[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) › 1.35 # Garudapurana 1.35 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.35 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.35.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.35.11) — 1 part ### [1.35.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.35.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 35 hariruvāca / nyāsādikaṃ pravakṣyāmi gāyattryāḥ śṛṇu śaṅkara / viśvāmitraṛṣiścaiva savitā cātha devatā // > The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 35 > Hari said: > I shall explain the nyāsa and other rites of the Gāyatrī; listen, O Śaṅkara. / Its ṛṣi is Viśvāmitra, and Savitṛ is its deity; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.35.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.35.2) brahmaśīrṣā rudraśikhā viṣṇorhṛdayasaṃśritā / viniyogaikanayanā kātyāyanasagotrajā // > having Brahmā as its head, Rudra as its crown lock, resting in the heart of Viṣṇu, / having viniyoga as its only eye, born in the gotra of Kātyāyana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.35.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.35.3) trailokyacaraṇā jñeyā pṛthivīkukṣisaṃsthitā / evaṃ jñātvā tu gāyattrīṃ japeddvādaśalakṣakam // > She should be known as having the three worlds as her feet and abiding in the belly of the earth. / Having thus comprehended Gāyatrī, one should recite \[her\] one million two hundred thousand times. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.35.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.35.4) tripadāṣṭākṣarā jñeyā catuṣpādā ṣaḍakṣarā / jepa ca tripadā groktā arcane ca catuṣpadā // > She should be known as having three lines of eight syllables \[each\], or four lines of six syllables \[each\]. / In recitation she is taught as three-lined, and in worship as four-lined. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.35.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.35.5) nyāse jape tathā dhyāne agnikārye tathārcane / gāyattrīṃ vinyasennityaṃ sarvapāpagraṇāśinīm // > In ritual placement, recitation, meditation, fire rituals, and worship, / one should constantly place Gāyatrī, who destroys all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.35.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.35.6) pādāṃsuṣṭhe gulphamadhye jaṅghayorviddhi jānunoḥ / ūrvorguhye ca vṛṣaṇe nāḍyāṃ nābhau tanūdare // > Know \[her syllables to be placed\] on the big toe, the middle of the ankle, the two shanks, the two knees, / the two thighs, the genitals, the testicles, the main channel, the navel, the slender belly, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.35.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.35.7) stanayorhṛdi kaṇṭhauṣṭhamukhe tāluni cāṃsayoḥ / netre bhuvārlalāṭe ca pūrvasyāṃ dakṣiṇottare // > the two breasts, the heart, the throat, the lip, the mouth, the palate, the two shoulders, / the two eyes, the brow, the forehead, the east, the south, the north, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.35.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.35.8) paścame mūrdhni cākāraṃ nyasedvarṇānvadāmyaham / indranīlaṃ ca vahniṃ ca pītaṃ śyāmaṃ ca kāpilam // > the west, and the top of the head—I will state the colors \[with each\] form: / sapphire-blue, fiery, yellow, dark, tawny, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.35.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.35.9) śvetaṃ vidyutprabhaṃ tāraṃ kṛṣṇaṃ raktaṃ krameṇa tat / śyāmaṃ śuklaṃ tathā pītaṃ śvetaṃ vai padmarāgavat // > white, lightning-bright, star-like, black, red in succession, / dark, bright white, yellow, white like a ruby, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.35.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.35.10) śaṅkhavarṇaṃ pāṇḍuraṃ ca raktaṃ cāsavasannibham / arkavarṇasamaṃ saumyaṃ śaṅkhābhaṃ śvetameva ca // > conch-colored, pale white, red like wine, / like the color of the sun, gentle, conch-shining, and white. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.35.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.35.11) yadyatspṛśati hastena yacca paśyati cakṣuṣā / pūtaṃ bhavati tatsarvaṃ gāyattryā na paraṃ viduḥ // > Whatever one touches with the hand, and whatever one sees with the eye, / all that becomes pure; they know nothing superior to Gāyatrī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.35.11.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.35.11.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe gāyattrīnyāsanirūpaṇaṃ nāma pañcatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the thirty-fifth chapter, titled 'Determination of the Ritual Placement of Gāyatrī,' in the Conduct Section of 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.1.35.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.35) · Pramāṇa