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# Garudapurana 1.23

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.23

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.23.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.59) — 2 parts

### [1.23.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.1)

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 23  
sūta uvāca /  
śivārcanaṃ pravakṣyāmi dharṃmakāmādisādhanam /  
tribhirmantrairācāmettu svāhāntaiḥ praṇavādikaiḥ //

> Śrī Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 23 / Sūta said: / I shall explain the worship of Śiva, the means of accomplishing righteousness, pleasure, and the rest. / One should sip water with three mantras beginning with the Praṇava and ending with Svāhā:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.2)

oṃ hāṃ ātmatattvāya vidyātattvāya hīṃ tathā /  
oṃ hūṃ śivatattvāya svāhā hṛdā syācchrotravandanam //

> "Oṃ hāṃ to the soul-reality," "Hīṃ to the knowledge-reality," / and "Oṃ hūṃ svāhā to the Śiva-reality." Touching the ears should be done with the heart mantra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.3)

bhasmasnānaṃ tarpaṇaṃ ca oṃ hāṃ svāhā sarvamantrakāḥ /  
sarve devāḥ sarvamunirnamo 'nto vauṣaḍantakaḥ //

> The ash bath and libation are performed with the mantra "Oṃ hāṃ svāhā." / For all gods and all sages, \[the mantras\] end in "namaḥ" or end in "vauṣaṭ".  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.4)

svadhāntāḥ sarvapitaraḥ svadhāntāśca pitāmahāḥ /  
oṃ hāṃ prapitāmahebhyastathā mātāmahādayaḥ //

> For all ancestors, they end in "svadhā," and for grandfathers they end in "svadhā": / "Oṃ hāṃ to great-grandfathers," and likewise to maternal grandfathers and others,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.5)

hāṃ namaḥ sarvamātṛbhyastataḥ syātprāṇasaṃyamaḥ /  
ācāmaṃ mārjanaṃ cātho gāyatrīṃ ca japettataḥ //

> "Hāṃ namaḥ to all mothers." Then breath control should take place. / Sipping water and sprinkling \[follow\], and then one should recite the Gāyatrī:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.6)

oṃ hāṃ tanmaheśāya vidmahe,vāgviśuddhāya dhīmahi, tanno rudraḥ pracodayāt //

> "Oṃ hāṃ, we know that Great Lord; we meditate on him whose speech is purified; may that Rudra inspire us."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.7)

sūryopasthānakaṃ kṛtvā sūryamantraiḥ prapūjayet /  
oṃ hāṃ hīṃ hūṃ haiṃ hauṃ haḥ śivasūryāya namaḥ /  
oṃ haṃ khakholkāya sūryamūrtaye namaḥ /  
oṃ hrāṃ hrīṃ saḥ sūryāya namaḥ //

> Having performed the adoration of the Sun, one should worship with the Sun mantras: / "Oṃ hāṃ hīṃ hūṃ haiṃ hauṃ haḥ, salutation to Śiva-Sūrya; / Oṃ haṃ, salutation to Khakholka, the form of the Sun; / Oṃ hrāṃ hrīṃ saḥ, salutation to Sūrya."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.8)

daṇḍine piṅgale tvātibhūtāni ca tataḥ smaret /  
agnayādau vimaleśānamārādhya paramaṃ sukham //

> Then one should call to mind Daṇḍin, Piṅgala, and the living beings. / Having worshipped the spotless Lord in the south-east and other directions, \[one attains\] supreme bliss.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.9)

yajetpadmāṃ ca rāṃ dīptāṃ rīṃ sūkṣmāṃ rūṃ jayāṃ ca reṃ /  
bhadrāṃ ca raiṃ vibhūtiṃ roṃ vimalāṃ raumamodhi (rodhi) kām //

> One should worship Padmā; and "rāṃ" Dīptā, "rīṃ" Sūkṣmā, "rūṃ" Jayā, and "reṃ" / Bhadrā; and "raiṃ" Vibhūti, "roṃ" Vimalā, "rauṃ" Amoghā (Rodhikā);  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.10)

raṃ vidyutāṃ ca pūrvādau rā (raṃ) madhye sarvatomukhīm /  
arkāsanaṃ sūryamūrteṃ hrāṃ hrūṃ (hrīṃ) saḥ sūryamarcayet //

> "raṃ" Vidyutā in the east and other directions; and in the centre, "raṃ" to the all-facing goddess. / With the solar seat of the Sun's form, "hrāṃ hrīṃ saḥ," one should worship the Sun.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.11)

oṃ āṃ hṛdarkāya ca śiraḥ śikhā ca bhūrbhuvaḥ svarom /  
jvālinīṃ hraṃ kavacasya cāstraṃ rājñāṃ ca dīkṣitām //

> "Oṃ āṃ" to the heart of the Sun, and head, and crest, and "bhūr bhuvaḥ svar oṃ"; / Jvālinī, "hraṃ" to the armour, and the weapon mantra for the initiated kings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.12)

yajetsūryahṛdā sarvānsoṃ somaṃ maṃ ca maṅgalam /  
baṃ budhaṃ bṛṃ bṛhaspatiṃ bhaṃ bhārgavaṃ śaṃ śanaiścaram //

> With the heart mantra of the Sun one should worship all: "soṃ" Soma, and "maṃ" Maṅgala, / "baṃ" Budha, "bṛṃ" Bṛhaspati, "bhaṃ" Bhārgava, "śaṃ" Śanaiścara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.13)

raṃ rāhuṃ kaṃ yajetketuṃ oṃ tejaścaṇḍamarcayet /  
sūryamabhyarcya cācamya kaniṣṭhāto 'ṅgakāṃnyaset //

> "raṃ" Rāhu, "kaṃ" one should worship Ketu, and "oṃ" worship fierce Tejas. / Having worshipped the Sun and sipped water, one should place the limbs beginning from the little finger:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.14)

hāṃ hṛcchiro hūṃ śikhā haiṃ varṃma hauṃ caiva netrakam /  
ho 'straṃ śaktisthitiṃ kṛtvā bhūtaśuddhiṃ punarnyaset //

> "hāṃ" to the heart, "hūṃ" to the head, "haiṃ" to the crest, "hauṃ" to the armour, and to the eyes, / "haḥ" to the weapon mantra. Having established Śakti, one should perform the purification of the elements again.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.15)

arghyapātraṃ tataḥ kṛtvā tadadbhiḥ prokṣayedyajet //

> Then, having prepared the vessel for guest-water, one should sprinkle and worship with that water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.16)

ātmānaṃ padmasaṃsthaṃ ca hauṃ śivāya tato bahiḥ /  
dvāre nandimahākālau gaṅgā ca yamunātha gauḥ //

> \[Visualising\] oneself seated on a lotus and \[saying\] "Hauṃ to Śiva," then outside, / at the door, Nandi and Mahākāla, Gaṅgā and Yamunā, and the cow;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.17)

śrīrastraṃ vāstvadhipatiṃ brahmāṇaṃ ca gaṇaṃ gurum /  
śaktyanantau yajenmadhye pūrvādau dharṃmakādikam //

> Śrī, the weapon, the guardian deity of the site, Brahmā, the Gaṇa, and the guru. / In the centre one should worship Śakti and Ananta, and in the east and other directions, righteousness and the rest;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.18)

adharṃmādyaṃ ca vahnyādau madhye padmasya karṇike /  
vāmājyeṣṭhā ca pūrvādau raudrī kālī ca pūrṣadaḥ //

> and unrighteousness and the rest in the south-east and other directions; in the middle, on the pericarp of the lotus, / Vāmā and Jyeṣṭhā in the east and other directions, and Raudrī and Kālī in the remaining quarters:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.19)

oṃ hauṃ kalavikariṇyai balavikariṇī tataḥ /  
balapramathinī sarvabhūtānāṃ damanī tataḥ //

> "Oṃ hauṃ to Kalavikariṇī," then to Balavikariṇī, / then to Balapramathinī, to Sarvabhūtadamanī;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.20)

manonmanī yajedetāḥ paṭhimadhye śivāgrataḥ /  
śivāsanaṃ mahāmūrti mūrtimadhye śivāya ca //

> one should worship Manonmanī: these in the middle of the throne before Śiva. / To Śiva's seat, to the great murti, and in the middle of the murti, to Śiva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.21)

āvāhanaṃ sthāpanaṃ ca sannidhānaṃ nirodhanam /  
sakalīkaraṇaṃ mudrādarśanaṃ cārghyapādyakam //

> Invocation, installation, bringing near, containment, / integration, showing the gestures, and guest-water and water for the feet;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.22)

ācāmābhyaṅgamudvartaṃ snānaṃ nirṃmathanaṃ caret /  
vastraṃ vilepanaṃ puṣpaṃ dhūpaṃ dīpaṃ caruṃ dadet //

