Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 108
NarP 1 108.1
ब्रह्मोवाच मरीचे शृणु वक्ष्याभि पुराणं गारुडं शुभम् । गरुडायाब्रवीत्पृष्टो भगवान्गरुडासनः
brahmovāca marīce śṛṇu vakṣyābhi purāṇaṃ gāruḍaṃ śubham / garuḍāyābravītpṛṣṭo bhagavāngaruḍāsanaḥ
Brahmā said: Hear, Marīci, I shall relate the auspicious Gāruḍa Purāṇa, which the Lord who sits on Garuḍa, when asked, spoke to Garuḍa.
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NarP 1 108.2
एकोनविंशसाहस्रं तार्क्ष्यकल्पकथान्वितम् । पुराणोपक्रमप्रश्नः सर्गः संक्षेपतस्ततः
ekonaviṃśasāhasraṃ tārkṣyakalpakathānvitam / purāṇopakramapraśnaḥ sargaḥ saṃkṣepatastataḥ
It has nineteen thousand (verses) and contains the story of the Tārkṣya-kalpa: (first) the question that opens the Purāṇa, then the creation in brief;
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NarP 1 108.3
सूर्यादिपूजनविधिर्दीक्षाविधिरतः परम् । श्राद्धपूजा ततः पश्चान्नवव्यूहार्चनं द्विज
sūryādipūjanavidhirdīkṣāvidhirataḥ param / śrāddhapūjā tataḥ paścānnavavyūhārcanaṃ dvija
the rule for the worship of the Sun and the rest, and after that the rule of initiation; then the śrāddha worship, and afterwards the worship of the nine-fold manifestation (navavyūha), O twice-born;
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NarP 1 108.4
पूजाविधानं च तथा वैष्णवं पञ्जरं ततः । योगाध्यायस्ततो विष्णोर्नामसाहस्रकीर्तनम्
pūjāvidhānaṃ ca tathā vaiṣṇavaṃ pañjaraṃ tataḥ / yogādhyāyastato viṣṇornāmasāhasrakīrtanam
and the prescription of worship, and then the Vaiṣṇava "cage" (protective formula); then the chapter on yoga, then the recital of the thousand names of Viṣṇu;
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NarP 1 108.5
ध्यानं विष्णोस्ततः सूर्यपूजा मृत्युञ्जयार्चनम् । मालामन्त्रः शिवार्चाथ गणपूजा ततः परम्
dhyānaṃ viṣṇostataḥ sūryapūjā mṛtyuñjayārcanam / mālāmantraḥ śivārcātha gaṇapūjā tataḥ param
the meditation on Viṣṇu, then the worship of the Sun, the worship of Mṛtyuñjaya, the mālā-mantra, then the worship of Śiva, and after that the worship of Gaṇa (Gaṇeśa);
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NarP 1 108.6
गोपालपूजा त्रैलोक्यमोहनश्रीधरार्चनम् । विष्ण्वर्चा पञ्चतत्त्वार्चा चक्रार्चा देवपूजनम्
gopālapūjā trailokyamohanaśrīdharārcanam / viṣṇvarcā pañcatattvārcā cakrārcā devapūjanam
the worship of Gopāla, the worship of Trailokyamohana and of Śrīdhara, the worship of Viṣṇu, the worship of the five principles, the worship of the discus, the worship of the gods;
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NarP 1 108.7
न्यासादिसंध्योपास्तिश्च दुर्गार्चाथ सुरार्चनम् । पूजा माहेश्वरी चातः पवित्रारोपणार्चनम्
nyāsādisaṃdhyopāstiśca durgārcātha surārcanam / pūjā māheśvarī cātaḥ pavitrāropaṇārcanam
the observance of the twilight rites beginning with nyāsa, the worship of Durgā, then the worship of the gods, the Māheśvarī worship, and then the worship at the fastening of the sacred thread (pavitrāropaṇa);
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NarP 1 108.8
मूर्तिध्यांनवास्तुमानं प्रासादानां च लक्षणम् । प्रतिष्ठा सर्वदेवानां पृथक्पूजा विधानतः
mūrtidhyāṃnavāstumānaṃ prāsādānāṃ ca lakṣaṇam / pratiṣṭhā sarvadevānāṃ pṛthakpūjā vidhānataḥ
meditation on the (divine) forms, the measurement of building sites, and the characteristics of shrines, the consecration of all the gods, and the worship of each separately according to rule;
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NarP 1 108.9
योगो ऽषटाङ्गो दानधर्माः प्रयश्चित्तविधिक्रिया । द्वीपेशनरकाख्यानं सूर्यव्यूहश्च ज्योतिषम्
yogo 'ṣaṭāṅgo dānadharmāḥ prayaścittavidhikriyā / dvīpeśanarakākhyānaṃ sūryavyūhaśca jyotiṣam
