[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) › 1.18 # Garudapurana 1.18 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.18.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.18.20) — 1 part ### [1.18.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.18.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 18 sūta uvāca / garuḍoktaṃ kaśyapāya vakṣye mṛtyuñjayārcanam / uddhārapūrvakaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvadevamayaṃ matam // > The glorious and great Garuḍapurāṇa — 18 > Sūta said: > I shall declare the worship of Mṛtyuñjaya as spoken by Garuḍa to Kaśyapa, > preceded by the extraction of mantras, holy, considered to comprise all the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.18.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.18.2) oṅkāraṃ pūrvamuddhṛtya ju(hu)ṅkāṃraṃ tadanantaram / savisargaṃ tṛtīyaṃ syānmṛtyudāridrayamardanam // > First uttering the syllable Oṃ, immediately after it the syllable Juṃ, / and the third with a visarga \[saḥ\]—this destroys death and poverty. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.18.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.18.3) īśaviṣṇavarkadevyādikavacaṃ sarvasādhakam / amṛteśaṃ mahāmantrantryakṣaraṃ pūjanaṃ samam / japanānmṛtyuhīnāḥ syuḥ sarvapāpavivarjitāḥ // > It is the armour of Śiva, Viṣṇu, the Sun, the Goddess, and the rest, accomplishing all things, / the great three-syllable mantra of Amṛteśa, whose worship is equal \[to all others\]. / Through its recitation men become free from death and released from all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.18.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.18.4) śatajapyādvedaphalaṃ yajñatīrthaphalaṃ labhet / aṣṭottaraśatājjāpyātrisandhyaṃ mṛtyu śatrujita // > From a hundred recitations one gains the fruit of the Vedas, of sacrifice, and of pilgrimage places; / from chanting it a hundred and eight times at the three twilights, one conquers death and enemies. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.18.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.18.5) dhyāyecca sitapadmasthaṃ varadaṃ cābhayaṃ kare / dvābhyāṃ cāmṛtakumbhaṃ tu cintayedamṛteśvaram // > One should meditate on Amṛteśvara seated on a white lotus, granting boons and fearlessness with \[two\] hands, / and with two hands \[holding\] a jar of nectar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.18.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.18.6) tasyaivāṅgagatāṃ devīmamṛtāmṛtabhāṣiṇī(vini) m / kalaśaṃ dakṣiṇe haste vāmahaste saroruham // > One should meditate on the goddess Amṛtā upon his lap, speaking sweet words, / holding a pitcher in her right hand and a lotus in her left hand. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.18.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.18.7) japedaṣṭasahasraṃ vai trisandhyaṃ māsamekataḥ / jarāmṛtyumahāvyādhiśatrucchivaśāntidam // > One should chant it eight thousand times at the three twilights continuously for one month; / it bestows peace, destroying old age, death, severe disease, and enemies. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.18.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.18.8) āhvānaṃ sthāpanaṃ rodhaṃ sannidhānaṃ niveśanam / pādyamā camanaṃ snānamarghyaṃ sraganulepanam // > Invocation, installation, retention, bringing near, seating, / water for the feet, sipping water, bathing, arghya, a garland, anointing, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.18.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.18.9) dīpāṃbaraṃ bhūṣaṇaṃ ca naivadyaṃ pānavījanam / mātrāmudrājapadhyānaṃ dakṣiṇā cāhutiḥ stutiḥ // > a lamp, garment, ornament, food-offering, drink, fanning, / metrics, mudrās, recitation, meditation, priestly fee, oblation, praise, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.18.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.18.10) vādyaṃ gatiṃ ca nṛtyaṃ ca nyāsayogaṃ pradakṣiṇam / praṇatirmantraśayyā ca vandanaṃ ca visarjanam // > instrumental music, movement, dance, the application of nyāsa, circumambulation, / prostration, the mantra-bed, adoration, and dismissal— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.18.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.18.11) ṣaḍaṅgādiprakāreṇa pūjanaṃ tu kramoditam / parameśamukhodrītaṃ yo jānāti sa pūjakaḥ // > the worship along with the six ancillary limbs and other rites has been declared in proper order. / He who knows what has issued from the mouth of the Supreme Lord is indeed a true worshipper. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.18.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.18.12) arghyapātrārcanaṃ cādāvastreṇaiva tu tāḍanam / śodhanaṃ kavacenaiva amṛtīkaraṇaṃ tataḥ // > At first, worship of the arghya-vessel, striking it with the astra-mantra, / purification with the kavaca-mantra, and then nectarisation; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.18.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.18.13) pūjā cādhāraśaktyādeḥ prāṇāyāmaṃ tathāsane / pīṭhasuddhiṃ tataḥ kuryācchoṣaṇādyaistataḥ smaret // > worship of the Support Śakti and others, breath-control on the seat, / then one should perform purification of the seat, and then imagine \[the body\] through drying up and the rest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.18.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.18.14) ātmānaṃ devarūpaṃ ca karāṅganyāsakaṃ caret / ātmānaṃ pūjayetpaścājyo tīrūpaṃ hṛdabjataḥ // > One should perform nyāsa of the hands and limbs, \[visualising\] oneself in divine form; / thereafter one should worship oneself as the form of light from the lotus of the heart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.18.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.18.15) mūrtau vā sthaṇḍile vāpi kṣipetpuṣpaṃ tu bhāsvaram / āhvānadvārapūjārthaṃ pūjā cādhāraśaktitaḥ // > One should cast a radiant flower upon an image or an altar / for the sake of invocation and the worship of the doors, and the worship begins with the Support Śakti. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.18.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.18.16) sānnidhyakaraṇaṃ deve parivārasya pūjanam / aṅgaṣaṭkasya pūjā vai kartavyā ca vipaścitaiḥ // > Effecting the divine presence, worship of the retinue, / and the worship of the six limbs must indeed be performed by the wise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.18.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.18.17) dharmādayaśca śakrādyāḥ sāyudhāḥ parivārakāḥ / yugavedamuhūrtāśca pūjeyaṃ bhuktimuktikṛt // > Dharma and the others, Indra and the others with their weapons, the retinue, / the yugas, Vedas, and muhūrtas—this worship grants enjoyment and liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.18.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.18.18) mātṛkāśca gaṇāṃścādau nandigaṅge ca pūjayet / mahākālaṃ ca yamanāṃ dehalyāṃ pūjayetpurā // > At the outset one should worship the Mothers, the gaṇas, Nandin and Gaṅgā, / and at the threshold one should first worship Mahākāla and Yamunā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.18.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.18.19) oṃ amṛteśvara oṃ bhairavāya namaḥ / evaṃ oṃ juṃ haṃsaḥ sūryāya namaḥ // > "Oṃ, to Amṛteśvara, oṃ, obeisance to Bhairava"; / likewise, "Oṃ juṃ saḥ, obeisance to the Sun." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.18.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.18.20) evaṃ śivāya kṛṣṇāya brahmaṇe ca gaṇāya ca / caṇḍikāyai sarasvatyai mahālakṣmādi pūjayet // > Thus one should worship Śiva, Kṛṣṇa, Brahmā, Gaṇeśa, / Caṇḍikā, Sarasvatī, Mahālakṣmī, and the rest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.18.20.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.18.20.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśāvye ācārakāṇḍe 'mṛteśamṛtyuñjayapūjanaṃ nāmāṣṭādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the eighteenth chapter, named "The Worship of Amṛteśa and Mṛtyuñjaya," in the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first section of the first part in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.18.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.18) · Pramāṇa