> one should perform sipping water, unction, rubbing with perfumes, bathing, and churning. / One should present clothing, anointing paste, flowers, incense, a lamp, and sacrificial cooked food;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.23)

ācāmaṃ mukhavāsaṃ ca tāmbūlaṃ hastaśodhanam /  
chatracāmarapāvitraṃ paramīkaraṇaṃ caret //

> sipping water, mouth-fresheners, betel, the purification of hands, / parasol, chowrie, the sanctifier, and the supreme consecration one should perform.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.24)

rūpakpena caikāhajapo jāpyasamarpaṇam /  
stutirnatirhṛdādyaiśca jñeyaṃ nāmāṅga pūjanam //

> One-day recitation in proper form, dedication of the recitation, / praise, prostration with the heart and other limbs—this is known as the worship of the limbs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.25)

agnīśarakṣo vāyavye madhye pūrvāditantrakam /  
indrādyāṃśca yajeccaṇḍaṃ tasmai nirmālyamarpayet //

> In the south-east, north-east, south-west, and north-west, and in the centre, according to the rule from the east onward, / one should worship Indra and the other \[guardians\], and Caṇḍa, and offer him the leftover offerings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.26)

guhāyātiguhyagoptā tvaṃ gṛhāṇāsmatkṛtaṃ japam /  
siddhirbhavatu me deva tatprasādāttvayi sthitiḥ //

> "You are the protector of the secret and the most secret; accept the recitation made by us. / May there be attainment for me, O God; through your grace let there be abiding in you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.27)

yatkiñcitkriyate karma sadā sukṛtaduṣkṛtam /  
tanme śivapadasthasya rudra kṣapaya śaṅkara //

> Whatever deed is done always, good deed or bad deed, / destroy that of mine who am established in the station of Śiva, O Rudra, O Śaṅkara!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.28)

śivo dātā śivo bhoktā śivaḥ sarvamidaṃ jagat /  
śivo jayati sarvatra yaḥ śivaḥ so 'hameva ca //

> Śiva is the giver, Śiva is the enjoyer, Śiva is all this universe; / Śiva is victorious everywhere; that which is Śiva is I myself.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.29)

yatkṛtaṃ yatkariṣyāmi tatsarvaṃ sukṛtaṃ tava(tastavam) /  
tvaṃ trātā viśvanetā ca nānyonātho 'stimeśiva //

> Whatever has been done, whatever I shall do, all that is your good deed. / You are the saviour and the guide of the universe; there is no other lord for me, O Śiva!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.30)

athānyena prakāreṇa śivapūjāṃ vadāmyaham /  
gaṇaḥ sarasvatī nandī mahākālo 'thagaṅgayā //

> Now I shall tell the worship of Śiva by another method: / Gaṇa, Sarasvatī, Nandi, Mahākāla, then along with Gaṅgā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.31)

pavanāstraṃ vāstvadhipo dvāri pūrvāditastvime /  
indrādyāḥ pūjanīyāśca tattvāni pṛthivī jalam //

> the wind, the weapon, the guardian deity of the site at the door beginning from the east. / Indra and the others are to be worshipped, and the elements: earth, water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.32)

tejo vāyurvyoma gandho rasarūpe ca śabdakaḥ /  
sparśo vāk pāṇi pādaṃ ca pāyūpasthaṃ śrutitvacam //

> fire, wind, ether, smell, taste and form, sound, / touch, speech, hands, feet, anus, genitals, ears, and skin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.33)

cakṣurjihvā ghrāṇamano buddhiścāhaṃ prakṛtyapi /  
pumānnāgo buddhividye kalā kālo niyatyapi //

> Eye, tongue, nose, mind, intellect, ego, and primordial nature, / Puruṣa, Nāga, intellect-knowledge, Kalā, time, and destiny,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.34)

māyā ca śuddha vidyā ca īśvaraśca sadāśivaḥ /  
śaktiḥ śivaśca tāñjñātvā mukto jñānī śivo bhavet //

> Māyā, pure knowledge, Īśvara, Sadāśiva, / Śakti, and Śiva: knowing these, the wise person is liberated and becomes Śiva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.35)

yaḥ śivaḥ sa harirbrahmā so 'haṃ brahmāsmi śaṅkara //

> He who is Śiva is Hari and Brahmā; 'I am that Brahman, Śaṅkara.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.36)

bhūtaśuddhiṃ pravakṣyāmi yayā śuddhaḥ śivo bhavet /  
hṛtpadme sadyomantraḥ syānnivṛttiśca kalā iḍā //

