[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) › 1.56 # Garudapurana 1.56 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.56 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.56.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.56.21) — 1 part ### [1.56.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.56.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 56 hariruvāca / sapta medhātitheḥ putrāḥ plakṣadvīpeśvarasya ca / jyeṣṭhaḥ śāntabhavo nāma śiśirastadantaraḥ // > Hari said: / Seven were the sons of Medhātithi, the lord of Plakṣadvīpa; / the eldest was named Śāntabhava, and next to him was Śiśira; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.56.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.56.2) sukhodayastathā nandaḥ śivaḥ kṣemaka eva ca / dhruvaśca saptamasteṣāṃ plakṣadvīpeśvarā hi te // > Sukhodaya, Nanda, Śiva, Kṣemaka, / and Dhruva was the seventh of them; indeed, they were rulers of Plakṣadvīpa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.56.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.56.3) gomedaścaiva candraśca nārado dundubhistathā / somakaḥ sumanāḥ śailo baibhrājaścātra saptamaḥ // > Gomeda, Candra, Nārada, Dundubhi, / Somaka, Sumanas, and Mount Baibhrāja is the seventh here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.56.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.56.4) anutaptā śikhī caiva vipāśā tridivā kramuḥ / amṛtā sukṛtā caiva saptaitāstatra nimnagāḥ // > Anutaptā, Śikhī, Vipāśā, Tridivā, Kramu, / Amṛtā, and Sukṛtā: these seven are the rivers there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.56.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.56.5) vapuṣmāñchālmalasyeśastatsutā varṣanāmakāḥ / śveto 'tha haritaścaiva jīmūto rohitastathā // > Vapuṣmat was the lord of Śālmala; his sons gave their names to the realms: / Śveta, Harita, Jīmūta, Rohita, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.56.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.56.6) vaidyuto mānasaścaiva saprabhaśācapi saptamaḥ / kumudaśconnato droṇo mahiṣo 'tha balāhakaḥ // > Vaidyuta, Mānasa, and Suprabha was the seventh. / Kumuda, Unnata, Droṇa, Mahiṣa, Balāhaka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.56.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.56.7) krauñcaḥ kakudmānhyete vai girayaḥ saritastvimāḥ / yonitoyā vitṛṣṇā ca candrā śukla vimocanī // > Krauñca, and Kakudmat: these are the mountains, while these are the rivers: / Yonitoyā, Vitṛṣṇā, Candrā, Śuklā, Vimocanī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.56.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.56.8) vidhṛtiḥ saptamī tāsāṃ smṛtāḥ pāpapraśāntidāḥ / jyotiṣmataḥ kuśadvīpe sapta putrāḥ śṛṇuṣvatān // > and Vidhṛti, the seventh among them; they are remembered as bringers of peace from sin. / Hear about the seven sons of Jyotiṣmat in Kuśadvīpa: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.56.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.56.9) udbhido veṇumāṃścaiva dvairatho lambano dhṛtiḥ / prabhākaro 'tha kapilastannāmā varṣapaddhatiḥ // > Udbhida, Veṇumat, Dvairatha, Lambana, Dhṛti, / Prabhākara, and Kapila; the series of realms bears their names. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.56.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.56.10) vidrumo hemaśailaśca dyutimānpuṣpavāṃstathā / kuśeśayo hariścaiva saptamo mandarācalaḥ // > Vidruma, Hemaśaila, Dyutimat, Puṣpavat, / Kuśeśaya, Hari, and the seventh is Mount Mandara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.56.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.56.11) dhūtapāpā śivā caiva pavitrā sanmatistathā / vidyudabhrā mahī cānyā sarvapāpaharāstvimāḥ // > Dhūtapāpā, Śivā, Pavitrā, Sanmati, / Vidyudabhrā, and another, Mahī; these take away all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.56.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.56.12) krauñcadvīpe dyutimataḥ putrāḥ sapta mahātmanaḥ / kuśalo mandagaścoṣṇaḥ pīvaro 'thondhakārakaḥ // > In Krauñcadvīpa, the high-souled Dyutimat had seven sons: / Kuśala, Mandaga, Uṣṇa, Pīvara, Andhakāraka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.56.