the eight-limbed yoga, the duties of giving, the rites prescribed for expiation, the account of the continents, their lords and the hells, the array of the Sun, and astronomy;
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NarP 1 108.10
सामुद्रिकं स्वरज्ञानं नवरत्नपरीक्षणम् । माहात्म्यमथ तीर्थानां गयामाहात्म्यमुत्तमम्
sāmudrikaṃ svarajñānaṃ navaratnaparīkṣaṇam / māhātmyamatha tīrthānāṃ gayāmāhātmyamuttamam
palmistry, the knowledge of vowel-sounds (or: of breath), the testing of the nine gems, then the greatness of the sacred fords, and the excellent greatness of Gayā;
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NarP 1 108.11
ततो मन्वन्तराख्यानं पृथक्पृथग्विभागशः । पित्राख्यानं वर्णधर्मा द्रव्यशुद्धिः समर्पणम्
tato manvantarākhyānaṃ pṛthakpṛthagvibhāgaśaḥ / pitrākhyānaṃ varṇadharmā dravyaśuddhiḥ samarpaṇam
then the account of the Manu-periods, each separately by divisions; the account of the ancestors, the duties of the classes, the purification of substances, and (ritual) offering;
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NarP 1 108.12
श्राद्धं विनायकस्यार्चा ग्रहयज्ञस्तथआ श्रमाः । जननाख्यं प्रेतशौचं नीतिशास्त्रं व्रतोक्तयः
śrāddhaṃ vināyakasyārcā grahayajñastathaā śramāḥ / jananākhyaṃ pretaśaucaṃ nītiśāstraṃ vratoktayaḥ
the śrāddha, the worship of Vināyaka, the sacrifice to the planets, and likewise the stages of life; the account of birth, the impurity (caused) by a dead person, the science of polity, and the statements of vows;
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NarP 1 108.13
सूर्यवंशः सोमवंशो ऽवतारकथनं हरेः । रामायणं हरेर्वंशो भारताख्यानकं ततः
sūryavaṃśaḥ somavaṃśo 'vatārakathanaṃ hareḥ / rāmāyaṇaṃ harervaṃśo bhāratākhyānakaṃ tataḥ
the solar dynasty, the lunar dynasty, the telling of Hari's descents, the Rāmāyaṇa, the lineage of Hari, and then the narrative of the Bhārata;
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NarP 1 108.14
आयुर्वेदनिदानं प्राक् चिकिकत्सा द्रव्यजा गुणाः । रोगघ्नं कवचं विष्णोर्गारुडं त्रैपुरो मनुः
āyurvedanidānaṃ prāk cikikatsā dravyajā guṇāḥ / rogaghnaṃ kavacaṃ viṣṇorgāruḍaṃ traipuro manuḥ
first the diagnostics of medicine, (then) treatment, the qualities arising from substances, the disease-destroying armour (kavaca) of Viṣṇu, the Gāruḍa (formula), the Traipura mantra;
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NarP 1 108.15
प्रश्नचूडामणिश्चान्तो हयायुर्वेदकीर्तनम् । ओषघीनाम कथनं ततो व्याकरणोहनम्
praśnacūḍāmaṇiścānto hayāyurvedakīrtanam / oṣaghīnāma kathanaṃ tato vyākaraṇohanam
and at the end the Praśnacūḍāmaṇi, the recital of the veterinary medicine of horses, the telling of the names of herbs, then the deduction of grammar;
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NarP 1 108.16
छन्दः शास्त्रं सदाचारस्ततः स्नानविधिः स्मृतः । तर्पणं वैश्वदेवं च संध्या पार्वणकर्म च
chandaḥ śāstraṃ sadācārastataḥ snānavidhiḥ smṛtaḥ / tarpaṇaṃ vaiśvadevaṃ ca saṃdhyā pārvaṇakarma ca
The science of metre, good conduct, then the rule of bathing is recorded; the tarpaṇa offering and the Vaiśvadeva rite, the twilight worship, and the rite of the new/full-moon (pārvaṇa).
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NarP 1 108.17
नित्यश्राद्धं सर्पिडाख्यं धर्मसारो ऽघनिष्कृतिः । प्रतिसंक्रम उक्ताः स्म युगधर्माः कृतेः फलम्
nityaśrāddhaṃ sarpiḍākhyaṃ dharmasāro 'ghaniṣkṛtiḥ / pratisaṃkrama uktāḥ sma yugadharmāḥ kṛteḥ phalam
The daily śrāddha, that called sarpiḍa (the offering of clarified butter?), the essence of dharma, the expiation of sin; the transitions (of the sun) — thus we have declared the duties of the (four) ages and the fruit of (right) action.
