Garudapurana 1.137
Garuḍapurāṇa 1.137
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- 1.137.19 — 1 part
1.137.1
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 137
brahmovāca /
kāmadevatrayodaśyāṃ pūjyo damanakādibhiḥ /
ratiprītisamāyukto hyasoko maṇibhūṣitaḥ //
The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 137.
Brahmā said: / On the thirteenth lunar day, the god of love should be worshipped with damanaka and other [flowers], / accompanied by Rati and Prīti, free from sorrow, and adorned with jewels.
1.137.2
(iti madanakatrayodaśīvratam) /
caturdaśyāṃ tathāṣṭabhyāṃ pakṣyoḥ śuklakṛṣṇayoḥ /
yo 'bdamekaṃ na bhuñjīta muktibhāk śivapūjanāt //
(Thus the Madanakatrayodaśī observance.)
Whoever does not eat on the fourteenth as well as on the eighth of the bright and dark fortnights / for one year, attains liberation through the worship of Śiva.
1.137.3
(iti śivacaturdaśyaṣṭamīvratam) /
trirātropoṣito dadyātkārtikyāṃ bhavanaṃ śubham /
sūryalokamavāpnoti dhāmavratamidaṃ śubham //
(Thus the Śivacaturdaśyaṣṭamī observance.)
Having fasted for three nights, one should donate an auspicious dwelling on the full moon of Kārttika; / one reaches the realm of the Sun: this is the auspicious observance of the abode.
1.137.4
amāvasyāṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca dattaṃ jalāditadakṣayam /
naktābhyāśī vāranāmnā yajanvārāṇi sarvabhāk //
Whatever is offered on the new moon to the ancestors, such as water, is inexhaustible. / Eating at night while worshiping the days of the week by name, one enjoys all things.
1.137.5
(iti vāravratāni) /
dvādaśarkṣāṇi viprarṣe ! pratimāsaṃ tu yāni vai /
tannāmnānte 'tacyutaṃ teṣu samyak saṃpūjayennaraḥ //
(Thus the observances of the weekdays.)
O sage among brāhmaṇas, on the twelve asterisms that occur each month, / a man should duly worship Acyuta at the end of each under that name:
1.137.6
keśavaṃ mārgaśīrṣe tu ityādau kṛtikādike (kā) /
ghṛtahomaścaturmāsaṃ kṛsarañca nivedayet //
Keśava in Mārgaśīrṣa, and so forth, beginning with Kṛttikā. / For four months, there should be an oblation of clarified butter, and one should offer kṛsara.
1.137.7
āṣāḍhādau pāyasaṃ tu viprāṃstenaiva bhojayet /
pañcāvyajalasnānanaivedyairnaktamācaret //
Beginning in Āṣāḍha, [one should offer] pāyasa and feed the brāhmaṇas with it. / With bathing in the five bovine products and water, and with food-offerings, one should observe the night rite.
1.137.8
arvāgvisarjanāddravyaṃ naivedyaṃ sarvamucyate /
visarjite jagannāthe nirmālyaṃ bhavati kṣaṇāt //
Every article is called an offering prior to the dismissal [of the deity]; / when the Lord of the Universe has been dismissed, it instantly becomes nirmālya.
1.137.9
pāñcarātravido mukhyā naivedyaṃ bhuñjate svayam /
evaṃ saṃvatsarasyānte viśeṣeṇa prapūjayet //
The foremost knowers of the Pāñcarātra eat the offered food themselves. / In this way, at the end of the year, one should worship [him] especially:
1.137.10
namonamaste 'cyuta ! saṃkṣayo 'stu pāpasya vṛddhiṃ samupaitu puṇyam /
aiśvaryavittādi sadākṣayaṃ me tathāstu me santatirakṣayaiva //
“Obeisance, obeisance to you, O Acyuta! May there be the destruction of sin; may merit increase! / May my sovereignty, wealth, and possessions be ever inexhaustible; and likewise may my lineage be inexhaustible!
1.137.11
yathācyuta !tvaṃ parataḥ parasmātsa brahmabhūtaḥ parataḥ parasmāt /
tathācyutaṃ me kuru vāñchitaṃ sadā mayā kṛtaṃ pāpaharāprameya //
Just as you, O Acyuta, are beyond the highest, being Brahman, beyond the highest, / so make what I desire, O Sin-destroyer, Immeasurable One, ever unfailing!
1.137.12
acyutānanta ! govinda ! prasīda yadabhīpsitam /
tadakṣayamameyātmankuruṣva puruṣottama //
O Acyuta, O Ananta, O Govinda! Be pleased: whatever is desired, / make that inexhaustible, O Boundless Soul, O Supreme Person!”
1.137.13
kuryādvai sapta varṣāṇi āyuḥ śrīsadgatīrnaraḥ /
upoṣyaikādaśībdamaṣṭamīṃ ca caturdaśīm //
A man who fasts on the eleventh, the eighth, and the fourteenth / for seven years secures long life, prosperity, and auspicious destinies.
1.137.14
saptamīṃ pūjayedviṣṇuṃ durgāṃ śambuṃ raviṃ kramāt /
teṣāṃ lokaṃ samāpnoti sarvakāmāṃśca nirmalaḥ //
On the seventh, one should worship Viṣṇu, Durgā, Śambhu, and the Sun in order; / spotless, one attains their world and all desired objects.
1.137.15
ekabhaktena naktena tathaivāyācitena ca /
upavāsena śākādyaiḥ pūjayantasarvadevatāḥ //
By taking one meal a day, by eating at night, by eating food obtained unasked, / or by fasting with vegetables and other [simple foods], worshipping all the deities,
1.137.16
sarvaḥ sarvāsu tithiṣu bhuktiṃ muktimavāpnuyāt /
dhanado 'gniḥ pratipadi nāsatyo dastra arcitaḥ //
everyone on all the lunar days attains enjoyment and liberation. / The Giver of Wealth and Agni are worshipped on the first day; Nāsatya and Dasra [on the second];
1.137.17
śrīryamaśca dvitīyāyāṃ pañcamyā pārvatī śriyā /
nāgāḥ ṣaṣṭhyāṃ kārtikeyaḥ saptamyāṃ bhāskaror'thadaḥ //
Śrī and Yama on the second; Pārvatī along with Śrī on the fifth; / the snakes on the sixth; Kārttikeya on the seventh; the Sun, bestower of wealth, [on the seventh];
1.137.18
durgāṣṭamyāṃ mātaraśca navamyāmatha takṣakaḥ /
indro daśamyāṃ dhanada ekādaśyāṃ munīśvarāḥ //
Durgā on the eighth, and the Mothers; Takṣaka on the ninth; / Indra on the tenth; the Giver of Wealth on the eleventh, along with the lords among sages;
1.137.19
dvādaśyāṃ ca hariḥ kāmastrayodaśyāṃ maheśvaraḥ /
caturdaśyāṃ pañcadaśyāṃ brahmā ca pitaro 'pare //
Hari on the twelfth; Kāma on the thirteenth; Maheśvara / on the fourteenth; and Brahmā and the ancestors on the fifteenth.
1.137.19.p1
iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe tithivāranakṣatrādivratanirūpaṇaṃ nāma saptatriṃśaduttaraśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus ends the hundred and thirty-seventh chapter, entitled 'Determination of the Observances Pertaining to Lunar Days, Weekdays, Asterisms, and the Like', in the section on conduct, the first portion of the first part in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa.
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- Viṣṇudharma — Sanskrit
- Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi) — Sanskrit