> I shall explain the purification of the elements, by which one becomes purified Śiva: / In the heart-lotus is the Sadyojāta mantra, the Kalā is Nivṛtti, and the Iḍā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.37)

piṅgalā dve ca nāḍyau tu prāṇo 'pānaśca mārutau /  
indro deho brahmahetuścaturastraṃ ca maṇḍalam //

> And Piṅgalā are the two subtle channels; the two winds are Prāṇa and Apāna; / The deity is Indra, the body is the cause of Brahman, and the maṇḍala is a square,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.38)

vaktreṇa lāñchitaṃ vāyumekoddhātaguṇāḥ śarāḥ /  
tdṛtsthānasādṛśyarutaṃ śatakoṭipravistaram //

> Marked by a mouth, wind, one respiratory thrust, five qualities, / Situated in the heart region, resembling a sound, extended over one billion \[yojanas\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.39)

oṃ hrīṃ pratiṣṭhāyai hrūṃ hraḥ phaṭ /  
oṃ hrīṃ hrūṃ vidyāyai hraṃ hraḥ phaṭ /  
caturaśītikoṭīnāmucchrayaṃ bhūmitantrakam //

> "Oṃ hrīṃ to Pratiṣṭhā hrūṃ hraḥ phaṭ." / "Oṃ hrīṃ hrūṃ to Vidyā hraṃ hraḥ phaṭ." / The ground system is eighty-four crores \[of yojanas\] in height.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.40)

tanmadhye bhavavṛkṣaṃ ca ātmānaṃ ca vicintayet /  
adhomukhīṃ tataḥ pṛthvīṃ tattacchudhdaṃ bhaveddhruvam //

> In its middle one should meditate upon the tree of worldly existence and the self; / Then, upon the earth turned downward; thus that particular \[element\] is surely purified.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.41)

vāmā devī pratiṣṭhā ca suṣumnā dhārikā tathā /  
samānodānavaruṇā devatā viṣṇu kāraṇam //

> Vāmā Devī, Pratiṣṭhā, Suṣumnā, and Dhārikā; / The vital airs are Samāna and Udāna; Varuṇa is the deity; Viṣṇu is the cause;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.42)

addhātāśca guṇā vedāḥ śvetaṃ dhyānaṃ tathaiva ca /  
evaṃ kuryātkaṇṭhapadmamardhacandrākhyamaṇḍalam //

> The breath-thrusts and qualities are four; the meditation is white. / In this way one should visualize the throat-lotus, the maṇḍala called the crescent moon,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.43)

padmāṅkitaṃ dviviṃśatikakoṭivistīrṇamau smaret /  
caturnavatyucchrayaṃ ca ātmānaṃ ca adhomukham //

> Marked with a lotus, extended across twenty-two crores, / Ninety-four in height, and the self facing downward.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.44)

tālusthānaṃ ca padmaṃ ca aghoro vidyayānvitaḥ /  
nābhyo(ḍyo) ṣṭhayorhastijihvādhyāno nāgognidevatā //

> At the palate is the lotus; Aghora is endowed with Vidyā; / In the two lip-channels are Hastijihvā; the meditation is Nāga; Agni is the deity;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.45)

rudrahetustriruddhātāstriguṇā raktavarṇakam /  
jvālākṛte trikoṇaṃ ca catuḥ koṭiśatāni ca //

> Rudra is the cause; there are three thrusts, three qualities, and a red color; / A triangle of the shape of a flame, four hundred crores  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.46)

vistīrṇaṃ ca samutsedhaṃ rudratattvaṃ vicintayet /  
lalāṭe vai tatpuruṣaḥ śāntiryaḥ śādvalaṃ budhāḥ (vṛṣā) //

> In breadth and height—thus should one meditate upon the Rudra-element. / In the forehead is Tatpuruṣa, Śānti, green grass, the wise say,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.47)

kūrmaśca kṛkaro vāyurdeva īśvarakāraṇam /  
dviruddhāto guṇau dvau ca dhūmraṣaṭkoṇamaṇḍalam //