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NarP 1 108.18
योगशास्त्रं विष्णुभक्तिर्नमस्कृतिफलं हरेः । माहात्म्यं वैष्णवं चाथ नारसिंहस्तवोत्तमम्
yogaśāstraṃ viṣṇubhaktirnamaskṛtiphalaṃ hareḥ / māhātmyaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ cātha nārasiṃhastavottamam
The science of yoga, devotion to Viṣṇu, the fruit of making obeisance to Hari, the greatness of the Vaiṣṇavas, and then the excellent hymn to Narasiṃha.
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NarP 1 108.19
ज्ञानामृतं गुहुष्टकं स्तोत्रं विष्ण्वर्चनाह्वयम् । वेदान्तसांख्यसिद्धान्तो ब्रह्मज्ञानं तथाल्मकम्
jñānāmṛtaṃ guhuṣṭakaṃ stotraṃ viṣṇvarcanāhvayam / vedāntasāṃkhyasiddhānto brahmajñānaṃ tathālmakam
The nectar of knowledge, the eight (verses) of ... , the hymn named 'the worship of Viṣṇu', the doctrine of Vedānta and Sāṃkhya, and likewise the knowledge of Brahman concerning the self.
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NarP 1 108.20
गीतासारः फलोत्कीर्तिः पूर्वखण्डो ऽयमीरितः । अथास्यैवोत्तरे खण्डे प्रेतकल्पः पुरोदितः
gītāsāraḥ phalotkīrtiḥ pūrvakhaṇḍo 'yamīritaḥ / athāsyaivottare khaṇḍe pretakalpaḥ puroditaḥ
The essence of the Gītā, the proclamation of the fruit — this former section has been declared. Now, in the latter section of this very (work), the Pretakalpa was formerly told,
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NarP 1 108.21
यत्र तार्क्ष्येण संपृष्टो भगवानाह वाडवाः । धर्मप्रकटनं पूर्वं योगिनां गतिकारणम्
yatra tārkṣyeṇa saṃpṛṣṭo bhagavānāha vāḍavāḥ / dharmaprakaṭanaṃ pūrvaṃ yogināṃ gatikāraṇam
wherein, questioned by Tārkṣya (Garuḍa), the Lord spoke, O brahmins: first the disclosure of dharma, the cause of the yogins' (attainment of their) course,
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NarP 1 108.22
दानादिकं फलं चापि प्रोक्तमन्त्रोर्द्धदैहिकम् । यमलोकस्थमार्गस्य वर्णन च तः परम्
dānādikaṃ phalaṃ cāpi proktamantrorddhadaihikam / yamalokasthamārgasya varṇana ca taḥ param
and also the fruit of giving and the rest; the mantras for the after-death (rites) were declared; and then further the description of the road that lies in Yama's world,
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NarP 1 108.23
षोडशश्राद्धफलको वृत्तान्तश्चात्र वर्णितः । निष्कृतिर्यममार्गस्य धर्मराजस्य वैभवम्
ṣoḍaśaśrāddhaphalako vṛttāntaścātra varṇitaḥ / niṣkṛtiryamamārgasya dharmarājasya vaibhavam
and here is described the account of the sixteen śrāddhas with their fruit, the expiation, (the account) of Yama's road, and the majesty of Dharmarāja;
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NarP 1 108.24
प्रेतपीडांविनिर्द्देशः प्रेतचिह्ननिरूपणम् । प्रेतानां चरिताख्यानं कारणं प्रेततां प्रति
pretapīḍāṃvinirddeśaḥ pretacihnanirūpaṇam / pretānāṃ caritākhyānaṃ kāraṇaṃ pretatāṃ prati
the specification of the torments of the pretas, the determination of the marks of a preta, the narration of the pretas' behaviour, the cause of becoming a preta,
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NarP 1 108.25
प्रेतकृत्यविचारश्च सर्पिडीकरणोक्तयः । प्रेतत्वमोक्षणाख्यानं दानानि च विमुक्तये
pretakṛtyavicāraśca sarpiḍīkaraṇoktayaḥ / pretatvamokṣaṇākhyānaṃ dānāni ca vimuktaye
the consideration of the rites for pretas, the statements about performing the sarpiḍa (rite), the account of release from preta-hood, and the gifts (that lead) to liberation,
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NarP 1 108.26
आवश्यकोत्तमं दानं प्रेतसौख्यकरोहनम् । शारीरकविनिर्देशो यमलोकस्य वर्णनम्
āvaśyakottamaṃ dānaṃ pretasaukhyakarohanam / śārīrakavinirdeśo yamalokasya varṇanam
