[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) › 1.216.1 # Garudapurana 1.216.1 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.216.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.216.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.216.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 216 brahmovāca / vaiśvadevaṃ pravakṣyāmi homalakṣaṇamuttamam / prajvālya cāgniṃ paryukṣya-oṃ kraṣyādamagniṃ prahiṇomi dūraṃ yamarājyaṃ gacchatu ripravāhaḥ / ihaivāyamitaro jātavedā devebhyo havyaṃ vahatu prajānat / oṃ pāvaka vaiśvānara idamāsanaṃ araṇīgarbhasaṃskṛtatejorūpa mahābrahman muhūrtāstriṣu vaiśvānaraṃ pratibodhayāmi / oṃ vaiśvānare na ubhayaṃ āprayātu parāvataḥ agnirna svadyutīrūpapṛṣṭho divi pṛṣṭho 'śvi pṛthivyāṃ pṛṣṭhā vivevā oṣadhīcāviveśa vaiśvānaraḥ sahasā pṛṣṭho 'gniḥ namo divya sa ṣaṣṭhāṃ naktam // > Garuḍa Purāṇa 216 / Brahmā said: / I shall explain the vaiśvadeva offering, the supreme characteristic of oblations: / Having kindled the fire and sprinkled it \[with water\]: “Oṃ, I send the flesh-consuming fire far away; let him go to the realm of Yama carrying away our impurities. / May this other knower of beings right here bear the oblation to the gods, knowing \[his duty\]. / Oṃ Pāvaka Vaiśvānara, this is your seat; O you whose form is the splendour prepared in the womb of the fire-sticks, O great Brahman, during the three muhūrtas I awaken Vaiśvānara. / Oṃ, to Vaiśvānara may both come from afar, our fire \[…\], on its back in heaven, on its back \[…\] on earth, entering the plants; Vaiśvānara, fire on its back through power; homage to the heavenly one \[…\] at night.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.215.8.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.215.8.p1) - [Next: 1.216.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.216.2) - [Up: 1.216](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.216) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.216.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.216.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.216.1) · Pramāṇa