 2 41.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ४१ श्रीविष्णुरुवाच । वृषोत्सर्गं प्रकुर्वीत विधिपूर्वं खगेश्वर । कार्तिकादिषु मासेषु पौर्णमास्यां शुभे दिने
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 41 śrīviṣṇuruvāca / vṛṣotsargaṃ prakurvīta vidhipūrvaṃ khageśvara / kārtikādiṣu māseṣu paurṇamāsyāṃ śubhe dine
Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa 41. The blessed Viṣṇu said: One should perform the release of the bull according to the rule, O lord of birds, in the months beginning with Kārttika, on the full-moon day, on an auspicious day.
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GaP 2 41.2
विवाहोत्सर्जनं श्राद्धं नान्दीमुखमुपक्रमेत् । कुर्याद्भुवश्च संस्कारानग्निस्थापनमेव च
vivāhotsarjanaṃ śrāddhaṃ nāndīmukhamupakramet / kuryādbhuvaśca saṃskārānagnisthāpanameva ca
He should begin the marriage (of the bull), the release, the śrāddha, (and) the nāndīmukha (rite); and he should perform the consecrations of the ground and the establishing of the fire.
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GaP 2 41.3
वाप्यां कूपे गवां गोष्ठे स्थाप्याग्निं विधिवत्ततः । विवाहविधिना सर्वं कुर्याद्ब्राह्मणवाचनम्
vāpyāṃ kūpe gavāṃ goṣṭhe sthāpyāgniṃ vidhivattataḥ / vivāhavidhinā sarvaṃ kuryādbrāhmaṇavācanam
At a tank, at a well, in a cow-pen, having then established the fire according to rule, he should have the whole recitation by the brahmin done according to the marriage rite.
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GaP 2 41.4
पात्रासादनं श्रपणमुपयमनकुशादिकम् । पुर्युक्षणान्ते होमं च कर्या द्वै ब्राह्मणेन तु
pātrāsādanaṃ śrapaṇamupayamanakuśādikam / puryukṣaṇānte homaṃ ca karyā dvai brāhmaṇena tu
The setting out of the vessels, the cooking, the taking up (of the offering), the kuśa grass and the rest, and, at the end of the sprinkling of the (sacrificial) enclosure, the fire-oblation — these two are to be done by the brahmin.
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GaP 2 41.5
आघारावाज्यभागौ च चक्षुषी च प्रदा पयेत् । प्रथमे ऽहरिति मन्त्रेण होतव्याश्च षडाहुतीः (तयः)
āghārāvājyabhāgau ca cakṣuṣī ca pradā payet / prathame 'hariti mantreṇa hotavyāśca ṣaḍāhutīḥ (tayaḥ)
He should offer the two āghāra libations, the two ghee-portions, and the "two eyes" (offerings); on the first (day), with the mantra "hariḥ," six oblations are to be offered.
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GaP 2 41.6
आघारावाज्यभागौ तु पायसेनाङ्गदेवताः । अग्नये रुद्राय शर्वाय पशुपतये उग्राय शिवाय । भवाय महादेवायेशानाय यमाय च
āghārāvājyabhāgau tu pāyasenāṅgadevatāḥ / agnaye rudrāya śarvāya paśupataye ugrāya śivāya / bhavāya mahādevāyeśānāya yamāya ca
The two āghāra libations and the two ghee-portions (are offered), and the deities of the limbs with milk-rice: to Agni, to Rudra, to Śarva, to Paśupati, to Ugra, to Śiva, to Bhava, to Mahādeva, to Īśāna, and to Yama.
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GaP 2 41.7
पिष्टकेन सकृद्धोमं पूषागा इति मन्त्रतः । उभयोः स्विष्टिकूद्धोमश्चरुणा पायसेन च
piṣṭakena sakṛddhomaṃ pūṣāgā iti mantrataḥ / ubhayoḥ sviṣṭikūddhomaścaruṇā pāyasena ca
A single oblation with a cake, with the mantra "pūṣā gāḥ"; for both, the sviṣṭakṛt oblation with the caru and with the milk-rice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 41.8
प्रथमं व्याहृतिहोमः प्रायश्चित्तं प्रजापतिः । संस्त्रवप्राशनं कुर्यात्प्रणीतापरिमोक्षणम्
prathamaṃ vyāhṛtihomaḥ prāyaścittaṃ prajāpatiḥ / saṃstravaprāśanaṃ kuryātpraṇītāparimokṣaṇam
First the oblation of the utterances (vyāhṛti), the expiation (offering), (that to) Prajāpati; he should perform the drinking of the mingled remainder and the release of the praṇītā water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 41.9
पवित्रप्रतिपत्तिश्च ब्राह्मणे दक्षैणा ततः । षडङ्गरुद्रजाप्येन प्रोतो मोक्षमवाप्नुयात्
pavitrapratipattiśca brāhmaṇe dakṣaiṇā tataḥ / ṣaḍaṅgarudrajāpyena proto mokṣamavāpnuyāt
And the disposal of the pavitra (strainers), then the fee to the brahmin; by the recitation to the six-limbed Rudra the deceased would attain liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 41.10
एकवर्णं वृषञ्चैव सकृद्वत्सतरीं खग । स्नापयित्वा ततः कुर्यात्सर्वालङ्कारभूषितम्
ekavarṇaṃ vṛṣañcaiva sakṛdvatsatarīṃ khaga / snāpayitvā tataḥ kuryātsarvālaṅkārabhūṣitam
A bull of one colour and, at the same time, a young heifer, O bird; having bathed (them), he should then make (the bull) adorned with all ornaments.
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GaP 2 41.11
प्रतिष्ठाप्य च तद्युग्मं प्रेतो मोक्षमवाप्नुयात् । पुच्छेच तर्पणं कार्यमुच्छ्रिते मन्त्रपूर्वकम् । ब्राह्मणान् भोजयेत्पश्चाद्दक्षिणाभिश्च तोषयेत्
pratiṣṭhāpya ca tadyugmaṃ preto mokṣamavāpnuyāt / puccheca tarpaṇaṃ kāryamucchrite mantrapūrvakam / brāhmaṇān bhojayetpaścāddakṣiṇābhiśca toṣayet
And having consecrated that pair, the deceased would attain liberation; and at the tail the water-offering is to be made with mantras when (the bull) has been let loose; afterwards he should feed brahmins and satisfy them with fees.
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GaP 2 41.12
ततः श्राद्धं समुद्दिष्टमेकोद्दिष्टं यथाविधि । जलमन्नं तथा देयं प्रेतोद्धरणहेतवे
tataḥ śrāddhaṃ samuddiṣṭamekoddiṣṭaṃ yathāvidhi / jalamannaṃ tathā deyaṃ pretoddharaṇahetave
Then the śrāddha as prescribed, the ekoddiṣṭa, according to rule; and water and food are to be given for the sake of the deceased's rescue.
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GaP 2 41.13
द्वादशाहे ततः कुर्यान्मासेमासे पृथक्पथक् । एवं विधिः समायुक्तः प्रेतमोक्षे करोति हि
dvādaśāhe tataḥ kuryānmāsemāse pṛthakpathak / evaṃ vidhiḥ samāyuktaḥ pretamokṣe karoti hi
Then he should perform (the rite) on the twelfth day, and month by month separately; thus the procedure, when fully joined (i.e. complete), indeed effects the liberation of the deceased.
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