Garuda Purana — Brahma Khanda — Chapter 27
GaP 3 27.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- २७ श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । सा गता स्नातुकामाथ नन्दां पापनिवारिणीम् । पप्रच्छ तं गुरुं विप्रं विनयावनता सुधीः
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 27 śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / sā gatā snātukāmātha nandāṃ pāpanivāriṇīm / papraccha taṃ guruṃ vipraṃ vinayāvanatā sudhīḥ
The Great Garuḍa Purāṇa, 27. Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Then she, wishing to bathe, went to the Nandā, remover of sins; bowed in humility, wise, she asked that brahmin teacher:
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GaP 3 27.2
किन्नामेयं नदी विप्र किं कार्यं चात्र मे वद । जैगीषव्यस्त्वेवमुक्तो वाक्यमेतदुवाच ह
kinnāmeyaṃ nadī vipra kiṃ kāryaṃ cātra me vada / jaigīṣavyastvevamukto vākyametaduvāca ha
"What is this river's name, brahmin, and what should I do here? Tell me." Jaigīṣavya, thus addressed, spoke these words:
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GaP 3 27.3
जैगीषव्य उवाच । शृणु भद्रे प्रवक्ष्यामि माहात्म्यं पापनाशनम् । इयं नदी महाभागे सदा पापविनाशिनी
jaigīṣavya uvāca / śṛṇu bhadre pravakṣyāmi māhātmyaṃ pāpanāśanam / iyaṃ nadī mahābhāge sadā pāpavināśinī
Jaigīṣavya said: Listen, good lady, I shall declare (its) greatness, which destroys sin. This river, O greatly blessed one, is ever the destroyer of sins.
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GaP 3 27.4
ब्रह्महत्यादिपापौघो यत्र स्नानेन नश्यति । प्रत्यक्षं दृश्यते ह्यत्र स्नानं कर्तुं समुद्यतैः
brahmahatyādipāpaugho yatra snānena naśyati / pratyakṣaṃ dṛśyate hyatra snānaṃ kartuṃ samudyataiḥ
Here the mass of sins, beginning with the killing of a brahmin, perishes by bathing; indeed it is seen visibly here by those who set about performing the bath.
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GaP 3 27.5
जलं चाशुभ्ररूपेण पापैश्च परिदृश्यते । यावच्छुभ्रोदकं देवि तावत्सनानं च कारयेत्
jalaṃ cāśubhrarūpeṇa pāpaiśca paridṛśyate / yāvacchubhrodakaṃ devi tāvatsanānaṃ ca kārayet
And the water is seen to be of unclean appearance because of the sins; as long as the water is (not) clear, O goddess, so long should one keep bathing.
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GaP 3 27.6
यावच्छुभ्रोदकं नैव तावत्पापं न नश्यति । शुद्धोदके समायाते पापं नष्टमिति ध्रुवम्
yāvacchubhrodakaṃ naiva tāvatpāpaṃ na naśyati / śuddhodake samāyāte pāpaṃ naṣṭamiti dhruvam
As long as the water is not clear, so long the sin does not perish; when clean water has come, it is certain that the sin has been destroyed.
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GaP 3 27.7
कलावित्थं विशालाक्षि महिमा दृश्यते भुवि । अत्र स्नानं प्रकर्तव्यं दातव्यं दान मुत्तमम् । ततश्च ज्ञानमासाद्य विविष्णुलोकं स गच्छति
kalāvitthaṃ viśālākṣi mahimā dṛśyate bhuvi / atra snānaṃ prakartavyaṃ dātavyaṃ dāna muttamam / tataśca jñānamāsādya viviṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati
Thus in the Kali age, O wide-eyed one, (its) greatness is seen on earth. Here bathing should be done and the best of gifts should be given; and then, having attained knowledge, one goes to the world of Viṣṇu.
