[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) › 1.124 # Garudapurana 1.124 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.124 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.124.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.124.23) — 1 part ### [1.124.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.124.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 124 brahmovāca / śivarātrivrataṃ vakṣye kathāṃ vai sarvakāmadām / yathā ca gaurī bhūteśaṃ pṛcchati sma paraṃ vratam // > The Glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 124 > Brahmā said: > I shall speak of the religious observance of the Night of Śiva, a story that grants all desires, > and how Gaurī questioned the Lord of Beings about the supreme religious observance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.124.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.124.2) īśvarauvāca / māghaphālgunayormadhye kṛṣṇā yā tu caturdaśī / tasyāṃ jāgaraṇādrudraḥ pūjito bhuktimuktidaḥ // > The Lord said: > The fourteenth day of the dark fortnight between the months of Māgha and Phālguna— > on that day, Rudra, worshipped through an all-night vigil, bestows enjoyment and liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.124.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.124.3) kāmayukto haraḥ pūjyo dvādaśyāmi keśavaḥ / upoṣitaiḥ pūjitaḥ sannarakāttarayattathā // > With desire, Hara is to be worshipped, just as Keśava on the twelfth day. > Being worshipped by those who fast, he delivers them from hell. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.124.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.124.4) niṣādaścarbude rājā pāpī sundarasenakaḥ / sa kukruraiḥ samāyukto mṛgānhantuṃ vanaṃ gataḥ // > There was a hunter king on Mount Arbuda, a sinner named Sundarasenaka. > Accompanied by dogs, he went to the forest to kill deer. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.124.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.124.5) mṛgādi kamasaṃprāpya kṣutpipāsārdito girau / rātrau taḍāgatīreṣu nikuñje jāgradāsthitaḥ // > Failing to obtain any deer or other game, afflicted by hunger and thirst on the mountain, > he stayed awake at night in an arbor on the banks of a pond. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.124.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.124.6) tatrāsti liṅgaṃ svaṃ rakṣañcharīraṃ cākṣipattataḥ / parṇāni cāpatanmūrdhni liṅgasyaiva na jānataḥ // > There was a liṅga there; guarding himself, he shook his body, > and leaves fell on top of that very liṅga, without his knowing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.124.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.124.7) tena dhūlinirodhāya kṣiptaṃ nīraṃ ca liṅgake / śaraḥ pramādenaikastu pracyutaḥ karapallavāt // > To settle the dust, water was splashed by him upon the liṅga; > and through an accident, an arrow slipped from the sprout-like fingers of his hand. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.124.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.124.8) jānubhyāmavanīṃ gatvā liṅgaṃ spṭaṣṭvā gṛhītavān / evaṃ snānaṃ sparśanaṃ ca pūjanaṃ jāgaro 'bhavat // > Falling to the ground on his knees, he touched the liṅga and picked it up. > Thus there was bathing, touching, worship, and an all-night vigil. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.124.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.124.9) prātargṛhāgato bhāryādattānnaṃ bhuktavānsa ca / kāle mṛto yamabhaṭaiḥ pāśairbaddhvā tu nīyate // > In the morning he went home and ate food given by his wife. > When his time came, having died, he was bound with nooses by the soldiers of Yama and led away. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.124.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.124.10) tadā mama gaṇairyuddhe jitvā muktīkṛtaḥ sa ca / kukkureṇa sahaivābhūdgaṇo matpārśvago 'malaḥ // > Then, having been victorious in battle, my attendants freed him; > and together with the dog itself, he became a spotless attendant staying at my side. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.124.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.124.11) evamajñānataḥ puṇyañjñānātpuṇyamathākṣayam / trayodaśyāṃ śivaṃ pūjya kuryātta niyamaṃ vratī // > In this way merit arises from ignorance; but merit from knowledge is imperishable. > Having worshipped Śiva on the thirteenth day, the practitioner of the religious observance should make the resolution: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.124.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.124.12) prātardeva ! caturdaśyāṃ jāgariṣyāmyahaṃ niśi / pūjāṃ dānaṃ tapo homaṃ kariṣyāmyātmaśaktitaḥ // > “In the morning, O God, on the fourteenth day, I shall keep vigil at night; > I shall perform worship, charity, austerity, and fire-sacrifice according to my capacity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.124.