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# Garudapurana 1.43

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.43

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.43.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.43) — 1 part

### [1.43.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.1)

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 43  
hariruvāca /  
pavitrāropaṇaṃ vakṣye bhuktimuktipradaṃ hareḥ /  
purā devāsure yuddhe brahmādyāḥ śaraṇaṃ yayuḥ //

> The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — \[Chapter\] 43.  
> Hari said:  
> I shall explain the investing with the purifier of Hari, which bestows enjoyment and liberation. / Formerly, in the war between the gods and asuras, Brahmā and the others went for refuge.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.2)

viṣṇuśca teṣāṃ devānāṃ dhvajaṃ graiveyakaṃ dadau /  
etau dṛṣṭvā vinaṅkṣyanti dānavānabravīddhariḥ //

> And Viṣṇu gave those gods a banner and a necklace. / Seeing these two, the Dānavas will perish, Hari told them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.3)

viṣṇūkte hyabravīnnāgo vāsukeranujastadā /  
vṛṇīta ca vapitrākhyaṃ varaṃ cedaṃ vṛṣadhvaja //

> When Viṣṇu had spoken, the serpent, the younger brother of Vāsuki, then said: / Choose this boon called 'purifier', O Bull-bannered One \[Śiva\]!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.4)

graiveyaṃ haridattaṃ tu mannāmnā khyātimeṣyati /  
ityukte tena te devāstannāmnā tadvaraṃ viduḥ //

> The necklace given by Hari shall attain renown under my name. / When this was spoken by him, those gods recognized that boon by his name.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.5)

prāvṛṭkāle tu ye martyā nārciṣyanti pavitrakaiḥ /  
teṣāṃ sāṃvatsarī pūjā viphalā ca bhaviṣyati //

> During the rainy season, mortals who do not worship with purifiers — / their annual worship shall become fruitless.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.6)

tasmātsarveṣu deveṣu pavitrāropaṇaṃ kramāt /  
pratipatpaurṇamāsyāntā yasya yā tithirucyate //

> Therefore, the investing with the purifier should be performed in succession for all deities, / from the first lunar day up to the full moon, on whatever lunar day is prescribed for each.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.7)

dvādaśyāṃ viṣṇave kāryaṃ śukle kṛṣṇe 'tha vā hara /  
vyatīpāte 'yane caiva candarasūryagrahe śiva //

> For Viṣṇu it should be performed on the twelfth day, either bright or dark, O Hara; / also at a vyatīpāta, at a solstice, and at an eclipse of the moon or the sun, O Śiva;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.8)

viṣṇave vṛddhikārye ca gurorāgamane tathā /  
nityaṃ pavitramuddiṣṭaṃ prāvṛṭkāle tvavaśyakam //

> For Viṣṇu, also in rites of prosperity and upon the arrival of a guru. / The purifier is prescribed as regular, but in the rainy season it is mandatory.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.9)

kauśeyaṃ paṭṭasūtraṃ vā kārpāsaṃ kṣaumameva vā /  
kuśasūtra dvijānāṃ syādrājñā kauśeyapaṭṭakam //

> It may be made of wild silk, woven silk thread, cotton, or flax; / for the twice-born it may be kuśa thread, for kings wild silk or woven silk,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.10)

vaiśyānāṃ cīraṇaṃ kṣaumaṃ śūdrāṇāṃ śaṇavalkajam /  
kārpāsaṃ padmajaṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ śastamīśvara //

> For Vaiśyas woven cloth or flax, for Śūdras made from hemp or bark. / Cotton and lotus-fiber are praised for all, O Lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.11)

brāhmaṇyā kartitaṃ sūtraṃ triguṇaṃ triguṇīkṛtam /  
oṃ kāro 'tha śivaḥ somo hyagnirbrahyā phaṇī raviḥ //

> The thread, spun by a Brahmin woman, is threefold and made threefold. / The Praṇava (oṃ), then Śiva, Soma, Agni, Brahmā, the Serpent, Ravi,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.12)

vighneśo viṣṇurityete sthitāstantuṣu devatāḥ /  
brahmā viṣṇuśca rudraśca trisūtre devatāḥ smṛtāḥ //

> Vighneśa, and Viṣṇu — these deities are situated in the threads. / Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Rudra are remembered as the deities in the threefold thread.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.13)

sauvarṇe rājate tāmre vaiṇave mṛnmaye nyaset /  
aṅguṣṭhena catuḥ ṣaṣṭiḥ śreṣṭhaṃ madhyaṃ tadardhataḥ //

> One should place it in a vessel of gold, silver, copper, bamboo, or clay. / Sixty-four \[threads\] measured by the thumb is best, half of that is middling,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.14)

tadardhā tu kaniṣṭhā syātsūtramaṣṭottaraṃ śatam /  
uttamaṃ madhyamaṃ caiva kanyasaṃ pūrvavatkramāt //

