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# Garudapurana 1.214

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.214

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.214.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.41) — 1 part

### [1.214.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.1)

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 214  
brahmovāca /  
atha snānavidhiṃ vakṣye snānamūlā kriyā yataḥ /  
mṛdgomayatilāndarbhānpuṣpāṇi surabhīṇi ca //

> The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 214. / Brahmā said: / Now I shall declare the rite of bathing, since \[all\] ritual is rooted in bathing. / Earth, cow dung, sesame seeds, darbha grass, fragrant flowers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.214.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.2)

āharetsnānakāle ca snānārtho prayataḥ śuciḥ /  
gandhodakāntaṃ vivikte (dhaṃ) sthāpayettānyatha kṣitau //

> one who is attentive and pure should fetch at the time of bathing for the purpose of the bath; / he should place them on the ground in a solitary place near fragrant water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.214.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.3)

tridhā kṛtvā mṛdaṃ tāṃ tu gomayaṃ ca vicakṣaṇaḥ /  
adbhirmṛdbhiśca caraṇau prakṣālyātha karau tathā //

> The wise man, dividing that earth into three parts and likewise the cow dung, / having washed his feet and both hands with water and earth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.214.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.4)

upavītī baddhaśikhaḥ samyagācamya vāgyataḥ /  
uruṃ rājetyṛcā toyamupasthāya pradakṣiṇam //

> wearing the sacred thread, having his topknot tied, having sipped water properly, restraining speech, / having approached the water with the verse 'uruṃ rājā' in a clockwise direction,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.214.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.5)

āvartayettadudakaṃ ye te śatamititryṛcā //

> he should stir that water with the triplet of verses 'ye te śatam'.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.214.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.6)

oṃ uruṃ hi rājā varuṇaścakāra sūryāya panthānamanveta vā /  
pratidhātā ca vaktārastāhṛdayāvipaścit /  
namo 'gnyaruṇāyā bhiṣṭutovaruṇasya pāśaḥ /  
varuṇāya namaḥ //

> 'Om. King Varuṇa made a wide path for the sun to follow... / The imposer and the speakers, the two wise of heart. / Homage to Fire and Varuṇa; praise is Varuṇa's noose; / homage to Varuṇa.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.214.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.7)

oṃ ye te śataṃ varuṇaye sahasraṃ yajñiyāḥ pāśā vitatā mahāntaḥ /  
tebhirno adya savitota viṣṇurviśve muñcantu marutaḥ svarkāḥ svāhā /  
sumitriyāna ityabañjalimākṛtyottareṇa toyaṃ paścādvirājya caiva viniḥ kṣipet /  
oṃ sumitriyā na āpa oṣadhayaḥ santu /  
durmitriyāstasmai santu yo 'smāndveṣṭi yañca vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ //

> 'Om. A hundred, a thousand are your nooses, O Varuṇa, spread out, vast and fit for sacrifice. / May Savitṛ, Viṣṇu, and all the Maruts of fine praise free us from them today. Svāhā.' / Forming a hollow with his hands containing water with 'sumitriyā naḥ', he should discard it to the north, having purified it backwards: / 'Om. May the waters and plants be friendly to us; / may they be unfriendly to him who hates us and whom we hate.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.214.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.8)

pādau kaṭiṃ caiva pūrvaṃ mṛdbhistribhistribhiḥ /  
prakṣālya hastā vācamya namaskṛtya jalaṃ tataḥ //

> First \[washing\] feet and waist with three lumps of earth each, / washing his hands, sipping water, and then paying homage to the water:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.214.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.9)

oṃ idaṃ viṣṇurvicakrame tredhā nidhe padam samūḍhamasya pāṃsure /  
mahāvyāhṛtibhiḥ paścādācāmetprayato 'pi san //

