[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) › 1.197 # Garudapurana 1.197 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.197 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.197.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.55) — 1 part ### [1.197.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 197 dhanvantariruvāca / gāruḍaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi garuḍena hyudīritam / kaśyapāya sumitreṇa viṣahṛdyena gāruḍaḥ // > The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa: 197 / Dhanvantari said: / I shall proclaim the Gāruḍa \[lore\] spoken indeed by Garuḍa / to Kaśyapa, the good friend, destroying poison, by which one becomes a Gāruḍa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.2) pṛthivyāpastathā tejo vāyurākāśamevaca / kṣityādiṣveva vargāśca hyete vai maṇḍalādhipāḥ // > Earth, water, fire, wind, and ether— / the classes of letters on earth and the rest are indeed the regents of the maṇḍala. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.3) pañcatattve sthitā devāḥ prāpyante viṣṇusevakaiḥ / dīrghasvaravibhinnāśca napuṃsakavivarjitāḥ // > The deities situated in the five elements are attained by worshippers of Viṣṇu, / distinguished by long vowels and devoid of neuter ones. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.4) saṣaḍaṅgaḥ śivaḥ prokto hṛcchiraśca śikhā kramāt / kavacaṃ netramastraṃ syānnyāsaḥ svasthalasaṃsthitiḥ // > Śiva is declared as having six limbs: heart, head, crest in order, / armour, eye, and weapon; the placement is fixation in its proper place. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.5) sarvasiddhipradasyānte kālavahnira dho 'nilaḥ / ṣaṣṭhasvarasamāyuktamardhendusaṃyutaṃ param // > At the end of what bestows all perfections are the fire of time, and wind below, / endowed with the sixth vowel, joined with the supreme crescent moon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.6) parāparavibhinnāśca śivasyordhvādha īritāḥ / repheṇāṅgeṣu sarvatra nyāsaṃ kuryādyathāvidhi // > Divided into higher and lower, they are pronounced above and below Śiva; / with the letter 'ra' one should properly perform the placement upon all limbs according to rule. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.7) hṛdi pāṇitale dehe karṇe netre karoti ca / japāttu sarvasiddhiḥ syāccaturvaktrasamāyutām // > In the heart, on the palm of the hand, on the body, on the ear, and on the eye he places it; / and from recitation of that four-faced \[mantra\] all success arises. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.8) caturaśrāṃ suvistāraṃ pītavarṇāntu cintayet / pṛthivīṃ cendradevatyāṃ madhye varuṇamaṇḍalam // > One should visualize the earth as square, very broad, yellow in color, / presided over by Indra; and in its center the circle of Varuṇa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.9) madhye padmaṃ tathāyuktamardhacandraṃ suśītalam / indranīladyutiṃ saumyamathavāgneyamaṇḍalam // > and in its center likewise an endowed lotus, a crescent moon, extremely cool, / having the radiance of a sapphire, gentle; or next the fire-circle: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.10) trikoṇaṃ svasthikairyuktaṃ jvālāmā lānalaṃ smaret / bhinnāñjananibhākāraṃ svavṛttaṃ bindubhūṣitam // > triangular, marked with svastikas, blazing with wreaths of flames, one should contemplate fire; / \[and air\] resembling broken collyrium, a circle of its own, adorned with a dot; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.11) kṣīrormisadṛśākāraṃ śuddhasphaṭikavarcasam / plāvayantaṃ jagatsarvaṃ vyomāmṛtamanuṃsmaret // > resembling waves of milk, having the luster of pure crystal, / inundating the entire universe—one should contemplate the mantra of space as nectar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.12) vāsukiḥ śaṅkhapālaśca sthitau pārthivamaṇḍale / karkoṭaḥ padmanābhaśca vāruṇe tau vyavasthitau // > Vāsuki and Śaṅkhapāla are situated in the circle of earth; / Karkoṭa and Padmanābha are placed in the circle of Varuṇa; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.13) āgneye cāpi kulikastakṣaścaiva mahābjakau / vāyumaṇḍalasaṃsthau ca pañca bhūtāni vinyaset // > and in that of fire Kulika and Takṣaka, as well as Mahābja; / and residing in the circle of wind, he should place the five elements. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.14) aṅguṣṭhādikaniṣṭhāntamanulomavilomataḥ / parvasandhiṣu ca nyasyā jayā ca vijayā tathā // > From the thumb to the little finger in regular and reverse order, / and on the joints of the digits, Jayā and Vijayā are to be placed; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.15) āsyādisvapurasthāne nyasyācchivapaḍaṅgakam / kaniṣṭhādau hṛdādau ca śikhāyāṃ karayornyaset // > beginning with the face, in the place of his own body, he should place the six limbs of Śiva; / beginning with the little finger, beginning with the heart, on the crest, and on the hands he should place them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.16) vyāpakantu tatvapūrvaṃ kramādaṅguliparvasu / bhūtānāñca punarnyāsaḥ śivāṅgāni tathaiva ca // > And the pervasive \[nyāsa\] preceded by the principles, in order on the joints of the fingers; / and again the placement of the elements and likewise the limbs of Śiva, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.17) praṇavādinamaścānte nāmnaiva ca samanvitaḥ / sarvamantreṣu kathito vidhiḥ sthāpanapūjane // > beginning with the Praṇava and ending with 'namaḥ', conjoined with the name itself— / this procedure is proclaimed for all mantras in installation and worship. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.18) ādyākṣaraṃ tannāmnaśca mantro 'yaṃ parikīrtitaḥ / aṣṭānāṃ nāgajātīnāṃ mantraḥ sānnidhyakārakaḥ // > The first letter of that name is proclaimed as the mantra; / it is the mantra that causes the presence of the eight classes of serpents. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.19) oṃ svāhā kramaśaścaiva pañcabhūtapurogatam / eṣa sākṣādbhavettārkṣyaḥ sarvakarmaprasādhakaḥ // > Accompanied in order by 'oṃ svāhā', preceded by the five elements, / this becomes Tārkṣya incarnate, the accomplisher of all rites. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.20) karanyāsaṃ svaraiḥ kṛtvā śarīre tu punarnyaset / jvalantaṃ cintayetprāṇamātmasaṃśuddhikārakam // > Having performed the placement on the hands with vowels, one should then place it on the body; / one should visualize the blazing vital breath that purifies the self. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.21) bījantu cintayetpaścādvarṣāntamamṛtātmakam / evañcāpyāyanaṃ kṛtvā mūrdhni sañcintya cātmanaḥ // > Then one should visualize the seed-syllable, consisting of nectar at the end of the rain; / having thus performed nourishment, and meditating upon one's own head, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.22) pṛthivīṃ pādayordadyāttaptakāñcanasaprabhām / aśeṣabhuvanākīrṇāṃ lokapālasamanvitām // > he should assign the earth to the feet, possessing the brilliance of molten gold, / filled with countless worlds, accompanied by the world-guardians. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.23) etāṃ bhagavatīṃ pṛthvīṃ svadehe vinyased budhaḥ / śyāmavarṇamayaṃ dhyāyetpṛthivīdviguṇaṃ bhavet // > The wise man should place this divine earth upon his own body; / he should meditate on it as dark-colored, doubled in size from earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.24) jvālāmālākulaṃ dīptamābrahmabhuvanāntakam / nābhigrīvāntare nyasya trikoṇaṃ maṇḍalaṃ raveḥ // > Raging with garlands of flames, blazing, reaching up to the world of Brahmā; / having placed between the navel and the neck the triangular circle of the sun, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.25) bhinnāñjananibhākāraṃ nikhilaṃ vyāpya saṃsthitam / ātmamūrtisthitaṃ dhyāyedvāyavyaṃ tīkṣṇamaṇḍalam // > resembling broken collyrium, standing pervading everything, / situated as one's own form, he should meditate on the fierce circle of wind, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.26) sikhopari sthitaṃ divyaṃ śuddhasphaṭikavarcasam / apramāṇamahāvyomavyāpakaṃ cāmṛtopamam // > residing above the crest, divine, having the luster of pure crystal, / immeasurable, pervading the great space, and resembling nectar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.27) bhūtanyāsaṃ purā kṛtvā nāgānāñca yathākramam / lakārāntā binduyutā mantrā bhūtakrameṇa tu // > Having first performed the placement of the elements, and of the serpents in proper order, / the mantras end in the letter 'la' and are joined with the dot, in the order of the elements. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.28) śivabījaṃ tato dadyāttato dhyāyecca maṇḍalam / yoyasya kramākhyāto maṇḍalasya vicakṣaṇaḥ / tasya taccintayedvarṇaṃ karmakāle vidhānavit // > Then he should give the seed-syllable of Śiva, and then he should visualize the maṇḍala; / the expert who understands the procedure should contemplate for each maṇḍala / whose order has been declared its respective color at the time of the rite. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.29) pādapakṣaistathā cañcatkṛṣṇanāgairvibhūṣitam / tārkṣyaṃ dhyāyettato nityaṃ viṣe sthāvarajaṅgame // > Then, in cases of immobile and mobile poison, one should constantly meditate on Tārkṣya, / adorned with flashing black serpents on his feet and wings, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.30) grahabhūtapiśāce ca ḍākinīyakṣarākṣase / nāgairviveṣṭitaṃ kṛtvā svadehe vinyasecchivam // > and in cases of planetary seizures, spirits, piśācas, ḍākinīs, yakṣas, and rākṣasas; / having made himself surrounded by serpents, he should place Śiva on his own body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.31) dvidhā nyāsaḥ samākhyāto nāgānāṃ caiva bhūtayoḥ / evaṃ dhyātvā karma kuryādātmatattvādikaṃ kramāt // > The placement of the serpents and the elements has been declared as twofold; / having meditated thus, one should perform the rite of the self-principle and the rest in order. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.32) tritattvaṃ pratham dattvā sivatattvaṃ tataḥ param / yathā dehe tathā deve aṅgulīnāṃ ca parvasu // > Having first assigned the triad of principles, next the principle of Śiva, / just as on the body, so on the deity and on the joints of the fingers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.33) dehe nyāsaṃ purā kṛtvā hyanulomavilomataḥ / kandaṃ nālaṃ tathā padmaṃ dharmaṃ jñānādimeva ca // > Having first performed the placement on the body in regular and reverse order, / \[one visualizes\] the root, the stalk, likewise the lotus, dharma, and knowledge and the rest; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.34) dvitīyasvarasambhinnaṃ vargāntena tu pūjayet / śaumiti karṇikāmadhye mūrdhni repheṇa saṃyutam // > combined with the second vowel, he should worship with the end of the consonant-group; / with 'śauṃ' in the center of the pericarp, joined with 'r' upon the head. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.35) akacaṭatapayaśā vargāḥ pūrvādike nyaset / patrāntakesarānte tu dvau dvau pūrvādikau tathā // > The consonant classes a, ka, ca, ṭa, ta, pa, ya, and śa he should place beginning in the east; / on the edges of the petals and on the edges of the filaments, two each, beginning in the east likewise; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.36) keśare tu svarānnyasyādīśāntānṣoḍaśārcayet / vāmādyāḥ śaktayaḥ proktāstritattvantu tato nyaset // > and on the filament he should place the vowels, and worship the sixteen ending with Īśa; / the powers beginning with Vāmā are declared, and then he should place the triad of principles. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.37) āvāhayettato mardhni śivamaṅgaṃ tataḥ param / karṇikāyāṃ nyaseddevaṃ sāṃgaṃ tatra puraḥ saram // > Then he should invoke Śiva upon the head, and then the limbs; / in the pericarp he should place the god together with his limbs, preceding there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.38) pṛtivī paścime patre āpaścottarasaṃsthitāḥ / tejastu dakṣiṇe patre vāyuṃ pūrveṇa pūjayet // > Earth is on the western petal, and water is situated on the north; / fire is on the southern petal, and one should worship wind on the east. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.39) svabījaṃ mūrtirūpantu prāguktaṃ pārakalpayet / yaṃ vāyumūlaṃ nairṛtye rephastvanalasaṃsthitaḥ // > One should imagine one's own seed-syllable in bodily form as spoken before: / 'yaṃ' the root of wind in the southwest, and the letter 'ra' situated in fire; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.40) vaṃ ca tvīśe sadā pūjya oṃ hṛdisthañca pūjayet / tanmātrānbhūtamātrāṃstānbahireva prapūjayet // > and 'vaṃ' is always to be worshipped in the northeast, and he should worship 'oṃ' situated in the heart; / he should worship outside the subtle elements and the gross elements. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.41) śivāṅgāni tataḥ paścāddhyātvā saṃpūjayettataḥ / āgneyyāṃ hṛdayaṃ pūjya śira īśānagocare // > After that, having meditated on the limbs of Śiva, he should worship them: / having worshipped the heart in the southeast, the head in the direction of the northeast, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.42) nairṛtye tu śikhāṃ dadyādvāyavyāṃ kavacaṃ nyaset / astrantu bāhyato dadyānnetramuttarasaṃsthitam // > he should assign the crest in the southwest, and place the armor in the northwest; / he should assign the weapon on the outside, and the eye situated in the north. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.43) patrāgre karṇikagre tu bījāni paripūjayet / anantādikulīrāntā aṣṭau nāgāḥ kramātsthitāḥ // > On the tips of the petals and on the tip of the pericarp he should worship the seed-syllables; / the eight serpents beginning with Ananta and ending with Kulīra are placed in order. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.44) pūrvādikakrameṇaiva tvīśaparyantameva ca / pūjayecca sadā mantrī vidhānena pṛthakpṛthak // > In order beginning from the east and ending with the northeast, / the mantra-adept should always worship each separately according to the rule, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.45) hṛdi padme vidhānena śilādau dattamaṇḍale / etatkāryaṃ samuddiṣṭaṃ nityanaimittike 'pi ca // > in the lotus of the heart according to rule, or on a stone or other surface where a maṇḍala is drawn; / this rite has been taught for regular as well as occasional observances. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.46) ātmānaṃ cintayennityaṃ kāmarūpaṃ manoharam / plāvayantaṃ jagatsarvaṃ sṛṣṭisaṃhārakārakam // > He should constantly contemplate himself as assuming any form at will, charming, / inundating the entire universe, the cause of creation and dissolution, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.47) jvālāmālābhiruddīptaṃ ābrahmabhuvanāntakam / daśabāhuṃ caturvaktraṃ piṅgākṣaṃ śūlapāṇinam // > blazing with garlands of flames up to the world of Brahmā, / ten-armed, four-faced, yellow-eyed, holding a trident in hand, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.48) daṃṣṭrākarālamatyugraṃ trinetraṃ śaśiśekharam / bhairavantu smaretsiddhyai garuḍaṃ sarvakarmasu // > terrible with fangs, extremely fierce, three-eyed, bearing the moon on his crest; / one should remember Bhairava for success, and Garuḍa in all rites: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.49) nāgānāṃ nāśanārthāya garuḍaṃ bhīmabhīṣaṇam / pādau pātālaṃ saṃsthau ca diśaḥ pakṣāstu saṃśritāḥ // > Garuḍa, terrifyingly fierce, for the destruction of the serpents; / his feet resting in Pātāla, and the directions being his wings, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.50) sapta svargā urasi ca brahmāṇḍaṃ kaṇṭhamāśritam / pūrvādīśānaparyantaṃ śirastasya vicintayet // > the seven heavens on his chest, and the universe resting in his throat; / one should contemplate his head extending from the east to the northeast, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.51) sadāśivaśikhāntasthaṃ śaktitritayameva ca / parātparaṃ śivaṃ sākṣāttārkṣyaṃ bhuvananāyakam // > abiding at the crest of Sadāśiva, and the triad of powers; / the higher than the highest, Śiva himself, Tārkṣya, the lord of the worlds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.52) trinetramugrarūpañca viṣanāgakṣayaṅkaram / grasanaṃ bhīmavaktraṃ ca garuḍaṃ mantravigraham // > three-eyed, of fierce form, the destroyer of poisonous serpents, / devouring, of terrifying face, Garuḍa the embodiment of mantra; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.53) kālāgnimiva dīptaṃ ca cintayetsarvakarmasu / evaṃ nyāsavidhiṃ kṛtvā yadyanmanasi cintayet // > and blazing like the fire of destruction, one should contemplate him in all rites. / Having thus performed the procedure of nyāsa, whatever one contemplates in mind— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.54) tattadeva bhavetsādhyaṃ naro vai garuḍāyate / pretā bhūtāstathā yakṣā nāgā gandharvarākṣasāḥ / darśanāttasya naśyanti jvarāścāturthikādayaḥ // > Whatever \[is thought of\] becomes achievable; indeed, that man acts like Garuḍa. / Pretasa, bhūtas, yakṣas, nāgas, gandharvas, and rākṣasas, / along with quartan and other fevers, are destroyed at the sight of him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.55) dhanvantariruvāca / evaṃ sa garuḍaṃ proce garuḍaḥ kaśyapāya ca / maheśvaro yathā gaurīṃ prāha vidyāṃ tathā śṛṇu // > Dhanvantari said: / Thus he spoke to Garuḍa, and Garuḍa to Kaśyapa. / Listen now to the knowledge just as Maheśvara spoke it to Gaurī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.55.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.55.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe saptanavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the one hundred and ninety-seventh chapter in the Ācārakāṇḍa, 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.1.197.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Kriyākālaguṇottara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.garuda.kriyakalagunottara.6.14) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197) · Pramāṇa