> And half of that is the lowest; or one hundred and eight threads / is the highest, middling, and lowest in order, as before.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.15)

uttamoṃ'guṣṭhamānena madhyamo madhyamena tu /  
kanyase ca kaniṣṭhena aṅgulyā granthayaḥ smṛtāḥ //

> Knots are remembered \[spaced\] by the measure of a thumb for the highest, / by the middle finger for the middling, and by the little finger for the lowest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.16)

vimāne sthaṇḍile caiva etatsāmānyalakṣaṇam /  
śivoddhṛtaṃ pavitraṃ tu pratimāyāṃ ca kārayet //

> For a temple and for an altar, this is the general characteristic. / And one should make a purifier consecrated to Śiva on an image.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.17)

hṛnnābhirū(ru) rumāne ca jānubhyāmavalambinī /  
aṣṭottarasahasreṇa catvāro granthayaḥ smṛtāḥ //

> Reaching to the heart, navel, or thigh, or hanging down to the knees; / four knots are remembered with one thousand and eight \[threads\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.18)

ṣaṭtriṃ(ḍviṃ) śacca caturviśaddvādaśa granthayo 'thavā /  
uttamādiṣu vijñeyāḥ parvabhirvā pavitrakam //

> Or thirty-six, twenty-four, or twelve knots / are to be known for the highest and other \[types\], or the purifier is measured by finger-joints.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.19)

carcitaṃ kuṅkumenaiva haridrācandanena vā /  
sopavāsaḥ pavitrantu pātrasthamadhivāsayet //

> Smeared with saffron or with turmeric and sandalwood, / fasting, one should perform the preliminary consecration of the purifier situated in a vessel.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.20)

aśvatthapatrapuṭake aṣṭadikṣu niveśitam /  
daṇḍakāṣṭhaṃ kuśāgraṃ ca pūrve saṅkarṣaṇena tu //

> Placed in cups of peepal leaves in the eight directions: / a staff of wood and the tips of kuśa grass in the east with Saṃkarṣaṇa;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.21)

rocanākuṅkumenava pradyumnena tu dakṣiṇe /  
yuddhārtho phalasiddhyarthamaniruddhena paścime //

> With yellow pigment and saffron with Pradyumna in the south; / for the sake of war and for the attainment of fruits, with Aniruddha in the west;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.22)

candanaṃ nīlayuktaṃ ca tilabhasmākṣataṃ tathā /  
āgneyādiṣu koṇeṣur śyādīnāṃ tu kramānnyaset //

> Sandalwood mixed with indigo, as well as sesame, ashes, and unbroken grains: / in the corners beginning with the south-east, one should place them in order for the deities.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.23)

pavitraṃ vāsudevena abhimantrya sakṛtsakṛt /  
dṛṣṭvā punaḥ prapūjyātha vastreṇācchādya yatnataḥ //

> Having consecrated the purifier with Vāsudeva once and again, / having looked upon it, worshiped it further, and covered it carefully with a cloth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.24)

devasya purataḥ sthāpyaṃ pratimāmaṇḍalasya vā /  
paścime dakṣiṇe caiva uttare pūrvavatkramāt //

> It should be placed in front of the deity or the image's mandala, / in the west, south, and north in order, as before.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.25)

brāhmādīṃścāpi saṃsthāpya kalaśaṃ cāpi pūjayet /  
astreṇa maṇḍalaṃ kṛtvā naivedyañca samarpayet //

> Having also established Brahmā and the others, one should also worship the water-pot. / Having made a mandala with the weapon-mantra, one should offer the food offering.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.26)

adhivāsya pavitraṃ tu trisūtreṇa navena vā (ca) /  
vedikāṃ veṣṭayitvā tu ātmānaṃma kalaśaṃ ghṛtam //

> Having performed the preliminary consecration of the purifier with a threefold or new thread, / having encircled the altar, oneself, the water-pot, the ghee,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.27)

agnikuṇḍaṃ vimānaṃ ca maṇḍapaṃ gṛhameva ca /  
sūtramekaṃ tu saṃgṛhya dadyāddevasya mṛrdhāni //

> The fire-pit, the temple, the pavilion, and the house, / taking one thread, one should place it upon the head of the deity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.28)

dattvā paṭhedimaṃ mantraṃ pūjayitvā maheśvaram /  
āvāhito 'si deveśa pūjārthaṃ parameśvara //

> Having offered it, one should recite this mantra after worshiping Maheśvara: / 'You are invoked, O Lord of gods, for worship, O Supreme Lord;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.29)

tatprabhāter'cayiṣyāmi sāmagyāḥ sannidhau bhava /  
ekarātraṃ trirātraṃ vā adhivāsya pavitrakam //