> 'Om. Viṣṇu strode out across this; three times he set down his foot; \[all is\] gathered in its dust.' / Afterwards, remaining concentrated, he should sip water with the great sacred utterances.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.214.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.10)

mārjayedvai mṛdāṅgāni idaṃ viṣṇuriti tvṛcā /  
bhāskarābhimukho majjedāpo asmānitityṛcā //

> He should cleanse the limbs with earth using the verse 'idaṃ viṣṇuḥ'. / Facing the Sun, he should immerse himself with the verse 'āpo asmān'.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.214.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.11)

oṃ āpo asmānmātaraḥ śundhayantu ghṛtena no ghṛtaṣvaḥ punantu /  
viśvaṃ hi ripraṃ pravahanti devīrudidābhyaḥ śucirāpūta emi //

> 'Om. May the motherly waters purify us, may they who drip with ghee cleanse us with ghee; / for the divine ones wash away all defilement; I emerge from them clean and purified.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.214.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.12)

tato 'vṛghṛṣya pātrāṇi nimajyonmajya vai śanaiḥ /  
gomayena vilipyātha mānastoka ityṛcā //

> Then, having rubbed the limbs, plunging in and emerging slowly, / and smearing himself with cow dung, with the verse 'mā nas toke':  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.214.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.13)

oṃ mānastoke tanaye mā na āyuṣi mā no goṣu mā no aśveṣu rīriṣaḥ /  
mā no vīrānrudrabhāmino 'badhīrhaviṣmantaḥ sadamitvā havāmahe //

> 'Om. Do not harm our children or our progeny, do not harm our lifespan, do not harm our cows, do not harm our horses; / do not slay our heroes in your wrath, O Rudra; bearing oblations, we invoke you always.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.214.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.14)

tato 'bhiṣiñcenmantraistu varuṇaistu yathākramam /  
imaṃme varuṇe dvābhyāṃ tvannaḥ satvanna ityapi //

> Then one should sprinkle oneself with the mantras addressed to Varuṇa in their proper order:  
> with the two verses beginning, “Listen to this, O Varuṇa,” and also “So do thou to us,” and “Thou to us”;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.214.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.15)

āpo tvantumasīti ca muñcantvavabhṛteti ca /  
oṃ imaṃme varuṇa śrudhīhavamadyā ca mṛḍayatvā mavasyurācake //

> and with “Waters, you are...”, “May they release...”, and “At the concluding bath...”:  
> “Oṃ, listen to this call of mine today, O Varuṇa, and show mercy; seeking your aid, I call on you.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.214.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.16)

oṃ tattvayāmi brahmaṇā vandamānastadāśāste yajamāno havirbhiḥ /  
aheḍamāno varuṇeha bodhyuruśaṃ samāna āyuḥ pramoṣīḥ /  
oṃ tvanno agne varuṇasya vidvāndevasya heḍo avayāsisīṣṭhāḥ /  
yajiṣṭho vahnitamaḥ śośucāno viśvā dveṣāṃsipramumugdhyasmatsvāhā /  
oṃ sa tvanno agnevamo bhavatī nediṣṭho asyā uṣasovyuṣṭau /  
avayakṣvano varuṇaṃ rarāṇo vīhimṛḍīkaṃ suhavo na edhi /  
oṃ āpo nauṣadhi hiṃsārdhamno rājastato varuṇo nomuñcā yadāharaghnyā iti varuṇeti śapārmahe tato varuṇa no muñca /  
oṃ uduttamaṃ varuṇa pāśamasmadavādhamaṃ vimadhyamaṃśrathāya /  
athāvayamādityavrate tavānāgaso aditaye syāma /  
muñcantumāmapyathādvaruṇasya tvat /  
aho yamasya patnīmānaḥ sarvasmādeva kilbiṣāt /  
avabhṛthanicaṃ punarvicerusi nityaṃ prannaḥ /  
avadevairdevakṛtā manoyāsi samavatyai kṛtaṃ puṣpācchā devadhīmalpāhī //