the supreme obligatory gift that produces ease for the preta, the specification concerning the body, the description of Yama's world,
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NarP 1 108.27
प्रेतत्वोद्धारकथनं कर्मकृर्त्तृविनिर्णयः । मृत्योः पूर्वक्रियाख्यानं पश्चात्कर्मनिरूपणम्
pretatvoddhārakathanaṃ karmakṛrttṛvinirṇayaḥ / mṛtyoḥ pūrvakriyākhyānaṃ paścātkarmanirūpaṇam
the telling of deliverance from preta-hood, the determination of who is to perform the rites, the account of the rites preceding death, and the setting forth of the rites afterwards,
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NarP 1 108.28
मध्यषोडशकश्राद्धं स्वर्गप्राप्तिक्रियोहनम् । सूतकस्याथ संख्यांनं नारायणबलिक्रिया
madhyaṣoḍaśakaśrāddhaṃ svargaprāptikriyohanam / sūtakasyātha saṃkhyāṃnaṃ nārāyaṇabalikriyā
the middle sixteen śrāddhas, the production of the rite for attaining heaven, then the reckoning of the period of impurity, the rite of the Nārāyaṇa-bali,
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NarP 1 108.29
वृषोत्सर्गस्य माहात्म्यं निषिद्धपरिवर्जनम् । अपमृत्युक्रियोक्तिश्च विपाकः कर्मणां नृणाम्
vṛṣotsargasya māhātmyaṃ niṣiddhaparivarjanam / apamṛtyukriyoktiśca vipākaḥ karmaṇāṃ nṛṇām
the greatness of releasing a bull, the avoidance of what is forbidden, the statement of the rites for untimely death, and the ripening of men's deeds,
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NarP 1 108.30
कृत्याकृत्यविचारश्च विष्णुध्यानविमुक्तये । स्वर्गतौ विहिताख्यानं स्वर्गसौख्यनिरूपणम्
kṛtyākṛtyavicāraśca viṣṇudhyānavimuktaye / svargatau vihitākhyānaṃ svargasaukhyanirūpaṇam
the consideration of what is to be done and not done, and the meditation on Viṣṇu for liberation, the account of what is prescribed for going to heaven, the setting forth of heaven's pleasures,
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NarP 1 108.31
भूर्लोकवर्णनं चैव सप्ताधोलोकवर्णनम् । पञ्चोर्द्ध्वलोककथनं ब्रह्माण्डस्थितिकीर्तनम्
bhūrlokavarṇanaṃ caiva saptādholokavarṇanam / pañcorddhvalokakathanaṃ brahmāṇḍasthitikīrtanam
and the description of the earth-world, the description of the seven nether worlds, the account of the five upper worlds, the declaration of the constitution of the cosmic egg (brahmāṇḍa),
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NarP 1 108.32
ब्रह्माण्डानेकचरितं ब्रह्मजीवनिरूपणम् । आत्यन्तिकं लयाख्यानं फलस्तुति निरूपणम्
brahmāṇḍānekacaritaṃ brahmajīvanirūpaṇam / ātyantikaṃ layākhyānaṃ phalastuti nirūpaṇam
the manifold doings of the cosmic egg, the setting forth of the life of Brahmā, the account of the final dissolution, and the setting forth of the praise of the fruit.
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NarP 1 108.33
इत्येतद्गारुडं नाम पुराणं भुक्तिमुक्तिदम् । कीर्तितं पापशमनं पठतां शृण्वतां नृणाम्
ityetadgāruḍaṃ nāma purāṇaṃ bhuktimuktidam / kīrtitaṃ pāpaśamanaṃ paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ nṛṇām
Thus this Purāṇa named Gāruḍa, which grants enjoyment and liberation, has been declared — destroying the sins of men who read and hear it.
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NarP 1 108.34
लिखित्वैतत्पुराणं तु विषुवे यः प्रयच्छति । सौवर्णहंसयुग्माढ्यं विप्राय स दिवं व्रजेत्
likhitvaitatpurāṇaṃ tu viṣuve yaḥ prayacchati / sauvarṇahaṃsayugmāḍhyaṃ viprāya sa divaṃ vrajet
And whoever, having written this Purāṇa, presents it at the equinox to a brahmin, together with a pair of golden geese, he goes to heaven.
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