Garudapurana 1.39
Garuḍapurāṇa 1.39
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- 1.39.22 — 1 part
1.39.1
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 39
rudra uvāca /
punardevārcanaṃ brūhi saṃkṣepeṇa janārdana /
sūryasya viṣṇurūpasya bhuktimuktipradāyakam //
The holy Garuḍa Purāṇa: [Chapter] 39. / Rudra said: / "Speak again briefly, Janārdana, on the worship of the deity— / of Sūrya who has the form of Viṣṇu, which bestows worldly enjoyment and liberation."
1.39.2
vāsudeva uvāca /
śṛṇu sūryasya rudra tvaṃ punarvakṣyāmi pūjanam /
oṃ uccaiḥ śravase namaḥ oṃ aruṇāya namaḥ /
oṃ daṇḍine namaḥ /
oṃ piṅgalāya namaḥ /
ete dvāre prapūjyā vai epirmantrairvṛṣadhvaja //
Vāsudeva said: / "Listen, Rudra: I shall declare again the worship of Sūrya. / 'Oṃ, homage to Uccaiḥśravas. Oṃ, homage to Aruṇa. / Oṃ, homage to Daṇḍin. / Oṃ, homage to Piṅgala.' / These, indeed, O bull-bannered one, are to be worshipped at the gate with these mantras:
1.39.3
oṃ aṃ prabhūtāya namaḥ /
imaṃ tu pūjayenmadhye prabhūtāmalasaṃjñakam /
oṃ aṃ vimalāya namaḥ /
oṃ aṃ sārāya namaḥ /
oṃ aṃādhārāya namaḥ /
oṃ aṃ paramamukhāya namaḥ /
ityāgneyādikoṇeṣu pūjyā vai vimalādayaḥ //
'Oṃ, aṃ, homage to Prabhūta.' / One should worship this one named Prabhūtāmala in the center: / 'Oṃ, aṃ, homage to Vimala. / Oṃ, aṃ, homage to Sāra. / Oṃ, aṃ, homage to Ādhāra. / Oṃ, aṃ, homage to Paramamukha.' / Thus, in the corners beginning with the southeast, Vimala and the others are to be worshipped.
1.39.4
oṃ padmāya namaḥ /
oṃ karṇikāyai namaḥ /
maghye tu pūjayedrudra pūrvādiṣu tathaiva ca /
dīptādyāḥ pūjayenmadhye pūjayetsarvatomukhīḥ /
oṃ vāṃ (rāṃ) dīptāyai namaḥ /
oṃ vīṃ (rīṃ) sūkṣmāyai namaḥ /
oṃ vūṃ (rūṃ bhadrāyai namaḥ /
oṃ vaiṃ (raiṃ) jayāyai namaḥ /
oṃ vauṃ (rauṃ) vibūtyai namaḥ /
oṃ vaṃ (raṃ) adhorāyai namaḥ /
oṃ vaṃ (raṃ) vaidyutāyai namaḥ /
oṃ vaḥ (raḥ) vijayāyai namaḥ /
oṃ ro sarvatomukhyai namaḥ //
'Oṃ, homage to the lotus. / Oṃ, homage to the pericarp.' / One should worship in the center, Rudra, and likewise in the east and the other [directions]. / One should worship Dīptā and the others in the center; one should worship the all-facing ones: / 'Oṃ vāṃ (rāṃ), homage to Dīptā. / Oṃ vīṃ (rīṃ), homage to Sūkṣmā. / Oṃ vūṃ (rūṃ), homage to Bhadrā. / Oṃ vaiṃ (raiṃ), homage to Jayā. / Oṃ vauṃ (rauṃ), homage to Vibhūti. / Oṃ vaṃ (raṃ), homage to Aghorā. / Oṃ vaṃ (raṃ), homage to Vaidyutā. / Oṃ vaḥ (raḥ), homage to Vijayā. / Oṃ roṃ, homage to Sarvatomukhī.'"