> “Oṃ, praying with sacred formulation, I approach you for that; for that the sacrificer prays with his oblations.  
> Heed here without wrath, O Varuṇa; do not steal away our life, widely praised one!  
> Oṃ, wise Agni, do avert from us the wrath of the god Varuṇa;  
> most eager sacrificer, best bearer \[of oblations\], blazing forth, release from us all hostilities! Svāhā.  
> Oṃ, be thou, O Agni, closest to us, an aid at the dawning of this dawn;  
> appeasing Varuṇa for us, being generous, delight in our mercy; easily invoked, be with us!  
> Oṃ, O waters, \[let not\] harm to plants \[occur\]... from that realm may Varuṇa free us; when we swear 'by the cows' or 'by Varuṇa', from that release us, O Varuṇa!  
> Oṃ, loosen the uppermost fetter from us, O Varuṇa, loosen the lowermost, untie the middle one;  
> then may we, in your ordinance, O son of Aditi, be blameless for Aditi!  
> May they release me... from Varuṇa's \[fetter\]...  
> ... from Yama's consort, from every sin!  
> At the concluding bath, again... \[…\]  
> ... the evil done against the gods, by the gods... \[...\]”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.214.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.17)

abhiṣicya tathātmānaṃ nimajyācamya vai punaḥ /  
darbheṇa pāyayenmantrairaliṅgaiḥ pāvanairimaiḥ //

> Having thus sprinkled oneself, plunged in, and sipped water again,  
> one should sprinkle \[water\] with darbha grass using these purifying, generic mantras:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.214.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.18)

āpohiṣṭheti tisṛbhiridamāpo haviṣmatīḥ /  
devīrāpa iti dvābhyāṃ āpodevā iti tryṛcā //

> with the three verses beginning “You, O waters, are indeed…”, with “This, O waters, rich in oblations…”,  
> with the two verses beginning “Divine waters…”, with the tṛca “The waters are divine…”;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.214.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.19)

drupadādiva iti ca śanno devīrapāṃ rasaḥ /  
āpo devo pāvamānyaḥ punantvādyā ṛco nava //

> and with “As if from a wooden post…”, “May the divine waters be auspicious for us…”, “The essence of waters…”,  
> “The waters are divine…”, and the first nine pāvamānī verses beginning with “May they purify…”;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.214.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.20)

citpatirmeti ca śanaiḥ plāvyātmanaṃ samāhitaḥ /  
hiraṇyavarṇā iti ca pāvamānyastathā parāḥ //

> and with “May the lord of thought…”, having bathed oneself gently and with concentration;  
> and with “Golden-hued…”, and likewise the other pāvamānī verses;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.214.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.21)

taratsāmā śuddhavatyaḥ pavitrāṇi ca śaktitaḥ /  
vāruṇyā bahavaḥ puṇyāḥ śaktitaḥ saṃprayojayet //

> the Taratsamas, the Śuddhavatīs, and purifying verses according to one's capacity.  
> One should employ many sacred verses dedicated to Varuṇa according to one's ability,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.214.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.22)

oṃ kāreṇa vyāhṛtibhirgāyatryā ca samanvitaḥ /  
ādāvante ca kurvīta abhiṣekaṃ yathākramam //

> joined with the syllable Oṃ, with the vyāhṛtis, and with the Gāyatrī.  
> One should perform the sprinkling in proper order at the beginning and at the end.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.214.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.23)

jalamadhyasthitasyaiva mārjanaṃ tu vidhīyate /  
antarjale japenmantraṃ triḥ kṛtvā cāghamarṣaṇam //

> The sprinkling is prescribed only for one standing in the midst of water;  
> and one should recite the Aghamarṣaṇa mantra three times while submerged in the water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.214.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.24)

drupadādyāstrirāvartedayaṃ gauriti ca tryṛcam /  
anyāṃścaiva tu mantrānvā smṛtidṛṣṭānsamāhitaḥ //