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GaP 3 27.8
गुरुस्त्रीगमनाच्चन्द्र अहल्यायां गतो हरिः । सुरापानाच्च शुक्रस्तु सुवर्णहरणाद्बलिः
gurustrīgamanāccandra ahalyāyāṃ gato hariḥ / surāpānācca śukrastu suvarṇaharaṇādbaliḥ
The Moon (was freed) from (the sin of) approaching his teacher's wife, Hari (Indra) who went to Ahalyā, Śukra from drinking liquor, Bali from the theft of gold,
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GaP 3 27.9
ब्रह्महत्यायाश्च रुद्रो नागो दत्तापहारकः । सूतस्य हननाद्रामो निर्मुक्तो ह्यत्र भामिनि
brahmahatyāyāśca rudro nāgo dattāpahārakaḥ / sūtasya hananādrāmo nirmukto hyatra bhāmini
and Rudra from the killing of a brahmin, the Nāga who carried off what had been given, and Rāma from the slaying of the charioteer's son—(all these) were released here, O lovely lady.
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GaP 3 27.10
नानेन सदृशं तीर्थं न भूतं न भविष्यति । स्नानं कुरु महाभागे तेन सिद्धिं ह्यवाप्स्यसि
nānena sadṛśaṃ tīrthaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati / snānaṃ kuru mahābhāge tena siddhiṃ hyavāpsyasi
There is no holy place equal to this, neither has been nor will be. Bathe, O greatly blessed one; by that you will surely obtain success.
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GaP 3 27.11
जैगीषव्येण मुनिना पित्रा सह च कन्यका । स्नानं चकार विधिवदुदतिष्ठच्च भामिनि
jaigīṣavyeṇa muninā pitrā saha ca kanyakā / snānaṃ cakāra vidhivadudatiṣṭhacca bhāmini
The maiden, together with the sage Jaigīṣavya and with her father, performed the bath according to rule and came up (out of the water), O lovely lady.
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GaP 3 27.12
यावच्च पौरुषं सूक्तं तावत्कालं हि तिष्ठति । पश्चाज्जप्त्वा महामन्त्रं वेङ्कटेशाभिधं परम्
yāvacca pauruṣaṃ sūktaṃ tāvatkālaṃ hi tiṣṭhati / paścājjaptvā mahāmantraṃ veṅkaṭeśābhidhaṃ param
One should remain (in the water) for as long as the Puruṣa hymn (takes to recite); afterwards, having muttered the great, supreme mantra named Veṅkaṭeśa,
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GaP 3 27.13
द्विजातीन्प्रीणयित्वा सा वस्त्रद्रव्यादिभूषणैः । तस्माच्च प्रययौ देवी कमारीतीर्थमुत्तमम्
dvijātīnprīṇayitvā sā vastradravyādibhūṣaṇaiḥ / tasmācca prayayau devī kamārītīrthamuttamam
having gratified the twice-born with garments, goods, ornaments and the like, the goddess went from there to the excellent Kumārī holy place.
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GaP 3 27.14
कुमारीमहिमानं च श्रुत्वा स्नानं चकार सा । पुनरावृत्य सा देवी ह्यन्तरा विरजानदीम्
kumārīmahimānaṃ ca śrutvā snānaṃ cakāra sā / punarāvṛtya sā devī hyantarā virajānadīm
And having heard the greatness of the Kumārī (tīrtha), she bathed. Then that goddess, turning back again, (came upon) the Virajā river in between,
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GaP 3 27.15
दृष्ट्वा पप्रच्छ सा देवी जैगीषव्यं गुरुं प्रभुम् । किं संज्ञिकेयं विप्रेन्द्र किं कार्यं ह्यत्र मे वद
dṛṣṭvā papraccha sā devī jaigīṣavyaṃ guruṃ prabhum / kiṃ saṃjñikeyaṃ viprendra kiṃ kāryaṃ hyatra me vada
and seeing (it) that goddess asked Jaigīṣavya, her powerful teacher: "By what name is this known, best of brahmins? Tell me what is to be done here."
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GaP 3 27.16
जैगीषव्यः पृष्ट एव मुवाच करुणानिधिः । इयं भागीरथी कन्ये आयाति ह्यन्तरेण तु
jaigīṣavyaḥ pṛṣṭa eva muvāca karuṇānidhiḥ / iyaṃ bhāgīrathī kanye āyāti hyantareṇa tu
Jaigīṣavya, that treasury of compassion, as soon as he was asked, said: "This, O maiden, is the Bhāgīrathī, which comes here by an inner (course)."