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.56.13) muniśca dundubhiścaiva saptaite tatsutā hara / krauñcaśca vāmanaścaiva tṛtīyaścāndha (tha) kārakaḥ // > Muni, and Dundubhi: these seven were his sons, O Hara. / Krauñca, Vāmana, the third Andhakāra, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.56.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.56.14) divāvṛtpañcamaścānyo dundubhiḥ puṇḍarīkavān / gaurī kumudvatī caiva sandhyā rātrirmanojavā // > Divāvṛt, the fifth another Dundubhi, \[and\] Puṇḍarīkavat \[are the mountains\]. / Gaurī, Kumudvatī, Sandhyā, Rātri, Manojavā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.56.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.56.15) khyātiśca puṇḍarīkā ca saptaitā varṣanimnagāḥ / śākadvīpeśvarādbhavyātsapta putrāḥ prajajñire // > Khyāti, and Puṇḍarīkā: these seven are the rivers of the realms. / From Bhavya, the lord of Śākadvīpa, seven sons were born: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.56.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.56.16) jaladśca kumāraśca sukumāroruṇī bakaḥ / kusumodaḥ samodārkiḥ saptamaśca mahādrumaḥ // > Jalada, Kumāra, Sukumāra, Aruṇi, Baka, / Kusumoda, Samodārki, and the seventh, Mahādruma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.56.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.56.17) sukumārī kumārī ca nalinī dhenukā ca yā / ikṣuśca veṇukā caiva gabhastī saptamī tathā // > Sukumārī, Kumārī, Nalinī, and Dhenukā, / Ikṣu, Veṇukā, and Gabhastī is the seventh. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.56.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.56.18) śabalātpuṣkareśācca mahāvīraśca dhātakiḥ / abhūdvarṣadvayaṃ caiva mānasottaraparvataḥ // > From Śabala, the lord of Puṣkara, came Mahāvīra and Dhātaki; / there were two realms and Mount Mānasottara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.56.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.56.19) yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi ūrdhvaṃ pañcāśaducchritaḥ / tāvaccaiva ca vistīrṇaḥ sarvataḥ parimaṇḍalaḥ // > Fifty thousand yojanas high, / and just as broad, circular on all sides, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.56.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.56.20) svādūdakenodadhinā puṣkaraḥ pariveṣṭitaḥ / svādūdakasya purato dṛśyate lokasaṃsthitiḥ // > Puṣkara is surrounded by the ocean of sweet water. / In front of the sweet water, the structure of the world is seen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.56.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.56.21) dviguṇā kāñcanī bhūmiḥ sarvajantuvivarjitā / lokālokastataḥ śailo yojanāyutāvistṛtaḥ / tamasā parvato vyāptastamo 'pyaṇḍakaṭāhataḥ // > Twice as large is the golden land, devoid of all living beings. / Beyond that is the Lokāloka mountain, ten thousand yojanas wide; / the mountain is enveloped in darkness, and the darkness reaches up to the cosmic egg's shell. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.56.21.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.56.21.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe bhuvanakośavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaṭpañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the fifty-sixth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Cosmic Spheres', in the Section on Conduct, the first part of the first section of the glorious Garuḍa Purāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.56.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (7) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.2.4.7) — Sanskrit - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.20.7) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.5.18.42) — Sanskrit - [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.1.19.19) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Svacchandatantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.bhairava.svacchanda.10.293) — Sanskrit - [Śivatattvaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.rajadharma.sivatattvaratnakara.14.27) — Basappa Nāyaka 1684, Sanskrit - [Śivattvaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.pasu.sivattvaratnakara.14.27) — Basava, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.56) · Pramāṇa