[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) › 1.127 # Garudapurana 1.127 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.127 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.127.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.127.20) — 1 part ### [1.127.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.127.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 127 brahmovāca / māghamāse śuklapakṣe sūryarkṣeṇa yutā purā / ekādaśī tathā caikā bhīmena samupoṣitā // > The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 127 / Brahmā said: / Formerly, in the bright fortnight of the month of Māgha, joined with the constellation of the Sun, / a certain eleventh lunar day was fasted by Bhīma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.127.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.127.2) āścarya tu vrataṃ kṛtvā pitṝṇāmanṛṇo 'bhavat / bhīmadvādaśī vikhyātā prāṇināṃ puṇyavardhinī // > Having performed this wonderful religious observance, he became free from debt to the ancestors. / Celebrated as Bhīmadvādaśī, it increases merit for living beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.127.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.127.3) nakṣatreṇa vināpyeṣā brahmahatyādi nāśayet / vinihanti mahāpāpaṃ kunṛpo viṣayaṃ yathā // > Even without the lunar mansion, it destroys the killing of a brahmin and other \[sins\]; / it completely destroys great sin, just as an evil king ruins his realm, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.127.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.127.4) kuputtrastu kulaṃ yadvatkubhāryā ca patiṃ yathā / adharmaṃ ca yathā dharmaḥ kumantrī ca yathā nṛpam // > Just as a bad son ruins a family, a bad wife ruins a husband, / dharma destroys adharma, and a bad minister ruins a king, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.127.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.127.5) ajñānena yathā jñānaṃ śaucamāśaucakaṃ yathā / aśraddhayā yathā śraddhā satyañcaivānṛtairyathā // > Just as knowledge is ruined by ignorance, purity by impurity, / faith by unfaith, and truth by falsehoods, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.127.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.127.6) himaṃ yathoṣṇamāhanyādanarthaṃ cārthasaṃcayaḥ / yathā prakartināddānaṃ tapo vai vismayādyathā // > Just as frost destroys heat, and an accumulation of wealth destroys misfortune, / just as charity is ruined by boastfulness, and ascetic heat by pride, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.127.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.127.7) aśikṣayā yathā putro gāvo dūragatairyathā / krodhena ca yathā śāntiryathā vittamavaddhanāt // > Just as a son is ruined by lack of discipline, cows by straying far, / peace by anger, and wealth by lack of growth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.127.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.127.8) jñānenaiyathā vidyā niṣkāmena yathā phalam / tathaiva pāpanāśāya prokteyaṃ dvādaśī śubhā // > Just as learning is obtained through knowledge, and the fruit through desirelessness, / even so this auspicious twelfth day has been declared for the destruction of sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.127.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.127.9) brahmahatyā surā pāna steyaṃ gurvaṅganāgamaḥ / yugapattuprajātānihanti tripuṣkaram // > The killing of a brahmin, drinking liquor, theft, and violation of the Guru's bed: / \[all these sins\], even occurring simultaneously, are destroyed at Tripuṣkara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.127.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.127.10) na cāpi naimiṣaṃ kṣetraṃ kurukṣetraṃ prabhāsakam / kālindī yamunā gaṅgā na caiva na sarasvatī // > Neither the region of Naimiṣa, nor Kurukṣetra, nor Prabhāsa, / nor the Kālindī, Yamunā, Gaṅgā, nor Sarasvatī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.127.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.127.11) caiva sarvatīrthāni ekādaśyāḥ samāni hi / na dānaṃ na japo homo na cānyatsukṛtaṃ kracit // > Nor indeed all sacred places are equal to the eleventh lunar day. / No charity, no recitation of mantras, no fire offering, nor any other good deed anywhere \[equals it\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.127.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.127.12) ekataḥ pṛthivīdānamekato harivāsaraḥ / tato 'pyekā mahāpuṇyā iyamekādaśī varā // > On the one side is the gift of the earth, on the other is the day of Hari; / yet even more meritorious than that is this excellent eleventh lunar day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.127.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.127.13) asminvarāhapuruṣaṃ kṛtvā devaṃ tu hāṭakam / ghaṭopari nave pātre kṛtvā vai tāmrabhājane // > On this \[day\], having fashioned the Varāha Puruṣa as a golden deity, / placing it on top of a water pot in a new vessel, indeed in a copper vessel > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.127.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.127.14) sarvabījabhṛte viprāḥ sitavastrāvagaṇṭhite / sahiraṇyapradīpādyaiḥ kṛtvā pūjāṃ prayatnanaḥ // > Filled with all seeds, O brahmins, and covered with white cloth, / having performed the worship with effort using golden lamps and other offerings: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.127.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.127.15) varāhāya namaḥ pādau kroḍākṛtaye namaḥ kaṭim / nābhiṃ gaṃbhīraghoṣayā uraḥ śrīvatsadhāriṇe // > 'Obeisance to Varāha' \[worshipping\] the two feet; 'Obeisance to the Boar-formed' the waist; / the navel with 'To the one with a deep roar'; the chest with 'To the bearer of the Śrīvatsa'; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.127.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.127.16) bāhuṃ sahasraśirase grīvāṃ sarveśvarāya ca / mukhaṃ sarvātmane pūjyaṃ lalāṭaṃ prabhavāya ca // > The arm with 'To the thousand-headed one'; the neck with 'To the Lord of all'; / the face is to be worshipped with 'To the Self of all'; and the forehead with 'To the source of existence'; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.127.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.127.17) keśāḥ śatamayūkhāya pūjyā devasya cakriṇaḥ / vidhinā pūjayitvā tu kṛtvā jāgaraṇaṃ niśi // > The hair of the discus-bearing God is to be worshipped with 'To the one of a hundred rays'. / Having worshipped according to rule and kept vigil at night, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.127.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.127.18) śrutvā purāṇaṃ devasya māhātmyapratipādakam / prātarviprāya dattvā ca yācakāya śubhāya tat // > And listened to the Purāṇa that sets forth the greatness of the God, / having given that in the morning to an auspicious brahmin who is a petitioner, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.127.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.127.19) kanakakroḍasahitaṃ sannivedya paricchadam / paścāttu pāraṇaṃ kuryānnātitṛptaḥ sakṛdvrataḥ // > And having offered all the paraphernalia along with the golden boar, / one should then break the fast, eating once and not excessively satiated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.127.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.127.20) evaṃ kṛtvā naro vidyānna bhūya stanapo bhavet / upoṣyaikādaśīṃ puṇyāṃ mucyate vai ṛṇatrayāt / mano 'bhilaṣitāvāptiḥ kṛtvā sarvavratādikam // > Having done this, a wise person does not suck at a breast again. / Fasting on the meritorious eleventh day, one is indeed freed from the three debts; / having performed all the observances and rites, one attains the desires of one's heart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.127.20.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.127.20.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe ekādaśīmāhātmyaṃ nāma saptaviṃśatyuttaraśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the one hundred and twenty-seventh chapter, named 'The Greatness of the Eleventh Lunar Day', 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.1.127.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Kālasarvasva](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.utkala.kalasarvasva.10.742.5) — Kṛṣṇanātha 1750, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.127) · Pramāṇa