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GaP 3 27.17
अतः सा प्रोच्यते ह्यन्तर्गङ्गेति परमर्षिभिः । कन्ये त्वस्यास्तु सलिलं श्रीनिनिवासप्रियं सदा
ataḥ sā procyate hyantargaṅgeti paramarṣibhiḥ / kanye tvasyāstu salilaṃ śrīninivāsapriyaṃ sadā
"Therefore she is called Antargaṅgā by the supreme sages. And, O maiden, her water is ever dear to Śrīnivāsa."
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GaP 3 27.18
अत्र स्नानं यः करोति स याति परमां गतिम् । स्नानं चकार सा कन्या जले परमपावने
atra snānaṃ yaḥ karoti sa yāti paramāṃ gatim / snānaṃ cakāra sā kanyā jale paramapāvane
"Whoever bathes here goes to the highest goal." That maiden bathed in the supremely purifying water,
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GaP 3 27.19
दानादिकं तथा ज्ञात्वा जजाप परमं मनुम् । श्रीनिवाससमीपं तु पुनरागत्य भामिनी
dānādikaṃ tathā jñātvā jajāpa paramaṃ manum / śrīnivāsasamīpaṃ tu punarāgatya bhāminī
and having likewise learned about gift-giving and the rest, she muttered the supreme mantra; then the lovely lady, coming back again into the presence of Śrīnivāsa,
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GaP 3 27.20
अङ्गप्रदक्षिणं चक्रे भक्त्या वेङ्कटनायकम् । ब्राह्मणादीन्प्रीणयित्वा वस्त्रगन्धादिभूषणैः
aṅgapradakṣiṇaṃ cakre bhaktyā veṅkaṭanāyakam / brāhmaṇādīnprīṇayitvā vastragandhādibhūṣaṇaiḥ
she made circumambulation with her body, with devotion, (around) Veṅkaṭanāyaka, and gratified the brahmins and others with garments, perfumes, ornaments and the like.
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GaP 3 27.21
पुनः परदिने प्रातः स्वामिपुष्करिणीजले । स्नानं कृत्वा महाभागा ययौ तुंबुरुसंज्ञिकाम्
punaḥ paradine prātaḥ svāmipuṣkariṇījale / snānaṃ kṛtvā mahābhāgā yayau tuṃburusaṃjñikām
Again on the next day at dawn, having bathed in the water of the Svāmipuṣkariṇī, the greatly blessed one went to the (tīrtha) named Tumburu.
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GaP 3 27.22
पप्रच्छ तं गुरुं देवी नाथं किन्नामिका त्वयम् । जैगीषव्य उवाच । इयं तुंबरुकाभिज्ञा नारी वै वरवर्णिनी
papraccha taṃ guruṃ devī nāthaṃ kinnāmikā tvayam / jaigīṣavya uvāca / iyaṃ tuṃbarukābhijñā nārī vai varavarṇinī
The goddess asked her teacher: "Lord, what is this (woman's) name?" Jaigīṣavya said: "This woman, of lovely complexion, is known as Tumbarukā."
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GaP 3 27.23
पुरा तुं बुरुणा साकं नारदस्तपसि स्थितः । अत्र प्रादुरभूद्विष्णुर्नारदस्य हिताय च
purā tuṃ buruṇā sākaṃ nāradastapasi sthitaḥ / atra prādurabhūdviṣṇurnāradasya hitāya ca
Formerly Nārada, together with Tumburu, remained here in austerity; here Viṣṇu became manifest for Nārada's benefit.
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GaP 3 27.24
स्नानं यः कुरुते ह्यत्र स याति परमां गतिम् । अत्र स्नानं मनुष्याणां सर्वेषां दुर्लभं कलौ
snānaṃ yaḥ kurute hyatra sa yāti paramāṃ gatim / atra snānaṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ durlabhaṃ kalau
Whoever bathes here goes to the highest state; bathing here is hard for all men to obtain in the Kali age.