> I shall worship you in that morning; be present near the provisions!' / Having consecrated the purifier for one night or three nights,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.30)

rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtvā prātaḥ saṃpūjya keśavam /  
āropayetkrameṇaiva jyeṣṭhamadhyakanīyasam //

> Having kept vigil at night, and having fully worshiped Keśava in the morning, / one should invest in order the superior, middling, and inferior \[purifiers\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.31)

dhūpayitvā pavitraṃ tu mantreṇaivābhimantrayet /  
prajaptagranthikaṃ caiva pūjayetkusumādibhiḥ //

> Having censed the purifier, one should consecrate it with the mantra, / and worship the knotted \[purifier\] that has been muttered over with flowers and the like.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.32)

gāyattryā cārcitaṃ tena devaṃ saṃpūjya dāpayet /  
samaṃ putrakalatrādyaiḥ sūtrapucchaṃ tu dhārayet //

> And worshiped with the Gāyatrī, having fully worshiped the deity with it, one should offer it. / Together with one's sons, wife, and others, one should hold the fringe of threads.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.33)

viśuddhagranthikaṃ ramyaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam /  
sarvapāpakṣayaṃ deva tavāgre dhārayāmyaham //

> 'Possessing pure knots, lovely, destroyer of great sins, / causing the destruction of all sins, O Lord, I hold it before you.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.34)

evaṃ dhūpādinābhyarcya madhyamādīntsamarpayet /  
pavitraṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ tejaḥ sarvapātakanāśanam //

> Having worshiped thus with incense and other offerings, one should present the middling and other \[purifiers\]. / 'The purifier, the Vaiṣṇava splendor, destroyer of all sins —  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.35)

dharmakāmārthasiddhyarthaṃ svakaṇṭhe dhārayāmyaham /  
vanamālāṃ samabhyarcya svena mantreṇa dāpayet //

> For the attainment of dharma, desire, and wealth, I wear it upon my neck.' / Having worshiped the forest-garland, one should offer it with its own mantra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.36)

naivedyaṃ vividhaṃ dattvā kusumāderbaliṃ haret /  
agniṃ saṃtarpya tatrāpi dvādaśāṅgulamānataḥ //

> Having presented various food offerings, one should offer the oblation of flowers and the like. / Having satisfied the fire there also, with a measure of twelve finger-breadths,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.37)

aṣṭottaraśatenaiva dadyādekapavitrakam /  
ādau dattvārghyamāditye tatra caikaṃ pavitrakam //

> One should offer a single purifier with one hundred and eight \[oblations\]. / First having offered water-oblation to the Sun, one \[should offer\] a purifier there as well.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.38)

viṣvaksenaṃ tataḥ prārcya surumarghyādibhirhara /  
devasyāgre paṭhenmantraṃ kṛtāñjalipuṭaḥ sthitaḥ //

> Then, having worshiped Viṣvaksena and the preceptor with water-offerings and the like, O Hara, / standing with folded hands, one should recite the mantra in front of the deity:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.39)

jñānato 'jñānato vāpi pūjanādi kṛtaṃ mayā /  
tatsarvaṃ pūrṇamevāstu tvatprasādātsureśvara //

> 'Whatever worship and other rites have been performed by me knowingly or unknowingly, / may all that be complete by your grace, O Lord of gods!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.40)

maṇividrumamālabhirmandārakusumādibhiḥ /  
iyaṃ sāṃvatsarī pūjā tavāstu garuḍadhvaja //

> With garlands of pearls and corals, and with mandāra flowers and the like, / may this annual worship belong to you, O Garuḍa-bannered One!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.41)

vanamālā yathā deva kaustubhaṃ satataṃ hṛdi /  
tadvatpavitraṃ tantūnāṃ mālāṃ tvaṃ hṛdaye dhara //

> Just as the forest-garland and the Kaustubha jewel are constantly upon your chest, O Lord, / so do you wear upon your heart this purifier, the garland of threads.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.42)

evaṃ prārthya dvijān bhojya dattvā tebhyaśca dakṣiṇām /  
visarjayettu tenaiva sāyāhne tvapare 'hani //

> Having prayed thus, having fed the twice-born and given them a priestly fee,  
> one should dismiss \[the deity\] in the very same way in the evening or on the following day.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.43)

sāṃvatsarīmimāṃ pūjāṃ sampādya vidhivanmayā /  
vrajeḥ pavitrakedānīṃ viṣṇulekaṃ visarjitaḥ //

> "Having properly performed this annual worship through me, / go now to the realm of Viṣṇu, O pavitraka, having been dismissed."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.43.43.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.43.p1)

iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe viṣṇupavitrāropaṇaṃ nāma tricatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

> Thus ends the forty-third chapter, named 'The Bestowal of the Pavitra on Viṣṇu', in the Ācārakāṇḍa, belonging to the first part in the earlier 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.1.43.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Kālottara (IFP T0059)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.kalottara*ifp-t0059.20.296) — Sanskrit

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