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# Garudapurana 1.22

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.22

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.22.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.22.17) — 1 part

### [1.22.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.22.1)

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 22  
sūta uvāca /  
śivārcanaṃ pravakṣyāmi buktimuktikaraṃ param /  
śāntaṃ sarvagataṃ śūnyaṃ mātrādvādaśake sthitam //

> The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 22  
> Sūta said:  
> I shall explain the worship of Śiva, the supreme giver of enjoyment and liberation,  
> peaceful, all-pervading, empty, residing in the twelve morae.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.22.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.22.2)

pañca vakkrāṇi hrasvāni dīrghāṇyaṅgāni bindunā /  
savisargaṃ vadedastraṃ śiva ūrghvaṃ tathā punaḥ //

> The five faces are short \[vowels\], the limbs are long \[vowels\] with a bindu;  
> one should pronounce the weapon \[mantra\] with a visarga; Śiva is above, and likewise again,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.22.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.22.3)

ṣaṣṭhenādho mahāmantro haumityevākhilārthadaḥ /  
hastābhyāṃ saṃspṛśetpādāvūrdhvaṃ pādānmastakam //

> below with the sixth \[vowel\], the great mantra "haum", the bestower of all aims.  
> With both hands he should touch the feet, and from the feet upward to the head.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.22.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.22.4)

mahāmudrā hi sarveṣāṃ karāṅganyāsamācaret /  
tālahastena pṛṣṭhaṃ ca astramantreṇa śodhayet //

> Indeed, the great mudrā of all; he should perform the placement on hands and limbs;  
> and with the palm of his hand he should purify the back with the weapon mantra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.22.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.22.5)

kaniṣṭhāmāditaḥ kṛtvā tarjanyaṅgāni vinyaset /  
pūjanaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi karṇikāyāṃ tdṛdambuje //

> Starting with the little finger, he should place the limbs up to the index finger;  
> I shall fully explain the worship in the pericarp of that heart lotus.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.22.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.22.6)

dharmaṃ jñānaṃ ca vairāgyamaiśvaryādi tdṛdārcayet /  
āvāhanaṃ sthāpanaṃ ca pādyamarghyaṃ hṛdārpayet //

> One should worship righteousness, knowledge, detachment, lordship, and the rest with the heart mantra. / One should offer invocation, installation, water for the feet, and guest-water with the heart mantra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.22.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.22.7)

ācāmaṃ snapanaṃ pūjāmekādhāraṇatulyakam? /  
agnikāryavidhiṃ vakṣye astreṇollekhanaṃ caret //

> One should perform sipping water, bathing, and worship equally in a single receptacle. / I shall explain the procedure for the fire rites: one should make the furrow lines with the weapon mantra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.22.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.22.8)

varṃmaṇābhyukṣaṇaṃ kāryaṃ śaktinyāsaṃ hṛdā caret /  
tdṛdi vā śaktigarte ca prakṣipejjātavedasam //

> Sprinkling should be done with the armour mantra, and the placement of Śakti should be performed with the heart mantra. / Or in the heart, or in the pit of Śakti, one should cast Agni, knower of beings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.22.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.22.9)

garbhādhānādikaṃ kṛtvā niṣkṛtiṃ cārasya paścimām /  
hṛdā kṛtvā sarvakarṃma śivaṃ sāṃgaṃ tu homayet //

> Having performed \[the rites\] beginning with conception, down to the final expiation, / having performed all the rites with the heart mantra, one should make oblations to Śiva along with his limbs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.22.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.22.10)

pūjayenmaṇḍale śambhuṃ padmagarbhe garāṅkitam /  
catuḥ ṣaṣṭyantamaṣṭādi khākṣi khādyādimaṇḍalam //

> One should worship Śambhu marked with poison in the lotus pericarp within the maṇḍala, / a maṇḍala of sixty-four squares, or eight and so forth, or zero-eyes (twenty), or ether and so forth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.22.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.22.11)

khākṣīndrasūryagaṃ sarvakhādivedendu (devendu) vartanam /  
āgneyyāṃ kārayetkuṇḍamardhacandranibhaṃ śubham //

> In the south-east, following the measure of zero-eyes-Indra-sun (twelve hundred and twenty) or all-ether-Veda-moon (fourteen hundred), / one should construct an auspicious hearth resembling a crescent moon.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.22.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.22.12)

agniśāstra parāyustho tdṛdayādigaṇocyate /  
astraṃ diśā supadmasya karṇikāyāṃ sadāśivaḥ //

> Established in the fire scriptures, the host of limbs beginning with the heart is stated. / The weapon mantra is in the directions, and Sadāśiva is in the pericarp of the auspicious lotus.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.22.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.22.13)

dīkṣāṃ vakṣye pañcatattve sthitāṃ bhūmyādikāṃ pare /  
nivṛttirbhūpratiṣṭhādyairvidyāgniḥ śāntivannijaḥ //

> I shall speak of initiation established in the five realities, beginning with earth, in the supreme. / Cessation with earth, installation and the rest, knowledge is fire, just as peace is one's own.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.22.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.22.14)

śāntyatītaṃ bhavevdyoma tatparaṃ śāntamavyayam /  
ekaikasya śataṃ homā hatyevaṃ pañca homayet //

> Transcending peace becomes ether; beyond that is the tranquil, imperishable \[state\]. / Oblations of a hundred for each one; thus one should offer oblations for the five.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.22.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.22.15)

paścātpūrṇāhutiṃ dattvā prā(pra)sodana śivaṃ smaret /  
prāyaścittaviśuddhyarthamekaikāṣṭāhutiṃ kramāt //

> Afterward, having given the final oblation, one should remember Śiva who grants grace. / For the sake of purification through expiation, \[offering\] eight oblations for each in sequence,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.22.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.22.16)

homayedastrabījena evaṃ dīkṣāṃ samāpayet /  
yajanavyatirekeṇa gopyaṃ saṃskāramuttamam //

> one should offer oblations with the seed-syllable of the weapon mantra; thus one should conclude the initiation. / Distinct from ritual worship, this excellent consecration is to be kept secret.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.22.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.22.17)

evaṃ saṃskāraśuddhasya śivatvaṃ jāyate dhruvam //

> For one who is thus purified by the consecration, the state of Śiva certainly arises.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.22.17.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.22.17.p1)

iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe śivārcanaprakāro nāma dvāviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

> Thus, in the holy Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, in the first section named the Pūrvakhaṇḍa, in the Ācārakāṇḍa, ends the twenty-second chapter entitled 'The Method of Worship of Śiva'.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.22.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (4)

- [Sārdhatriśatikālottara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.rudra.vatula.kalottara.1.9) — Sanskrit
- [Kālottara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.kalottara.59.4) — Nandikeśvara, Sanskrit
- [Īśānaśivagurudevapaddhati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.siddhanta.paddhati.isanasivagurudevapaddhati.3.5.207) — Īśānaśivagurudeva, Sanskrit
- [Svacchandatantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.bhairava.svacchanda.4.49) — Sanskrit

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