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.124.13) caturdaśyāṃ nirāhāro bhūtvā śambho pare 'hani / bhokṣye 'haṃ bhuktimuktyarthaṃ śaraṇaṃ me bhaveśvara // > Having remained without food on the fourteenth day, O Śambhu, on the next day > I shall eat, for the sake of enjoyment and liberation; be my refuge, O Lord of existence.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.124.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.124.14) pañcagavyāmṛtaiḥ snāpya tatkāle guruṃ śritaḥ / oṃ namo namaḥ śivāya gandhādyaḥ pūjayeddharam // > Having bathed \[the liṅga\] with the nectars of pañcagavya, having sought refuge in the teacher at that time, > he should worship Hara with perfumes and other offerings, saying: “Oṃ, reverence, reverence to Śiva.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.124.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.124.15) tilataṇḍulavrīhīṃśca juhuyātsaghṛtaṃ carum / hutvā pūrṇāhutiṃ dattvā śṛṇuyādgītasatkathām // > He should offer into the fire sesame seeds, husked rice, and unhusked rice, as well as boiled rice offering with ghee. > Having offered the oblations and given the final offering, he should listen to songs and holy stories. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.124.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.124.16) ardharātre triyāme ca caturthe ca punayarjat / mūlamantraṃ tathā japtvā prabhāte tu kṣamāpayet // > At midnight, in the third watch, and again in the fourth watch, he should worship; > and having repeated the fundamental mantra in that way, he should ask for forgiveness at dawn: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.124.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.124.17) avighnena vrataṃ deva ! tvatprasadānmayārcitam / kṣamasva jagatāṃ nātha ! trailokyādhipate hara ! // > “Without obstacles, O God, through your grace, this religious observance has been observed by me. > Forgive me, O Lord of the worlds, ruler of the three worlds, O Hara! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.124.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.124.18) yanmayādya kṛtaṃ puṇyaṃ yadrudrasya niveditam / tvatprasādānmayā deva ! vratamadya samāpitam // > Whatever merit has been done by me today, whatever has been offered to Rudra, > by your grace, O God, my religious observance has been completed today. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.124.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.124.19) prasanno bhava me śrīman gṛhaṃ prati ca gamyatām / tvadālokanamātreṇa pavitro 'smi na saṃśayaḥ // > Be gracious to me, O glorious one; may you depart to your abode. > By the mere sight of you, I am purified, without doubt.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.124.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.124.20) bhojayeddhyānaniṣṭhāṃśca vastracchatrādikaṃ dadet / devādideva bhūteśa lokānugrahakāraka // > One should feed those devoted to meditation and give clothes, parasols, and other gifts: / 'O God of gods, O Lord of beings, O granter of grace to the worlds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.124.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.124.21) yanmayā śraddhayā dattaṃ prīyatāṃ tena me prabhuḥ / iti kṣamāpya ca vratī kuryādvādaśavārṣikam // > May my Lord be pleased with what I have offered in faith!' / Having thus asked for forgiveness, the observer of the religious observance should perform it for twelve years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.124.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.124.22) kīrtiśrīputrarājyādi prāpya śaivaṃ puraṃ vrajet / dvādaśeṣvapi māseṣu prakuryādiha jāgaram // > Having obtained fame, fortune, sons, sovereignty, and the like, he goes to the realm of Śiva. / One should also keep vigil here during all twelve months. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.124.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.124.23) vratī dvādaśa saṃbhojya dīpadaḥ svargamāpnuyāt // > Having fed twelve \[brahmins\], the observer of the religious observance who gives lamps attains heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.124.23.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.124.23.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe śivarātrivrataṃ nāma caturviṃśatyuttaraśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the one hundred and twenty-fourth chapter, named 'The Śivarātri Observance', in the Ritual Section called the First Part of the First Section of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.124.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.124) · Pramāṇa