1.39.5
oṃ arkāsanāya namaḥ /
oṃ hrāṃ sūryamūrtaye namaḥ /
etāstu pūjayenmadhye hranmantrāñchṛṇu śaṅkara /
oṃ haṃ saṃ khaṃ khakholkāya krāṃ krīṃ saḥ svāhā sūryamūrtaye namaḥ /
anenāvāhanaṃ kuryātsthāpanaṃ sannidhāpanam /
sanniropanamantreṇa sakalīkaraṇaṃ tathā //
"Om, homage to the seat of the Sun.
Om hrāṃ, homage to the embodiment of the Sun."
One should worship these in the center. Listen to the mantras of the heart, O Śaṅkara:
"Om haṃ saṃ khaṃ khakholkāya krāṃ krīṃ saḥ svāhā, homage to the embodiment of the Sun."
With this one should perform the invocation, the installation, the bringing near,
the confrontation with its mantra, and likewise the endowment with parts.
1.39.6
mudrāyā darśanaṃ rudra mūlamantreṇa vā hara /
tejorūpaṃ raktavarṇaṃ sitapadmopari sthitam /
ekacakrarathārūḍhaṃ dvibāhuṃ dhṛtapaṅkajam //
One should show the mudrā, O Rudra, or [do so] with the root mantra, O Hara:
[meditating on him] whose form is radiance, red in color, seated upon a white lotus,
mounted on a one-wheeled chariot, two-armed, holding lotuses.
1.39.7
evaṃ dhyāyetsadā sūryaṃ mūlamantraṃ śṛṇuṣva ca /
oṃ hrāṃ hrīṃ saḥ sūryāya namaḥ //
Thus should one constantly meditate on the Sun; and hear the root mantra:
"Om hrāṃ hrīṃ saḥ, homage to the Sun."
1.39.8
vāratrayaṃ padmamudrāṃ bimbamudrāṃ ca darśayet /
oṃ āṃ hṛdayāya namaḥ /
oṃ arkāya śirase svāhā /
oṃ aḥ bhūrbhuvaḥ svaḥ jvālini śikhāyai vaṣaṭ /
oṃ huṃ kavacāya huṃ /
oṃ bhāṃ netrābhyāṃ vauṣaṭ /
oṃ vaḥ astrāya phaḍiti //
Three times one should show the lotus-mudrā and the orb-mudrā:
"Om āṃ, homage to the heart.
Om, svāhā to the head, to the Sun.
Om aḥ bhūḥ bhuvaḥ svaḥ jvālini, vaṣaṭ to the tuft of hair.
Om huṃ, huṃ to the armor.
Om bhāṃ, vauṣaṭ to the two eyes.
Om vaḥ, phaṭ to the weapon."
1.39.9
āgneyyāmathavaiśānyāṃ nairṛtyāmarcayeddhara /
tdṛyadayādi hi vāyavyāṃ netraṃ cāntaḥ prapūjayet //
In the south-east or in the north-east, [or] in the south-west one should worship, O Hara,
the heart and the other [limbs]; in the north-west and within, one should worship the eye.
1.39.10
disvastraṃ pūjayedrudra somaṃ tu śvetavarṇakam /
dale pūrver'cayedrudra budhaṃ cāmīkaraprabham //
One should worship the weapon in the directions, O Rudra, and Soma of white color.
On the eastern petal one should worship, O Rudra, Budha shining like gold.
1.39.11
dakṣiṇe pūjayedrudra pativarṇaṃ guruṃ yajet /
paścime caiva bhūteśaṃ uttare bhārgavaṃ sitam //
In the south one should worship, O Rudra, [and] worship Guru of yellow color;
and in the west, O Lord of Ghosts; in the north, the white Bhārgava.
1.39.12
raktamaṅgārakaṃ caiva āgneye pūjayeddhara /
śanaiścaraṃ kṛṣṇavarṇaṃ nairṛtyāṃ diśi pūjayet //
And red Aṅgāraka one should worship in the south-east, O Hara;
Śanaiścara of black color one should worship in the south-west direction.
