[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Garudapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda) › 1.122 # Garudapurana 1.122 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.122 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.122.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.122.7) — 1 part ### [1.122.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.122.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 122 brahmovāca / vrataṃ māsopavāsākhyaṃ sarvotkṛṣṭaṃ vadāmite / vānaprastho yatirnārī kuryānmāsopavāsakam // > The Glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 122 > Brahmā said: > I shall tell you the supreme religious observance called the month-long fast. > A forest-dweller, an ascetic, or a woman should perform the month-long fast. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.122.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.122.2) āśvinasya site pakṣe ekādaśyāmupoṣitaḥ / vratametattu gṛhṇīyādyāvattriṃśaddināni tu // > Having fasted on the eleventh day in the bright fortnight of the month of Āśvina, > one should undertake this religious observance for thirty days. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.122.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.122.3) adyaprabhṛtyahaṃ viṣṇo yāvadutthānakaṃ tava / arcayetvāmanaśraṃstu dināni triṃśadeva tu // > \[Saying:\] “From today onward, O Viṣṇu, until your awakening, > I shall worship you, fasting, for thirty days. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.122.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.122.4) kārtikāśvinayorviṣṇo dvādaśyoḥ śuklayoraham / mriyeyadyantarāle tu vratabhaṅgo na me bhavet // > Between the bright twelfth days of Āśvina and Kārtika, O Viṣṇu, > if I should die in the interim, may my religious observance not be broken.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.122.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.122.5) hariṃ yajottriṣavaṇasnāyī gandhādibhirvratī / gātrābhyaṅgaṃ gandhalepaṃ devatāyatane tyajet // > Bathing at the three junctures of the day, the practitioner of the religious observance should worship Hari with perfumes and other offerings. > In the temple of the deity, one should forgo anointing the body with oil or perfume. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.122.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.122.6) dvādaśyāmatha saṃpūjya pradadyāddvijabhojanam / tataśca pāraṇaṃ kuryāddharermāsopavāsakṛt // > Then, having worshipped on the twelfth day, one should provide food to the twice-born. > Thereupon, one who performs Hari’s month-long fast should break the fast. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.122.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.122.7) dugdhādiprāśanaṃ kuryādvratastho mūrchito 'ntarā / dugdhādyairna vrataṃ naśyedbhuktimuktimavāpnuyāt // > If the practitioner of the religious observance faints in the interim, one may consume milk and the like; > by milk and such, the religious observance is not destroyed, and one obtains enjoyment and liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.122.7.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.122.7.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe māsopavāsavrataṃ nāma dvāviṃśatyuttaraśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the one hundred and twenty-second chapter, entitled “The Religious Observance of the Month-Long Fast,” in the section on conduct, within the first portion of the first section in the glorious and great Garuḍa Purāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.122.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.204.4) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.122) · Pramāṇa