[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) › 1.46 # Garudapurana 1.46 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.46 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.46.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.46.38) — 1 part ### [1.46.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.46.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 46 hariruvāca / vāstuṃ saṃkṣepato vakṣye gṛhādau vighnanāśanam / īsānakoṇādārabhya hyekāśītipade yajet // > The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa—\[Chapter\] 46. > Hari said: > I shall briefly explain the site-plan, which removes obstacles in a house and other \[structures\]. > Beginning from the northeast corner, one should worship upon eighty-one squares. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.46.2) īśāne ca śiraḥ pādau nairṛte 'gnyanile karau / āvāsavāsaveśmādau pure grāme vaṇikpathe // > His head is in the northeast, his feet in the southwest, and his hands in the southeast and northwest, > in a dwelling, a residential house, and the like, in a town, a village, \[or\] on a trade route; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.46.3) prāsādārāmadurgeṣu devālayamaṭheṣu ca / dvāviṃśati surānbāhye tadantaśca trayodaśa // > in temples, pleasure-gardens, forts, shrines of the gods, and hermitages. > There are twenty-two gods on the outside, and thirteen inside them: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.46.4) īśaścaivātha parjanyo jayantaḥ kuliśāyudhaḥ / sūryaḥ satyo bhṛguścaiva ākāśo vāyureva ca // > Īśa, then Parjanya, Jayanta, the thunderbolt-armed \[Indra\], > Sūrya, Satya, Bhṛgu, Ākāśa, and Vāyu; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.46.5) pūṣā ca vitathaścaiva grahakṣetrayamāvubhau / gandharvo bhṛgurājastu mṛgaḥ pitṛgaṇastathā // > Pūṣan and Vitatha, the field of the planets, both Yama \[and Gandharva\], > Gandharva and Bhṛgurāja, Mṛga, and the host of the Pitṛs; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.46.6) dauvāriko 'tha sugrīvaḥ puṣpadanto gaṇādhipaḥ / asuraḥ śeṣapāpau (dau) ca rogo/ḍahimukha (khya) eva ca // > then Dauvārika, Sugrīva, Puṣpadanta, Gaṇādhipa, > Asura, Śeṣa, Pāparakṣas, Roga, and Ahi; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.46.7) bhallāṭaḥ somasarpau ca aditiścaditistathā / bahirdvātriṃśadete tu tadantaścaturaḥ śṛṇu // > Bhallāṭa, Soma, Sarpa, Aditi, and Diti— > these thirty-two are on the outside. Now hear of the four within them: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.46.8) īśānādicatuṣkoṇasaṃsthitānpūjayeddhudhaḥ / āpaścaivātha sāvitrī jayo rudrastathaiva ca // > The wise person should worship those situated in the four corners beginning with the northeast: > Āpas, then Sāvitrī, Jaya, and Rudra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.46.9) madhye navapade brahmā tasyāṣṭhau ca samīpagān / devānekottarānetānpūrvādau nāmataḥ śṛṇu // > In the center on nine squares is Brahmā; hear the names of the gods near him, > these eight, each on one \[further\] side, beginning from the east: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.46.10) aryamā savitā caiva vivasvānvibudhādhipaḥ / mitro 'tha rājayakṣmā ca tathā pṛthvīdharaḥ kramāt // > Aryaman, Savitṛ, Vivasvat, the Lord of the Gods, > Mitra, then Rājayakṣman, and likewise Pṛthvīdhara in order; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.46.11) aṣṭamaścāpavatsaśca parito brahmaṇaḥ smṛtāḥ / īśānakoṇādārabhya durge car (jñeyo) vaṃśa ucyate // > and the eighth is Āpavatsa—these are taught as surrounding Brahmā. > Beginning from the northeast corner, in a fort \[…\] is called the central line. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.46.12) āgneyakoṇādārabhya vaṃśo bhavati durdharaḥ / aditiṃ himavantaṃ ca jayantaṃ ca idaṃ trayam // > The line beginning from the southeast corner is hard to bear. > Aditi, Himavat, and Jayanta—these three, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.46.13) nāyikā kālikā nāma śakrādrandharvagāḥ punaḥ / vāstudevānpūjayitvā gṛhaprāsādakṛdbhavet // > and the leader named Kālikā, \[and those\] going from Śakra to Gandharva again. > Having worshipped the deities of the site, one should build a house or a temple. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.46.14) surejyaḥ purataḥ kāryo yasyāgneyyāṃ mahānasam / kapinirgamane (ṇī)?yena pūrvataḥ satramaṇḍapam // > The priest of the gods should be made in front; the kitchen is in the southeast; > towards the east, by which monkeys exit, a pavilion for an almshouse \[should be made\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.46.15) gandhapuṣpagṛhaṃ kāryamaiśānyāṃ paṭṭasaṃyutam / bhāṇḍāgāraṃ ca kauberyāṃ goṣṭhāgāraṃ ca vāyave // > A room for scents and flowers should be made in the northeast, fitted with cloth. > The treasury should be in the north, and the cattle-shed in the northwest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.46.16) udagāśrayaṃ ca vāruṇyāṃ vātāyanasamanvitam / samitkuśendhanasthānamāyudhānāṃ ca nairṛte // > A water-reservoir should be placed in the west, equipped with a window; > the place for sacrificial twigs, kuśa grass, firewood, and weapons should be in the southwest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.46.17) abhyāgatālayaṃ ramyasaśayyāsanāpadukam / toyāgnidīpasadbhṛtyairyuktaṃ dakṣiṇato bhavet // > A pleasant guest-house, equipped with beds, seats, and foot-rests, > provided with water, fire, lamps, and good attendants, should be in the south. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.46.18) gṛhāntarāṇi sarvāṇi sajalaiḥ kadalīgṛhaiḥ / pañcavarṇaiśca kusumaiḥ śobhitāni prakalpayet // > One should fashion all the inner chambers with water-filled plantain-houses, > adorned with five-colored flowers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.46.19) prākāraṃ tadvahirdadyātpañcahastapramāṇataḥ / evaṃ viṣṇvāśramaṃ kuryādvanaiścopavanairyutam // > Outside it, one should erect an enclosure wall five cubits in height. > In this manner one should build a hermitage of Viṣṇu, endowed with woods and gardens. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.46.20) catuḥ ṣaṣṭipado vāstuḥ prāsādādau prapūjitaḥ / madhye catuṣpado brahmā dvipa dāstvaryamādayaḥ // > A site-plan of sixty-four squares is worshipped in temples and the like. > In the center on four squares is Brahmā, and Aryaman and the others occupy two squares each. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.46.21) karṇe caivātha śikhyādyāstathā devāḥ prakīrtitāḥ / tebhyo hyubhayataḥ sārdhādanye 'pi dvipadāḥ surāḥ // > In the corner are proclaimed the deities beginning with Śikhin; > on both sides of these, other gods also occupy a square and a half \[or\] two squares. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.46.22) catuḥ ṣaṣṭipadā devā ityevaṃ parikīrtitāḥ / carakī ca vidārī ca pūtanā pāparākṣasī // > The deities of the sixty-four squares are thus proclaimed: > Carakī, Vidārī, Pūtanā, and Pāparākṣasī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.46.23) īśānādyāstato bāhye devādyā hetukādayaḥ / haitukastripurāntaśca agnivetālakau yamaḥ // > Outside these, starting from the northeast, are the deities beginning with Hetuka: > Haituka, Tripurānta, Agnivetālaka, Yama, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.46.24) agnijihvaḥ kālakaśca karālo hyakapādakaḥ / aiśānyāṃ bhīmarūpastu pātāle pretanāyakaḥ // > Agnijihva, Kālaka, Karāla, and Ekapādaka; > in the northeast is Bhīmarūpa, and in the netherworld is Pretanāyaka; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.46.25) ākāśe gandhamālī syātkṣetrapālāṃstato yajet / vistārābhihataṃ dairghyaṃ rāśiṃ vāstostu kārayet // > in the sky should be Gandhamālin. Then one should worship the guardians of the field. > One should make a total of the site by length multiplied by breadth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.46.26) kṛtvā ca vasubhirbhāgaṃ śeṣaṃ baddhā yamādiśet / punarguṇitamaṣṭābhirṛbhāgaṃ tu bhājayet // > Dividing by eight, the remainder being set, one should indicate \[the result\] starting with Yama; > multiplying again by eight, one should divide by the number of asterisms. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.46.27) yaccheṣaṃ tadbhavedṛkṣaṃ bhāgairhṛtvāvyayaṃ bhavet / ṛkṣaṃ caturguṇaṃ kṛtvā navabhirbhāgahāritam // > Whatever remains will be the lunar mansion; dividing by the divisions, the expenditure will result. > Multiplying the lunar mansion by four and dividing by nine, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.46.28) śeṣamaṃśaṃ vijānīyāddevalasya mataṃ yathā / aṣṭābhirguṇitaṃ piṇḍaṃ ṣaṣṭibhirbhāgāharitam // > one should know the remainder as the portion, according to the opinion of Devala. > The product multiplied by eight and divided by sixty— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.46.29) yaccheṣaṃ tadbhavejjīvaṃ maraṇaṃ bhatahāritam / vāstukroḍe gṛhaṃ kuryānna pṛṣṭhe mānavaḥ sadā // > whatever the remainder, that will be life; death is \[determined\] by dividing by the asterisms. > A person should always build a house in the lap of the site\[-deity\], never on his back; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.46.30) vāmapārśvena svāpiti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā / siṃhakanyātulāyāṃ ca dvāraṃ śudhyedathottaram // > he sleeps on his left side—no doubt should be entertained here. > In Leo, Virgo, and Libra, the northern doorway is auspicious. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.46.31) evaṃ ca vṛścikādau syātpūrvadakṣiṇapaścimam / dvāraṃ dīrghārdhavistāraṃ dvārāṇyaṣṭau smṛtāni ca // > Likewise, in Scorpio and the rest, the eastern, southern, and western \[doors are auspicious\]. > The width of a door is half its length; eight doors are traditionally taught. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.46.32) santānapreṣyanīcatvaṃ svayānaṃ svarṇabhūṣaṇam / sutahīnaṃ tu raudreṇa vīryaghnaṃ dakṣiṇe tathā // > Offspring, servitude, baseness, one's own conveyance, golden ornaments; > childlessness through Raudra, and loss of vigor in the south; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.46.33) vahnau badhaścāyurvṛddhiṃputtralābhasutṛptidaḥ / dhanade nṛpapīḍādamarthaghnaṃ rogadaṃ jale // > death in Agni, increase of lifespan, gain of sons, and great contentment; > in Dhanada, affliction by the king; destruction of wealth and disease in the water-\[direction\]; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.46.34) nṛpabhī tirmṛtāpatyaṃ hyanapatyaṃ na vairadam / arthadaṃ cārthahānyai ca doṣadaṃ putramṛtyudam // > fear of the king, dead children, or no children, but no enmity; > giving wealth, causing loss of wealth, causing misfortune, causing the death of a son— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.46.35) dvārāṇyuttarasaṃjñāni pūrvadvārāṇi vacmyaham / agnibhītirbahu kanyādhanasaṃmānakopadam // > these are the northern doors. I shall \[now\] declare the eastern doors: > fear of fire, many daughters, wealth, honor, and instilling wrath; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.46.36) rājaghnaṃ kopadaṃ pūrve phalato dvāramīritam / īśānādau bhavetpūrvamagneyyādau tu dakṣiṇam // > slaying the king, and causing anger in the east—thus has the doorway been described by its fruits. > The east begins in the northeast, the south begins in the southeast, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.46.37) nairṛtyādau paścimaṃ syādvāyavyādau tu cottaram / aṣṭabhāge kṛte bhāge dvārāṇāṃ ca phalāphalam // > the west is in the southwest and the like, and the north is in the northwest and the like. > When divided into eight parts, the good and bad results of the doorways are \[determined\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.46.38) aśvatthaplakṣanyagrodhāḥ pūrvādau syādudumbaraḥ / gṛhasya śobhanaḥ prokta īśāne caiva sālmaliḥ / pūjito vignahārī syātprāsādasya gṛhasya ca // > The aśvattha, plakṣa, and nyagrodha, and in the east and other \[quarters\] the udumbara > are declared auspicious for a house, and the śālmali in the northeast; > when worshipped, it removes obstacles from a temple and a house. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.38.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.46.38.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe vāstumānalakṣaṇaṃ nāma ṣaṭcatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the forty-sixth chapter, named “The Characteristics of Site Measurement,” in the section on conduct, the first portion 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.1.46.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.93.6) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.53.47) — Sanskrit - [Rājadharmakaustubha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.rajadharma.rajadharmakaustubha.22.14) — Anantadeva 1645, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.46) · Pramāṇa