> Kūrma and Kṛkara are the winds; the god Īśvara is the cause; / Two thrusts, two qualities, and a smoky hexagonal maṇḍala,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.48)

bindvaṅkitaṃ cāṣṭakoṭivistīrṇaṃ cocchrayastathā /  
caturdaśādhikaṃ koṭivāyutattvaṃ vicintayet //

> Marked with a bindu, eight crores in extent and height, / Plus fourteen crores—thus should one meditate upon the wind element.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.49)

dvādaśati sarasije śāntya tītāstatheśvarāḥ /  
kuhūśca śaṅkhinī nāḍyo devadatto dhanañjayaḥ //

> In the twelve-petalled lotus are Śāntyatītā and the Lords; / Kuhū and Śaṅkhinī are the channels; Devadatta and Dhanañjaya \[are the winds\];  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.50)

śikhaiśānakāraṇaṃ ca sadāśiva iti smṛtaḥ /  
guṇa ekastathoddhātaḥ śuddhasphaṭikavatsmaret //

> The Śikhā, Īśāna as the cause, and Sadāśiva is traditionally known; / One quality, one thrust; one should meditate upon it as like pure crystal,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.51)

ṣoḍaśakoṭivistīrṇaṃ pañcaviṃśatikocchrayam /  
vartulaṃ cintayevdyoma bhutaśuddhirudāhṛtā //

> Sixteen crores in breadth, twenty-five in height; / One should meditate upon circular ether. Thus the purification of elements is proclaimed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.52)

guṇayo gururbojaguruḥ śaktayanantau ca dharṃmakaḥ /  
jñānavairāgyamaiśvaryaistataḥ pūrvādipatrake //

> The two qualities, the guru, the seed-guru, Śakti and Ananta, and Dharma, / Along with knowledge, dispassion, and sovereign power; then, on the petals beginning in the east,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.53)

adhordhvavadane dve ca padmakarṇikakesaram /  
vāmādyā ātmavidyā ca sadā dhyāyecchivākhyakam //

> The two faces turned downward and upward, the pericarp and filaments of the lotus, / Vāmā and the rest, self-knowledge, and one should constantly meditate upon that called Śiva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.54)

tattvaṃ śivāsane mūrtirhe hauṃ vidyādehāya namaḥ /  
baddhapadmāsanāsīnaḥ sitaḥ ṣoḍaśavārṣikaḥ //

> The tattva on the seat of Śiva, the icon: "Heṃ hauṃ, homage to the body of knowledge!" / Seated in the bound lotus posture, white, sixteen years old,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.55)

pañcavaktraḥ karāgraiḥ svairdaśabhiścaiva dhārayan /  
abhayaṃ prasādaṃ śaktiṃ śūlaṃ khaṭvāṅgamīśvaraḥ //

> Five-faced, holding with the tips of His own ten hands, / The gesture of fearlessness, boons, a spear, a trident, and a skull-staff, the Lord,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.56)

dakṣaiḥ karairvāmakaiśca bhujaṅgaṃ cākṣasūtrakam /  
ḍamarukaṃ nīlotpalaṃ bījapūrakamuttamam //

> With His right hands; and with the left hands a serpent, a rosary, / A drum, a blue lotus, and an excellent citron.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.57)

icchājñānakriyāśaktistrinetro hi sadāśivaḥ /  
evaṃ śivārcanadhyānī sarvadā kālavarjitaḥ //

> Possessing the powers of will, knowledge, and action, three-eyed indeed is Sadāśiva. / The meditator who thus worships Śiva is always freed from time.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.58)

ihāhorā vacāreṇa trīṇi varṣāṇi jīvati /  
dinadvayasya cāreṇa jīvedvarṣadvayaṃ naraḥ //

> By the flow \[of breath\] through this day and night, a man lives for three years; / By the flow of two days, he lives for two years;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.59)

dinatrayasya cāreṇa varṣamekaṃ sa jīvati /  
nākāle śītale mṛtyuruṣṇe caiva tu kārake //

> By the flow of three days, he lives for one year. / Death does not come at an unseasonable cold time, nor during the heat-causing \[breath\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.59.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.59.p1)

iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe śivārcananirūpaṇaṃ nāma trayoviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

> Thus in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, in the first section called the Pūrvakhaṇḍa, in the Ācārakāṇḍa, the twenty-third chapter, entitled "The Exposition of the Worship of Śiva."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.23.59.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.59.p2)

(iti śivādipūjā samāptā) /

> (Thus the worship of Śiva and others is concluded.)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.1) — English, machine translation

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