> Composed, one should repeat thrice the verses beginning with “As if from a wooden post...”, and the tṛca “This spotted bull...”,  
> or any other mantras taught in the Smṛti.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.214.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.25)

savyāhṛtiṃ sapraṇavāṃ gāyatrīṃ vā japedbudhaḥ āvartayedvā praṇavaṃ smaredvā viṣṇamavyayam //

> A wise person should recite the Gāyatrī accompanied by the vyāhṛtis and the Praṇava,  
> or should repeat the Praṇava, or meditate on the imperishable Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.214.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.26)

viṣṇorāyatanaṃ tvāpaḥ sa evāppatirucyate /  
tasyaivaṃ tanavastvetāstasmāttaṃ hyapsu saṃsmaret //

> The waters are indeed the abode of Viṣṇu; he alone is called the Lord of Waters.  
> These \[waters\] are thus his bodies; therefore one should remember him in the waters.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.214.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.27)

tadviṣṇoriti mantreṇa nimajyāpsu punaḥ punaḥ /  
gāyattrī vaiṣṇavī hyeṣā viṣṇoḥ saṃsmaraṇāya vai //

> Plunging into the waters again and again with the mantra beginning “That supreme step of Viṣṇu...”;  
> for this is the Vaiṣṇavī Gāyatrī, intended for the remembrance of Viṣṇu:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.214.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.28)

oṃ idamāpapravahatā svaṃ malaṃ kṣālalohitam /  
yathātvahotrāmṛtaṃ yacca śophe abhīṣaṇam //

> “Oṃ, O waters, carry away this impurity of mine, washing away the blood,  
> as well as whatever untrue sacrifice, and whatever terrible curse there is.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.214.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.29)

āpo mā tasmādenasaḥ pāvamānaśca muñcatu iviṣmato vimā āpohaviṣmān āvirāsati /  
haviṣmān deva asuro haviṣmān astu sūryaḥ /  
devīrāpo apā patnyā yaśca ūrmirhaviṣyaḥ indriyavānmādityantanaḥ taṃ devebhyo devatā dābhuśukralebhyasteṣāṃ bhāgakarṣivasisamudrasya dakṣiṇyāgrayāsimenāpograrbhiraśmatamodhoḥ /  
āpo devī madhumatīragṛhṇantu hyannatī rājasvatilāḥ /  
yābhirmitrāvaruṇasya siñcayābhirindramanayatyanna vātī vadrupadāṃ śanno devī apāmasṛgdvayasaṃsūrye santaṃ samāhitaṃ apāṃrasasya yo rasya yo gṛhṇāsyuttamam /  
āpo devīrupasūrya madhumatīvayasyāya prajābhyaḥ tāsā māsthānātvarjihatāmoṣadhayaḥ sapippalāḥ /  
punantu mā pitaraḥ saumyāsaḥ punantvanāpi pitā sahasāḥ pavitreṇa gatāyuṣā /  
punantu mā pitāmahāḥ punantu prapitāmahāḥ /  
pavitreṇa gatāyuṣā viśvamāyurvyaśravaiḥ /  
agna āyūṃṣi parasatmācarorjamiṣañca tvace vāvasvatvacchūnām /  
punantu mā devajanāḥ punantu manasā dhiyaḥ /  
punantu viśvā bhūtāni jātavedaḥ ! punīhi mā /  
pavitreṇa punīhi mā śukreṇa deva dīdyat /  
agne kratvā kratūṃranu /  
yatte pavitramarciṣyagne vitatamantarā brahmā tena punātu mā /  
pavamānaḥ suvarjanaḥ / pavitreṇa vicarṣaṇiḥ / yaḥ potā sa punātu mā /  
ubhābhyāṃ deva savitaḥ / pavitreṇa savena ca / idaṃ brahmapunīmahe /  
vaiśvadevīḥ punatī devyā gṛbhnāsyāmisāvakṣyastānnovīta pūjyāḥ /  
tayāmadantaḥ sadhamādeṣu vayaṃ syāma patayo rayīṇām /  
citpa tirmā punātvacchidreṇa pavitreṇa sūryasya raśmibhiḥ /  
tasya te pavitrapūtasya yatkāmaḥ /  
praṇitacchakeyaṃ devo vākpatirmā savitā tvacchidreṇa pavitreṇa sūryasya raśmibhiḥ /  
tasya te pavitrapate ! pavitrapūtasya catkāmaḥ /  
punastacchakeyaṃ dyupatiṃ ayaṃ gauḥ pṛśrirakramīsadaśaśataṃ mātaraṃ punaḥ pitarañca prayasmaḥ /  
devo mā savitā punātvacchidreṇa pavitreṇa sūryasya raśmibhiḥ /  
tasya te pavitrapate pavitrapūtasya yatkāmaḥ punātacchakeyam? /  
oṃ tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padaṃ sadā paśyanti sūrayaḥ /  
divīva cakṣurātatam //

