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# Garudapurana 1.39

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.39

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.39.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.39.22) — 1 part

### [1.39.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.39.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.39.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.39.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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.'"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.39.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.39.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.39.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.39.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.39.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.39.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.39.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.39.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.39.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.39.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.39.14)

ebhirmantrairmahādeva tacchṛṇuṣva ca śaṅkara //

> With these mantras, O Mahādeva—hear that, O Śaṅkara:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.39.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.39.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.39.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.39.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.39.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.39.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.39.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.39.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.39.22.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.39.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Vimalāvatītantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.siddhanta.paddhati.vimalavatitantra.1.116) — Sanskrit

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