Garudapurana 1.45

The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 45 / Hari said: / In this context, I shall describe the characteristics of the Śālagrāma; / from the touch of a Śālagrāma stone, sins of ten million births are destroyed.

Holding conch, discus, mace, and lotus in hand, the mace-bearer is named Keśava; / with lotus, Kaumodakī mace, discus, and conch, the all-pervading Nārāyaṇa [is known].

With discus, conch, lotus, and mace is Mādhava, the glorious mace-bearer; / or with mace, lotus, conch, and discus, Govinda the mace-bearer is to be worshipped.

Obeisance to you, Viṣṇu in form, with lotus, conch, discus, and mace; / to the form of Madhusūdana, with conch, lotus, mace, and discus!

Obeisance also to Trivikrama, endowed with mace, discus, conch, and lotus; / to the form of Vāmana, with discus, Kaumodakī mace, lotus, and conch!

Obeisance to the form of Śrīdhara, bearing discus, lotus, conch, and mace; / obeisance to Hṛṣīkeśa, bearing lotus, mace, conch, and discus!

To the embodiment of Padmanābha, with lotus, discus, mace, and conch; / to Dāmodara, bearing conch, discus, mace, and lotus, mind's obeisance!

Obeisance indeed to Vāsudeva, with discus, conch, mace, and lotus; / and obeisance to Saṃkarṣaṇa, holding conch, lotus, discus, and mace!

To the form of Pradyumna, holding the auspicious conch, the good mace, lotus, and discus; / obeisance to Aniruddha, holding mace, conch, lotus, and discus!

To the form of Puruṣottama, with lotus, conch, mace, and discus; / obeisance to the form of Adhokṣaja, bearing mace, conch, discus, and lotus!

To the form of Nṛsiṃha, holding lotus, mace, conch, and discus; / let there be obeisance to the form of Acyuta, bearing lotus, discus, conch, and mace!

I invoke here Janārdana, with conch, discus, lotus, and mace; / Upendra with mace, with discus, lotus, and conch: obeisance to you!

To the form of Hari, endowed with the auspicious discus, lotus, mace, and conch; / obeisance to the form of glorious Kṛṣṇa, with mace, lotus, discus, and conch!

Bearing two joined discuses situated at the aperture of the Śālagrāma stone, / white in luster, named Vāsudeva: may that glorious mace-bearer protect you.

Bearing two joined discuses, reddish in luster, with an abundant eastern portion, / is Saṃkarṣaṇa. Then Pradyumna has a subtle discus and is yellowish.

That which is long, with an aperture at the top, and Aniruddha is round, / blue, with three lines at the aperture. Then Nārāyaṇa is black,

with a line shaped like a mace in the middle, and a navel-discus that is very raised. / Broad-chested Nṛsiṃha, tawny, with three dots, may he protect you,

or with five dots—his worship is for celibate students. / May Varāha, marked by Śakti, protect [you], having two uneven discuses,

blue, with three lines, and thick. Then the form of Kūrma has dots. / May Kṛṣṇa, possessing circular whorls and a curved back, protect you.

May Śrīdhara, with five lines, protect [you], wearing the forest garland and marked with a mace. / Vāmana is round and short, or with Rāma's discus, the lord of gods.

Variegated in color, of many forms, having serpent coils, is Ananta. / Dāmodara is thick, blue, crooked in the middle, and deep blue.

Having a narrow aperture, may he protect [you]. Then Brahmā is very red, / with a long line, with an aperture, with a single discus and lotus, broad.

With a broad aperture, a thick discus, Kṛṣṇa and Viṣṇu are like a bilva fruit. / Hayagrīva has the shape of an elephant-goad, with five lines, and with the Kaustubha.

Vaikuṇṭha has the luster of a precious jewel, with a single discus and lotus, black. / May Matsya, long, lotus-shaped, and with lines at the aperture, protect you.

May Trivikrama protect you, with Rāma's discus, a line on the right, dark. / Obeisance to the mace-bearer situated in the Śālagrāma and Dvārakā [stone]!

With a single aperture, four discuses, adorned with a forest garland, / endowed with a golden line, and resplendent with a cow's footprint,

resembling a kadamba blossom, may Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa protect [you]. / He who is marked by a single [discus], bearing a mace, is Sudarśana; may he protect [you].

Lakṣmīnārāyaṇa is [manifest] with two [discs], the form Trivikrama with three,
Caturvyūha with four, and Vāsudeva with five.

Pradyumna would be [marked] with six, and Saṃkarṣaṇa across both sides.
Puruṣottama would be with eight, and Navavyūha marked with nine.

Then may Daśāvatāra protect with ten, and Aniruddha.
Dvādaśātman is with twelve, and beyond this is Ananta.

Whoever recites this hymn consisting of Viṣṇu's forms goes to heaven.
Brahmā has four faces, a staff, and is accompanied by a pair of water-pots.

Maheśvara has five faces, ten arms, and the bull as his emblem;
likewise Gaurī, Caṇḍikā, and Sarasvatī with their respective weapons;

Mahālakṣmī, the Mothers, the Sun who holds a lotus in his hand,
and the elephant-faced Gaṇa, [and] Skanda with six faces—their virtues are multifold.

When these are worshipped and installed in a temple where the site-deity has been revered,
dharma, wealth, pleasure, liberation, and so forth are attained by a man.

Thus ends the forty-fifth chapter, titled 'Characteristics of Śālagrāma Forms', in the section on conduct, the first part of the first section of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa.