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# Garudapurana 1.131

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.131

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.131.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.131.21) — 2 parts

### [1.131.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.131.1)

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 131  
brahmovāca /  
brahman bhādrapade māsi śuklāṣṭamyāmupoṣitaḥ /  
dūrvāṃ saurīṃ gaṇeśaṃ ca phalapuṣpaiḥ śivaṃ yajet //

> The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, chapter 131.  
> Brahmā said:  
> O brāhmaṇa, fasting on the bright eighth day in the month of Bhādrapada,  
> one should worship Dūrvā, the daughter of the Sun, Gaṇeśa, and Śiva with fruits and flowers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.131.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.131.2)

phalavrīhyādibhiḥ sarvaiḥ śambhavenamaḥ śivāya ca /  
tvaṃ dūrve 'mṛjanmāsi hyaṣṭamī sarvakāmabhāk //

> with all fruits, rice grains, and the like, saying, "Obeisance to Śambhu and to Śiva!  
> You, O Dūrvā, are born of nectar; this eighth day indeed grants all desires."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.131.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.131.3)

anagnipakramaśrīyānmucyate brahmahatyayā /  
(iti dūrvāṣṭamīvratam) /  
kṛṣṇāṣṭamyāṃ ca rohiṇyāmardharātrer'canaṃ hareḥ //

> One should eat food uncooked by fire; he is freed from the murder of a brāhmaṇa.  
> (Thus ends the Dūrvāṣṭamī religious observance.)  
> On the dark eighth day under the constellation Rohiṇī, worship of Hari at midnight  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.131.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.131.4)

kāryā viddhāpi saptamyā hanti pāpaṃ trijanmanaḥ /  
upoṣitor'cayenmantraistithi bhānte ca pāraṇam //

> should be performed, even if overlapped by the seventh day; it destroys sins of three lifetimes.  
> Having fasted, one should worship with mantras, and break the fast at the end of the lunar day or constellation:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.131.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.131.5)

yogāya yogapataye yogeśvarāya yogasambhavāya govindāya namonamaḥ /  
(snānamantraḥ( yajñāya yajñeśvarāya yajñapataye govindāya namonamaḥ //

> "Obeisance, obeisance to Govinda, the embodiment of yoga, the lord of yoga, the master of yoga, the source of yoga!"  
> (The bathing mantra:) "Obeisance, obeisance to Govinda, the sacrifice, the master of sacrifice, the lord of sacrifice!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.131.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.131.6)

(arcanadṛ)--viśvāya viśveśvarāya viśvapataye govindāya namonamaḥ /  
(śayanadṛ)--sarvāya sarveśvarāya sarvetāya sarvasambhavāya govindāya namonamaḥ //

> (In the worship:) "Obeisance, obeisance to Govinda, the universe, the master of the universe, the lord of the universe!"  
> (In the lying-down ceremony:) "Obeisance, obeisance to Govinda, the all, the master of all, the goal of all, the source of all!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.131.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.131.7)

sthaṇḍile pūjayeddevaṃ sacandrāṃ rohiṇīṃ tathā /  
śaṅkhe toyaṃ samādāya sapuṣpaphalacandanam //

> One should worship the deity on a bare altar, and likewise Rohiṇī together with the Moon.  
> Taking water in a conch shell with flowers, fruits, and sandalwood,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.131.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.131.8)

jānubhyāmavanīṃ gatvā candrāyārghyaṃ nivedayet /  
kṣirodārṇavasaṃbhūta ! atrinetrasamudbhava ! //

> kneeling on the earth, one should present the guest-offering to the Moon:  
> "O you who arose from the Ocean of Milk! O you born of the eye of Atri!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.131.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.131.9)

gṛhāṇārghyaṃ śaśāṅkeśa (maṃ) rohiṇyā sahito mama /  
śriyai ca vasude vāya nandāya ca balāya ca //

> Accept this guest-offering of mine, O lord Moon, along with Rohiṇī!"  
> And to Śrī, to Vasudeva, to Nanda, and to Bala,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.131.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.131.10)

yaśodāyai tato dadyādarghyaṃ phalasamanvitam /  
anantaṃ (ghaṃ) vāmanaṃ śauriṃ vaikuṣṭhaṃ puruṣottamam //

> and then to Yaśodā one should give the guest-offering accompanied by fruit.  
> \[Then one should worship Hari as\] the endless, Vāmana, the son of Śūra, Vaikuṇṭha, the Supreme Spirit,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.131.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.131.11)

vāsudevaṃ hṛṣīkeśaṃ mādhavaṃ madhusūdanam /  
varāhaṃ puṇḍarīkākṣaṃ nṛsiṃhaṃ daityasūdanam //

> Vāsudeva, Hṛṣīkeśa, Mādhava, Madhusūdana,  
> Varāha, the Lotus-eyed, Nṛsiṃha, the slayer of Daityas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.131.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.131.12)

dāmodaraṃ padmanābhaṃ keśavaṃ gāruḍadhvajam /  
govindamacyutaṃ devamanantama parājitam //