> “May the waters and the purifying Soma release me from that sin. May these waters, possessing oblations, be evident to the sacrificer;  
> may the divine Asura possess oblations; may the Sun possess oblations.  
> Divine waters, wives of the water, and whatever wave is fit for offering, full of vigour, may the Aditya... to the gods, deities... of the ocean...;  
> May the divine, honeyed waters receive... by which they sprinkle Mitra and Varuṇa, by which \[they lead\] Indra... as from a post, may the divine waters be auspicious to us... the essence of the waters which is supreme...;  
> Divine waters, approaching the sun, honeyed for the offspring, may the fruitful plants spring up from their place...;  
> May the gentle Pitṛs purify me, may the ancestors purify with the strainer of full life;  
> may the grandfathers purify me, may the great-grandfathers purify me;  
> with a strainer of full life may I enjoy a full span of life!  
> O Agni, protect the lives... food and vigour...;  
> May the host of gods purify me, may thoughts purify with the mind;  
> may all beings purify, O Jātavedas, do purify me!  
> Purify me with the strainer, glowing with bright light, O god;  
> O Agni, according to your designs, following our designs!  
> With that strainer of yours, O Agni, which is stretched across your flame, may the sacred formulation purify me!  
> May the purifying Soma, possessing the heavenly light, wise, with his filter, he who is the purifier, may he purify me!  
> By both, O divine Savitṛ, by the filter and by your impulse, we purify this sacred formulation!  
> May the All-gods, the purifying goddesses, receive... rejoicing with her in the banquets, may we be masters of riches!  
> May the Lord of Thought purify me with a flawless filter, with the rays of the sun!  
> Of that filtered purifier of yours, whatever desire I have, may I accomplish it! May the divine Lord of Speech, Savitṛ, purify me with a flawless filter, with the rays of the sun!  
> O Lord of the Filter, of that filtered purifier of yours, whatever desire I have, may I accomplish it again! The Lord of the Sky, ‘this spotted bull has approached’ to the mother and father...;  
> May the divine Savitṛ purify me with a flawless filter, with the rays of the sun!  
> O Lord of the Filter, of that filtered purifier of yours, whatever desire I have, may I accomplish it!  
> Oṃ, that supreme step of Viṣṇu the sages behold forever,  
> like an eye outspread in heaven.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.214.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.30)

snātvaivaṃ vāsasī dhaute acchinne paridhāya ca /  
prakṣālya ca mṛdādbhiśca hastau prakṣālya vai tadā //

> Having bathed thus, and putting on two clean, untorn garments,  
> and having cleansed the hands with earth and water at that time,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.214.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.31)

ācānte punārācāmenmantreṇa snānabhojane /  
drupadāṃ ca trirāvartya tathā caivāghamarṣaṇam //

> having sipped water, one should sip water again with a mantra during bathing and eating,  
> and having repeated the Drupada verse three times, and likewise the Aghamarṣaṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.214.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.32)

ācamyāplāvya cātmānaṃ trirācamyaśanerasūn /  
athopatiṣṭedādityaṃ mūrdhni puṣpānvitāñjaliḥ //

