[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) › 1.36 # Garudapurana 1.36 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.36 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.36.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.36.18) — 1 part ### [1.36.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.36.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 36 hariruvāca / sandhyāvidhiṃ pravakṣyāmi śṛṇu rudrāghanāśanam / prāṇāyāmatrayaṃ kṛtvā sandhyāsnānamupakramet // > Glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 36 > Hari said: / I will proclaim the rule of twilight worship, which destroys sin, listen, O Rudra. / Having performed three breath controls, one should begin the twilight bath. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.36.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.36.2) sapraṇavāṃ savyāhṛtiṃ gāyattrīṃ śirasā saha / triḥ paṭhedāyatapraṇaḥ prāṇāyāmaḥ sa ucyate // > With breath held, one should recite three times Gāyatrī / accompanied by the praṇava, the vyāhṛtis, and the head \[mantra\]; that is called breath control. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.36.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.36.3) manovākrāyajaṃ doṣaṃ prāṇāyāmairdaheddvijaḥ / tasmātsarveṣu kāleṣu prāṇāyāmaparo bhavet // > A twice-born should burn away faults born of mind, speech, and body with breath controls; / therefore, at all times one should be devoted to breath control. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.36.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.36.4) sāyamagniśca metyuktā prātaḥ sūryetyapaḥ pibet / āpaḥ punantu madhyāhne upaspṛśya yathāvidhi // > Saying 'May fire and \[manyu\]…' at evening, and 'May the sun…' at morning, he should sip water. / At noon, saying 'May the waters purify…,' having properly performed sipping, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.36.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.36.5) āpohiṣṭhetyṛcā kuryānmārjanaṃ tu kuśodakaiḥ / praṇavena tu saṃyuktaṃ kṣipedvāri padepade // > he should perform sprinkling with the verse beginning with 'Waters indeed are…' using kuśa-water. / Combined with the praṇava, he should cast water at every verse-foot. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.36.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.36.6) rajastamaḥ svamohotthāñjāgratsvapnasuṣuptijān / vāṅmanaḥ karmajāndoṣānnavaitānnavabhirdahet // > Born of passion and darkness, born of his own delusion, born of waking, dreaming, and deep sleep, / born of speech, mind, and action—these nine faults he should burn with the nine \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.36.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.36.7) samuddhṛtyodakaṃ pāṇau japtvā ca drupadāṃ kṣipet / tripaḍaṣṭau dvādaśadhā vartayedaghamarpaṇam // > Taking up water in the hand and reciting the drupadā \[verse\], he should cast it out; / he should repeat the sin-expelling rite three, eight, or twelve times. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.36.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.36.8) udutyañcitramityābhyāmupatiṣṭheddivākaram / divā rātrau ca yatpāpaṃ sarvaṃ naśyati tatkṣaṇāt // > With the two \[hymns\] 'Up arise…' and 'The wonderful…,' he should attend upon the sun. / Whatever sin is committed by day or by night, all is destroyed in that very instant. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.36.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.36.9) pūrvasaṃdhyāṃ japaṃstiṣṭhetpaścimāmupaviśya ca / mahāvyāhṛtisaṃyuktāṃ gāyattrīṃ praṇavānvitām // > One should recite standing during the morning twilight and seated during the evening \[twilight\] / Gāyatrī accompanied by the great vyāhṛtis and endowed with the praṇava. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.36.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.36.10) daśabhirjanmajanitaṃ śatena tu purā kṛtam / triyugaṃ tu sahasreṇa gāyattrī hanti duṣkṛtam // > With ten \[repetitions\] Gāyatrī destroys sin born of this life; with a hundred, that done in a past life; / and with a thousand, that accumulated over three ages. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.36.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.36.11) raktā bhavati gāyattrī sāvitrī śuklavarṇikā / kṛṣṇā sarasvatī jñeyā saṃdhyātrayamudāhṛtam // > Gāyatrī is red; Sāvitrī is white-colored; / Sarasvatī should be known as black—thus the three twilights are declared. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.36.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.36.12) oṃ bhūrvinyasya hṛdaye oṃ bhuvaḥ śirasi nyaset / oṃ svariti śikhāyāṃ ca gāyattryāḥ prathamaṃ padam // > Placing 'Oṃ bhūḥ' on the heart, one should place 'Oṃ bhuvaḥ' on the head, / and 'Oṃ svaḥ' on the topknot, \[and\] the first foot of Gāyatrī > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.36.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.36.13) vinyasetkavace vidvāndvitīyaṃ netrayornyaset / tṛtīyenāṅgavinyāsaṃ caturthaṃ sarvato nyaset // > the wise one should place on the armor; the second he should place on the eyes; / with the third he should perform bodily placement; the fourth he should place everywhere. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.36.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.36.14) saṃdhyākāle tu vinyasya japedvai vedamātaram / śivastasyāstu sarvāhne prāṇāyāmaparaṃ nyaset // > Having performed the placement at twilight, he should recite the Mother of the Vedas. / May it be auspicious for him; during the entire day he should engage in breath control and ritual placement. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.36.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.36.15) tripadā yā tu gāyattrī brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarī / viniyogamṛṣicchando jñātvā tu japamārabhet // > The three-footed Gāyatrī is Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśvara; / having known the application, the seer, and the meter, one should begin recitation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.36.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.36.16) sarvapāpavinirmukto brahmalokamavāpnuyāt / parorajasi sāvadoṃ turīyapadamīritam // > Freed from all sins, one attains the world of Brahman. / 'Beyond the dust, may he who… Oṃ' is proclaimed as the fourth foot. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.36.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.36.17) taṃ hanti sūryaḥ sandhyāyāṃ nopāstiṃ kurute tu yaḥ / turīyasya padasyāpi ṛṣirnirmala eva ca // > The sun destroys him who does not perform worship at twilight. / The seer of this fourth foot also is the Stainless One; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.36.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.36.18) chandastu devī gāyattrī paramātmā ca devatā // > the meter is the goddess Gāyatrī, and the deity is the Supreme Self. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.36.18.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.36.18.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe saṃdhyāvidhirnāma ṣaṭtriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the thirty-sixth chapter, titled 'The Rule of Twilight Worship,' 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.1.36.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (5) - [Prāṇatoṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.sakta.pranatosini.4.8.449) — Rāmatoṣaṇa Śarman 1796, Sanskrit - [Saṃskāraratnamālā (Gopīnātha Dīkṣita Oka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.samskara.samskararatnamala.12.p13) — Gopīnātha Dīkṣita Oka, Sanskrit - [Nityācārapaddhati (Vidyākara vājapeyin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.nityacarapaddhati-vidyakara-vajapeyin.2.p35) — Vidyākara vājapeyin, Sanskrit - [Smṛtiratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.smrtiratnakara.2.p64.2) — Veṅkaṭanātha, Sanskrit - [Smṛtiratnākara (Viṭṭhalanātha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.smrtiratnakara-vitthala.2.p64.2) — Viṭṭhalanātha, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.36) · Pramāṇa