Garudapurana 1.17
Garuḍapurāṇa 1.17
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- 1.17.9 — 1 part
1.17.1
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 17
hariruvāca /
punaḥ sūryārcanaṃ vakṣye yaduktaṃ dhanadāya hi /
aṣṭapatraṃ likhetpadmaṃ śucau deśe sakarṇikam //
The glorious and great Garuḍapurāṇa — 17
Hari said:
Again I shall explain the worship of the Sun as it was told to the Giver of Wealth [Kubera]:
one should draw an eight-petalled lotus with a pericarp in a pure place.
1.17.2
āvāhanīṃ tato baddhā mudrāmāvāhayedravim /
khakholkaṃ sthāpya mudrāṃ tu sthāpayenmantrarūpiṇīm //
Then, having formed the invocation mudrā, one should invoke the Sun.
Having established Khakholka, one should form the mudrā consisting of the mantra.
1.17.3
āgneyyāṃ diśi devasya hṛdayaṃ sthāpayecchiva ! /
aiśānyāṃ tu śiraḥ sthāpyaṃ nairṛtyāṃ vinyasecchikhām //
One should place the heart of the deity in the southeast direction, O Śiva;
in the northeast one should place the head, and in the southwest one should deposit the topknot;
1.17.4
paurandaryāṃ nyaseddharṃmamekāgrasthitamānasaḥ /
vāyavyāṃ caiva netraṃ tu vāruṇyāmastrameva ca //
with concentrated mind one should place dharma in the east;
and in the northwest the eye, and in the west the weapon.
1.17.5
aiśānyāṃ sthāpayetsomaṃ paurandaryāṃ tu lohitam /
āgneyyāṃ somatanayaṃ yāmyāṃ caiva bṛhaspatim //
In the northeast one should place Soma, and in the east Mars;
in the southeast the son of Soma [Mercury], and in the south Bṛhaspati;
1.17.6
nairṛtyāṃ dānavaguruṃ vāruṇyāṃ tu śanaiścaram /
vāyavyāṃ ca tathā ketuṃ kauberyāṃ rāhumeva ca //
in the southwest the preceptor of the Dānavas [Venus], in the west Saturn;
in the northwest Ketu, and in the north Rāhu.
1.17.7
dvitīyāyāṃ tu kakṣāyāṃ sūryāndvādaśa pūjayet /
bhagaḥ sūryor'yyamā caiva mitro vai varuṇastathā //
In the second circuit one should worship the twelve Suns:
Bhaga, Sūrya, and Aryaman, Mitra, and Varuṇa,
1.17.8
savitā caiva dhātā ca vivasvāṃśca mahābalaḥ /
tvaṣṭā pūṣā tathā cendro dvādaśo viṣṇurucyate //
Savitṛ, Dhātṛ, and Vivasvat of great might,
Tvaṣṭṛ, Pūṣan, Indra, and the twelfth is declared to be Viṣṇu.
1.17.9
pūrvādāvarcayeddevānindrādīñchraddhayā naraḥ /
jayā ca vijayā caiva jayanti cāparājitā /
śeṣaśca vāsukiścaiva nāgānityādi pūjayet //
Beginning from the east, a person should worship with faith the gods Indra and the others,
as well as Jayā, Vijayā, Jayantī, and Aparājitā;
and one should worship the serpents Śeṣa, Vāsuki, and so forth.
1.17.9.p1
iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe sūryārcana vidhirnāma saptadaśo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus ends the seventeenth chapter, named 'Rules for the Worship of the Sun,' in the ritual conduct section, designated the first part of the first section in the glorious and great Garuḍapurāṇa.
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