> Dāmodara, Padmanābha, Keśava, whose banner is Garuḍa,  
> Govinda, Acyuta, the divine, the infinite, the unconquered,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.131.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.131.13)

adhokṣajaṃ jagadvījaṃ sargasthityantakāraṇam /  
anādinidhanaṃ viṣṇuṃ trilokeśaṃ trivikramam //

> Adhokṣaja, the seed of the universe, the cause of creation, maintenance, and dissolution,  
> without beginning or end, Viṣṇu, lord of the three worlds, Trivikrama,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.131.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.131.14)

nārāyaṇaṃ caturbāhuṃ śaṅkhacakragadādharam /  
pītambaradharaṃ divyaṃ vanamālāvibhūṣitam //

> Nārāyaṇa, four-armed, bearer of the conch, discus, and mace,  
> wearing yellow garments, divine, adorned with a garland of forest flowers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.131.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.131.15)

śrīvatsāṅkaṃ jagaddhāma śrīpatiṃ śrīdharaṃ harim /  
yaṃ devaṃ devakī devī vasudevādajījanat //

> marked with the Śrīvatsa, the abode of the world, husband of Śrī, bearer of Śrī, Hari—  
> the god whom the divine Devakī bore from Vasudeva  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.131.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.131.16)

bhaumasya brahmaṇo guptyai tasmai brahmātmane namaḥ /  
nāmānyetāni saṃkīrtya gatyarthaṃ prārthayetpunaḥ //

> for the protection of earthly Brahman; obeisance to him whose self is Brahman.  
> Having recited these names, one should pray again for the highest path:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.131.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.131.17)

trāhi māṃ devadeveśa ! hare ! saṃsārasāgarāt /  
trāhi māṃ sarvapāpaghna ! duḥ khaśokārṇavātprabho ! //

> "Save me, O god of the lords of gods! O Hari, from the ocean of worldly existence!  
> Save me, O destroyer of all sins, O Lord, from the ocean of misery and sorrow!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.131.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.131.18)

devakīnandana ! śrīśa ! hare ! saṃsārasāgarāt /  
durvṛttāṃstrāyase viṣṇo ! ye smaranti sakṛtsakṛt //

> O son of Devakī! O Lord of Śrī! O Hari, from the ocean of worldly existence!  
> You save the wicked, O Viṣṇu, who remember you even once and again!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.131.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.131.19)

so 'haṃ devātidurvṛttastrāhi māṃ śokasāgarāt /  
puṣkarākṣa ! nimagno 'haṃ mahtayajñānasāgare //

> I am one extremely wicked, O God; save me from the ocean of sorrow!  
> O Lotus-eyed one, I am drowned in a great ocean of ignorance!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.131.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.131.20)

trāhi māṃ devadeveśa ! tvāmṛte 'nyo na rakṣitā /  
svajanma vāsudevāpa gobrāhmaṇahitāya ca //

> Save me, O god of the lords of gods! Except for you, there is no protector!  
> Vāsudeva took his own birth for the welfare of cows and brāhmaṇas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.131.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.131.21)

jagaddhitāya kṛṣṇāya govindāya namonamaḥ /  
śāntirastu śivaṃ cāstu dhanavikhyātirājyabhāk //

> and for the welfare of the world; obeisance, obeisance to Kṛṣṇa, to Govinda!  
> May there be peace and auspiciousness!" One attains wealth, fame, and royal sovereignty.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.131.21.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.131.21.p1)

(iti kṛṣṇāṣṭamīvratam) /

> (Thus ends the Kṛṣṇāṣṭamī religious observance.)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.131.21.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.131.21.p2)

iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe kṛṣṇāṣṭamīvratanirūpaṇaṃ nā maikatriṃśaduttaraśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

> Thus ends the one hundred thirty-first chapter in the Ācārakāṇḍa, entitled "Determination of the Kṛṣṇāṣṭamī Observance," belonging to the first part in 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.1.131.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (6)

- [Varṣakriyākaumudī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.varsakrtya.varsakriyakaumudi.3.p372) — Govindānanda Kavikaṅkaṇa 1510, Sanskrit
- [Bhagavantabhāskara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.bhagavantabhaskara.27.p11.3) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1625, Sanskrit
- [Jayasīṃhakalpadruma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.jayasimhakalpadruma.5.p14.1) — Ratnākara 1688, Sanskrit
- [Smṛtikaustubha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtikaustubha.6.p2.16) — Anantadeva 1638, Sanskrit
- [Dharmasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.krtya.dharmasindhu.p118.4) — Kāśīnātha Upādhyāya 1790, Sanskrit
- [Dharmasindhusāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.siddhanta.karana.dharmasindhusara.p118.4) — Śivānanda Gosvāmin 1766, Sanskrit

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