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GaP 3 27.25
अत्र स्नानं मनुष्याणां नाल्पस्य तपसः फलम् । तत्र स्नात्वा च पीत्वा च दत्त्वा दानान्यकेशः
atra snānaṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ nālpasya tapasaḥ phalam / tatra snātvā ca pītvā ca dattvā dānānyakeśaḥ
Bathing here is the fruit of no small austerity for men. Having bathed there and drunk (the water) and given gifts, one becomes shorn of hair (i.e., having shaved).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 27.26
पुनरागत्य सा देवी श्रीनिवासं ननाम ह । तस्मिमन्दिने ब्राह्मणांश्च तर्पयामास भमिनि
punarāgatya sā devī śrīnivāsaṃ nanāma ha / tasmimandine brāhmaṇāṃśca tarpayāmāsa bhamini
Coming back again, that goddess bowed to Śrīnivāsa, and on that day she satisfied brahmins, O lovely lady.
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GaP 3 27.27
स्वामिपुष्करिणीं प्राप्य दीपान्प्राज्वालयत्सती । सोपानेषु महाभागा दीपावलिभिरञ्जसा । प्रीणयामास देवेशं श्रीनिवासं जगद्गुरुम्
svāmipuṣkariṇīṃ prāpya dīpānprājvālayatsatī / sopāneṣu mahābhāgā dīpāvalibhirañjasā / prīṇayāmāsa deveśaṃ śrīnivāsaṃ jagadgurum
Having reached the Svāmipuṣkariṇī, the virtuous woman lit lamps; the greatly fortunate one, with rows of lamps on the steps, straightway gladdened the lord of gods, Śrīnivāsa, the world's teacher.
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GaP 3 27.28
पुनः परदिने प्राप्ते शक्रतीर्थमनुत्तमम् । कपिलाख्योर्ध्वदेशे तु तत्तीर्थं पावनं स्मृतम्
punaḥ paradine prāpte śakratīrthamanuttamam / kapilākhyordhvadeśe tu tattīrthaṃ pāvanaṃ smṛtam
Again, when the next day came, (she went to) Śakratīrtha, the unsurpassed; in the region above the one called Kapilā that tīrtha is held to be purifying.
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GaP 3 27.29
तत्र स्नात्वा महाभागा तदूर्ध्वं स्नापयेत्स्वयम् । विष्वसेनसरस्तत्र सर्वपापविनाशनम्
tatra snātvā mahābhāgā tadūrdhvaṃ snāpayetsvayam / viṣvasenasarastatra sarvapāpavināśanam
Having bathed there, the greatly fortunate one should herself bathe above that: there is the lake of Viṣvaksena, destroyer of all sins.
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GaP 3 27.30
तत ऊर्ध्वं महाभागा ययौ तत्र ददर्श सा । पञ्चायुधानां तीर्थानि तेषु स्नानं चकार सा
tata ūrdhvaṃ mahābhāgā yayau tatra dadarśa sā / pañcāyudhānāṃ tīrthāni teṣu snānaṃ cakāra sā
Above that the greatly fortunate one went, and there she saw the tīrthas of the five weapons; in them she performed her bathing.
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GaP 3 27.31
तदूर्ध्वं चाग्निकुण्डं स्याद्दुरारोहं ततोग्रतः । तस्योपरि ब्रह्मतीर्थं ब्रह्महत्याविमोचनम्
tadūrdhvaṃ cāgnikuṇḍaṃ syāddurārohaṃ tatogrataḥ / tasyopari brahmatīrthaṃ brahmahatyāvimocanam
Above that would be the Agnikuṇḍa, hard to climb, and further on ahead; above it is the Brahmatīrtha, which releases from the killing of a brahmin.
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GaP 3 27.32
सप्तर्षीणां तदूर्ध्वं तु पुण्यतीर्थं च सत्फलम् । दशाधिकफलं तेषा तीर्थानामुत्तरोत्तरम्
saptarṣīṇāṃ tadūrdhvaṃ tu puṇyatīrthaṃ ca satphalam / daśādhikaphalaṃ teṣā tīrthānāmuttarottaram
Above that is the holy tīrtha of the seven sages, with true fruit; of these tīrthas, each successive one has fruit tenfold greater.
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GaP 3 27.33
एतेषां चैव माहात्म्यं को वा वक्तुमिहार्हति । ऋषितीर्थेषु सा कन्या चचार तप उत्तमम्
eteṣāṃ caiva māhātmyaṃ ko vā vaktumihārhati / ṛṣitīrtheṣu sā kanyā cacāra tapa uttamam
And who here is able to tell the greatness of these? At the sages' tīrthas that maiden practised the highest austerity.