> having sipped water, having sprinkled oneself, having sipped water three times, \[touching\] the vital breaths slowly,  
> one should then stand facing the sun with folded hands holding flowers at the head.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.214.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.33)

prakṣipyodakamaddhūya udutyaṃ citramityapi /  
taccakṣurdeva iti ca haṃsaḥ śuciṣadityapi //

> Having offered water, casting it up, \[reciting\] “Up that...”, “The wonderful...”,  
> and “That divine eye...”, and also “The swan seated in the pure...”,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.214.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.34)

etāñjapedūrdhvabāhuḥ sūryamīkṣya samāhitaḥ /  
gāyattrīṃ ca tathā śaktyā upasthāya divākaram //

> one should recite these with raised arms, looking at the sun, with concentration,  
> and the Gāyatrī according to one's capacity, having worshipped the Sun,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.214.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.35)

vibhrāḍityanuvākena sūktena puruṣasya ca /  
śivasaṅkalpena ca tathā maṇḍalabrāhmaṇena ca //

> with the anuvāka beginning with “The radiant...”, with the Puruṣa Hymn,  
> and likewise with the Śivasaṅkalpa, and with the Maṇḍalabrāhmaṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.214.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.36)

divākīrtyā tathā cānyaiḥ saurairmantraiśca śaktitaḥ /  
japayajñastu kartavyaḥ sarvadevapraṇītakaiḥ //

> As well as with the Divākīrtya \[hymn\] and other solar mantras according to one's ability; / and the sacrifice of recitation is to be performed with \[mantras\] composed by all the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.214.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.37)

adhyātmavidyāṃ vidhivajjapedvā japasiddhaye /  
savyaṃ kṛtvā trirācamya śriyaṃ medhāṃ dhṛtiṃ kṣitim //

> Or one should recite the science of the inner self according to rule for success in recitation. / Placing the sacred thread over the left shoulder and sipping water three times, one should satisfy Śrī, Medhā, Dhṛti, Kṣiti,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.214.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.38)

vācaṃ vāgīśvarīṃ puṣṭiṃ tuṣṭiñca paritarpayet /  
umāmarundhatīṃ caiva śacīṃ mātarameva ca //

> Vāc, Vāgīśvarī, Puṣṭi, and Tuṣṭi, / and Umā, Arundhatī, Śacī, and the Mother,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.214.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.39)

jayāṃ ca vijayāṃ caiva sāvitrīṃ śāntimeva ca /  
svāhāṃ svadhāṃ dhṛtiṃ caiva tathaivāditimuttamām //

> and Jayā, Vijayā, Sāvitrī, and Śānti, / Svāhā, Svadhā, Dhṛti, and likewise the supreme Aditi.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.214.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.40)

ṛṣipatnīśca kanyāśca tarpayetkāmyadevatāḥ /  
sarvamaṅgalakāmastu tarpayetsarvamaṅgalām //

> One should satisfy the wives of the sages and their daughters, deities fulfilling desires; / and desiring all auspicious things, one should satisfy Sarvamaṅgalā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.214.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.41)

ābrahmastambaparyantaṃ jagattṛpyatvidaṃ bruvan /  
kṣipedapo 'ñjalīṃstrīṃśca kurvankāṅkṣeta tarpaṇam //

> Saying: 'May the universe from Brahmā to a blade of grass be satisfied,' / one should throw three handfuls of water, performing the water oblation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.214.41.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214.41.p1)

iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe snānavidhivivaraṇaṃ nāma caturdaśottaradviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

> Thus ends the two hundred and fourteenth chapter, entitled 'Explanation of the Rules for Bathing', in the section on conduct, in the first part called 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.1.214.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (3)

- [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.4.p986) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Āhnikaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.ahnikaprakasa.1.p444) — Mitramiśra, Sanskrit
- [Ācārasāra (Gadādhara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.acarasara-gadadhara.9.p1) — Gadādhara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.214) · Pramāṇa