1.39.13
rāhuṃ vāyavyadeśe tu nandyāvartanibhiṃ hara /
aiśānyāṃ dhūmravarṇaṃ tu ketuṃ saṃ paripūjayet //
Rāhu in the north-western region, resembling a nandyāvarta blossom, O Hara;
in the north-east, smoky-colored Ketu one should worship completely.
1.39.14
ebhirmantrairmahādeva tacchṛṇuṣva ca śaṅkara //
With these mantras, O Mahādeva—hear that, O Śaṅkara:
1.39.15
oṃ soṃ somāya namaḥ /
oṃ buṃ budhāya namaḥ /
oṃ bṛṃ bṛhaspataye namaḥ /
oṃ bhaṃ bhārgavāya namaḥ /
oṃ aṃ aṅgārakāya namaḥ /
oṃ śaṃ śanaiścarāya namaḥ /
oṃ raṃ rāhave namaḥ /
oṃ kaṃ ketave nama iti //
"Om soṃ, homage to Soma.
Om buṃ, homage to Budha.
Om bṛṃ, homage to Bṛhaspati.
Om bhaṃ, homage to Bhārgava.
Om aṃ, homage to Aṅgāraka.
Om śaṃ, homage to Śanaiścara.
Om raṃ, homage to Rāhu.
Om kaṃ, homage to Ketu."
1.39.16
pādyādīnmūlamantreṇa dattvā sūryāya śaṅkara /
naivedyānte dhenumudrāṃ darśayetsādhakottamaḥ //
Having offered water for the feet and other offerings with the root mantra to the Sun, O Śaṅkara,
at the conclusion of the food offering the best of practitioners should display the cow-mudrā.
1.39.17
japtvā cāṣṭasahasraṃ tu tacca tasmai samarpayet /
aiśānyāṃ diśi bhūteśa tejaścaṇḍaṃ tu pūjayet //
Having recited [the mantra] eight thousand times, he should dedicate that to him.
In the north-eastern direction, O Lord of Ghosts, one should worship Tejaścaṇḍa:
1.39.18
oṃ tejaścaṃṇḍāya huṃ phaṭ svadhā svāhā pauṣaṭ /
nirmālyaṃ cārpayettasmai hyarghyaṃ dadyāttato hara //
"Om, to Tejaścaṇḍa huṃ phaṭ svadhā svāhā pauṣaṭ."
And one should present the leftover offerings to him; then, O Hara, one should offer the arghya,
1.39.19
tilataṇḍulasaṃyuktaṃ raktacandanacarcitam /
gandhodakena saṃmiśraṃ puṣpadhūpasamanvitam //
combined with sesamum and rice grains, smeared with red sandalwood,
mixed with fragrant water, accompanied by flowers and incense.
1.39.20
kṛtvā śirasi tatpātraṃ jānubhyāmavaniṃ gataḥ /
darghyaṃ tu sūryāya tdṛnmantreṇa vṛṣadhvaja //
Placing that vessel on his head, having gone to the earth on both knees,
he should offer the arghya to the Sun with that mantra, O you who have a bull on your banner.
1.39.21
gaṇaṃ gurūnprapūjyātha sarvāndevānanprapūjayet /
oṃ gaṃ gaṇapataye namaḥ /
oṃ aṃ gurubhyo namaḥ //
Having worshipped the troop and the gurus, one should then worship all the gods:
"Om gaṃ, homage to Gaṇapati.
Om aṃ, homage to the gurus."
1.39.22
sūryasya kathitā pūjā kṛtvaitāṃ viṣṇulokabhāk //
The worship of the Sun has been described; having performed it, one attains the world of Viṣṇu.
1.39.22.p1
iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe sūryārcanaprakāro nāmaikonacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus ends the thirty-ninth chapter, entitled "The Manner of Worshipping the Sun", in the section on customary conduct in the first part of the first section of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa.
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