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GaP 3 27.34
ममावतारपर्यन्तं चरित्वा तप उत्तमम् । योगधारण या देहं त्यक्त्वा जांबवतो गृहे
mamāvatāraparyantaṃ caritvā tapa uttamam / yogadhāraṇa yā dehaṃ tyaktvā jāṃbavato gṛhe
Having practised the highest austerity up to the time of my descent, she abandoned her body by yogic concentration, (and was born) in Jāmbavat's house.
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GaP 3 27.35
जाता जांबवती नाम ववृधे तस्य वेश्मनि । तस्याः पिता जांबवान्स समादात्कन्यकां तदा । रुक्म्या अनं तरा सैषा मम भार्या खगेश्वर
jātā jāṃbavatī nāma vavṛdhe tasya veśmani / tasyāḥ pitā jāṃbavānsa samādātkanyakāṃ tadā / rukmyā anaṃ tarā saiṣā mama bhāryā khageśvara
Born by the name Jāmbavatī, she grew up in his house; then her father Jāmbavat gave that maiden (to me). She, next after Rukmiṇī, is this wife of mine, O lord of birds.
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GaP 3 27.36
इदं हि परमाख्यानं वेङ्कटाद्रेर्महागिरेः । को वा वर्णयितुं शक्तो मदन्यः पुरुषो भुवि
idaṃ hi paramākhyānaṃ veṅkaṭādrermahāgireḥ / ko vā varṇayituṃ śakto madanyaḥ puruṣo bhuvi
This indeed is the supreme narrative of the great mountain Veṅkaṭādri; what man on earth other than me is able to describe it?
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GaP 3 27.37
वेङ्कटेशस्य नैवेद्यं सदा लक्ष्मीः करोति वै । ब्रह्मा पूजयते नित्यमेवं शास्त्रस्य निर्णयः
veṅkaṭeśasya naivedyaṃ sadā lakṣmīḥ karoti vai / brahmā pūjayate nityamevaṃ śāstrasya nirṇayaḥ
Lakṣmī always prepares the food-offering of Veṅkaṭeśa, and Brahmā worships (him) daily — such is the conclusion of scripture.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 27.38
नैवेद्यभक्षिणां पुंसामुपहासं न कारयेत् । स्वस्य प्राशस्त्यभावे तु नैवेद्यादि गुडादिकम् । ग्राह्यमेव न संदेहो अन्यथा नारकी भवेत्
naivedyabhakṣiṇāṃ puṃsāmupahāsaṃ na kārayet / svasya prāśastyabhāve tu naivedyādi guḍādikam / grāhyameva na saṃdeho anyathā nārakī bhavet
One should not make mockery of men who eat the food-offering; but even in the absence of one's own eminence, the offering-food, molasses and the like, is certainly to be accepted — there is no doubt — otherwise one would become a dweller in hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 27.39
श्रीनिवासात्परो देवो न भूतो न भविष्यति । स्वयं च पाचयित्वात्वं घृतपक्वादिकं तथा । श्रीनिवासस्य नैवेद्यं दत्त्वा भोजनमाचरेत्
śrīnivāsātparo devo na bhūto na bhaviṣyati / svayaṃ ca pācayitvātvaṃ ghṛtapakvādikaṃ tathā / śrīnivāsasya naivedyaṃ dattvā bhojanamācaret
There has not been and will not be a god higher than Śrīnivāsa. And you yourself, having had ghee-cooked food and the like prepared, should give it as an offering to Śrīnivāsa and then take your meal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 27.40
इदं तु परमं गोप्यं तवोक्तं च खगेश्वर । न कस्यापि च वक्तव्यं गोप्यत्वात्खगसत्तम । इतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि तारतम्यं शृणु प्रभो
idaṃ tu paramaṃ gopyaṃ tavoktaṃ ca khageśvara / na kasyāpi ca vaktavyaṃ gopyatvātkhagasattama / itaḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi tāratamyaṃ śṛṇu prabho
This is supremely secret, and it has been told to you, O lord of birds; it must not be told to anyone, because it is secret, O best of birds. Hereafter I shall declare the gradation (of ranks); listen, lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition