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# Garudapurana 1.133

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.133

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.133.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.133.18) — 1 part

### [1.133.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.133.1)

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 133  
brahmovāca /  
aśokakalikā hyaṣṭau ye pibanti punarvasau /  
caitre māsi sitāṣṭamyāṃ na te śokamavāpnuyuḥ //

> The Glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 133 / Brahmā said: / Those who drink eight aśoka buds under the asterism Punarvasu / on the bright eighth lunar day in the month of Caitra do not incur sorrow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.133.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.133.2)

tvāmaśoka ! harābhīṣṭa ! madhumāsasamudbhava /  
pibāmi śokasantapto māmaśokaṃ sadā kuru //

> "O Aśoka! O beloved of Hara! O born of the spring month! / Distressed by grief, I drink you; make me free from sorrow forever!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.133.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.133.3)

(ityaśokāṣṭamīvratam) /  
brahmovāca /  
śuklāṣṭamyāmāśvayuje uttarāṣāḍhayā yutā /  
sā mahānavamītyuktā snānadānādi cākṣayam //

> (Thus the Aśokāṣṭamī observance.) / Brahmā said: / When the bright eighth lunar day in Āśvayuja is conjoined with Uttarāṣāḍhā, / that is spoken of as Mahānavamī, and ablution, donation, and the like become imperishable.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.133.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.133.4)

navamī kevalā cāpi durgāṃ caiva tu pūjayet /  
mahāvrataṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ śaṅkarādyairanuṣṭhitam //

> Even on the ninth lunar day alone, one should worship Durgā. / This is a great religious observance of great merit, performed by Śaṅkara and others.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.133.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.133.5)

ayācitādi ṣaṣṭhyādau rājā śatrujayāyā ca /  
japahomasamāyuktaḥ kanyāṃ vā bhojayetsadā //

> For the conquest of enemies, a king, eating only unbegged food or the like from the sixth lunar day onwards, / accompanied by recitation and fire offerings, or should continuously feed maiden girls.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.133.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.133.6)

durgedurge rakṣiṇi svāhā mantro 'yaṃ pūjanādiṣu /  
dīrghākārādimātrābhirnava devyo namo 'ntikāḥ //

> "durge durge rakṣiṇi svāhā" is this mantra in worship and other rites. / The nine goddesses end with "namaḥ", accompanied by the syllables beginning with the long vowels and the rest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.133.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.133.7)

ṣaḍbhiḥ padairnamaḥ svāhā vaṣaḍādihṛdādikam /  
aṅguṣṭhādikaniṣṭhāntaṃ nyasya vai pṛjayecchivām //

> With six phrases ending in "namaḥ", "svāhā", "vaṣaṭ", and so on, upon the heart and other limbs, / having performed ritual placement from the thumb to the little finger, one should indeed worship the auspicious goddess.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.133.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.133.8)

aṣṭamyāṃ nava gehāni dārujānyekameva vā /  
tasmindevī prakartavyā haimī vārājatāpi vā //

> On the eighth lunar day, nine chambers made of wood, or just one, \[should be made\]. / In that, the Goddess should be fashioned out of gold or even silver.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.133.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.133.9)

śūle khaṅge pustake vā paṭe vā maṇḍale (pe) yajet /  
kapālaṃ kheṭakaṃ ghaṇṭāṃ darpaṇaṃ tarjanīṃ dhanaḥ //

> One may worship her upon a trident, a sword, a book, a painted cloth, or a maṇḍala. / Holding in her left hands a skull-cup, a shield, a bell, a mirror, a warning gesture, a bow,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.133.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.133.10)

dhvajaṃ ḍamarukaṃ pāśaṃ vāmahasteṣu bibhratī /  
śaktiṃ ca mudgaraṃ śūlaṃ vajraṃ khaṅgaṃ tathāṅkuśam //

> a banner, a small hand-drum, and a noose; / and \[in her right hands\] a lance, a club, a trident, a thunderbolt, a sword, likewise a goad,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.133.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.133.11)

śaraṃ cakraṃ śalākāṃ ca durgāmāyudhasaṃyutām /  
śeṣāḥ ṣoḍaśahastāṃ syurañjanaṃ ḍamaruṃ vinā //

> an arrow, a discus, and a dart—such is Durgā endowed with weapons. / The remaining ones should have sixteen hands, omitting the collyrium and the hand-drum.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.133.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.133.12)

rudracaṇḍā pracaṇḍā ca caṇḍogrā caṇḍanāyikā /  
caṇḍā caṇḍavatī caiva caṇḍarūpāticaṇḍikā //

> Rudracaṇḍā, Pracaṇḍā, Caṇḍogrā, Caṇḍanāyikā, / Caṇḍā, Caṇḍavatī, Caṇḍarūpā, Aticaṇḍikā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.133.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.133.13)

navamī cogracaṇḍā ca madhyamāgniprabhākṛtiḥ /  
rocanā tvaruṇā kṛṣṇā nīlaṃ dhūmrā ca śukrakā //

> and ninth, Ugracaṇḍā, who is in the center, possessing the splendor and form of fire; / yellow like yellow pigment, reddish, black, dark-blue, smoky, white,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.133.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.133.14)

pātā ca pāṇḍurā proktā ālīḍhaṃ haritaṃ tathā /  
ma (mā) hiṣo 'sya sa khaḍgāgraprakacagrahamuṣṭikaḥ //

> and spoken of as yellow-pale, as well as green in the archer's stance (ālīḍha). / Her buffalo-demon is seized by the fist holding the hair at the tip of her sword.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.133.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.133.15)

japtvā daśākṣarīṃ vidyāṃ nāsau kenāpi badhyate /  
pañca (ñcā) daśāṅgulaṃ khaḍgaṃ triśūlaṃ ca tato yajet /  
liṅgasyāṃ pūjayedvāpi pāduke 'tha jale 'pi vā //

> Having recited the ten-syllabled spell, he is not bound by anyone. / Then one should worship a sword measuring fifteen aṅgulas and a trident; / or one may worship her residing in a liṅga, in sandals, or even in water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.133.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.133.16)

vicitrāṃ rakṣayetpūjāmaṣṭamyāmupavāsayet /  
pañcābdaṃ mahiṣaṃ bastaṃ rātriśeṣe ca ghātayet //

> One should protect the manifold worship, and cause fasting on the eighth lunar day. / At the end of the night, one should slaughter a five-year-old buffalo and a he-goat  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.133.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.133.17)

vidhivatkālikālīti taduttharudhirādikam /  
nerṛtyāṃ pūtanāṃ caiva vāyavyāṃ pāparākṣasīm //

> in accordance with rule, with the name "Kālikālī". The blood and other offerings arising from it / \[one should offer\] to Pūtanā in the south-west, and to the sinful demoness in the north-west.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.133.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.133.18)

dadyāccarakyai caiśānyāmāgneyyāṃ ca vidārikām //

> One should give to Carakī in the north-east, and to Vidārikā in the south-east.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.133.18.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.133.18.p1)

iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe mahānavamīvrataṃ nāma trayastriṃśaduttaraśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

> Thus ends the one hundred and thirty-third chapter, titled "The Mahānavamī Observance," in the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first section called Pūrvakhaṇḍa in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.133.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.185.9) — Sanskrit

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