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# Garudapurana 1.66

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.66

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.66.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.66.23) — 1 part

### [1.66.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.66.1)

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 66  
hariruvāca /  
nirlakṣaṇā śubhā syācca cakrāṅkitaśilārcanāt /  
ādau sudarśano mūrtirlakṣmīnārāyaṇaḥ paraḥ //

> The Holy Garuḍapurāṇa — 66 / Hari said: / Even a woman without auspicious marks becomes auspicious by worshiping the stone marked with the discus. / First is the form Sudarśana, then Lakṣmīnārāyaṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.66.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.66.2)

tricakro 'sāvacyutaḥ syāccatuścakraścaturbhujaḥ /  
vāsudevaśca pradyumnastataḥ saṅkarṣaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ //

> He with three discs is Acyuta; he with four discs is the four-armed \[form\]. / Next are known Vāsudeva, Pradyumna, and Saṅkarṣaṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.66.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.66.3)

puruṣottamaścāṣṭamaḥ syānnavyūho daśātmakaḥ /  
ekādaśo 'niruddhaḥ syāddvādaśo dvādaśātmakaḥ //

> Puruṣottama is the eighth; the ninefold array has ten forms. / The eleventh is Aniruddha; the twelfth has twelve forms.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.66.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.66.4)

ata ūrdhvamanantaḥ syācchakre rekādikaiḥ kramāt /  
sudarśanā lakṣitāśca pūjitāḥ sarvakāmadāḥ //

> Beyond that is Ananta, with discus, lines, and so on in order. / Marked with Sudarśana and worshiped, they grant all desires.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.66.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.66.5)

śālagrāmaśilā yatra devo dvāravatībhavaḥ /  
ubhayoḥ saṃgamo yatra tatra muktirna saṃśayaḥ //

> Where the Śālagrāma stone is, and the deity born in Dvāravatī, / where the union of the two exists, there liberation is without doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.66.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.66.6)

śālagrāmo dvārakā ca naimiṣaṃ puṣkaraṃ gayā /  
vārāṇasī prayāgaśca kurukṣetraṃ ca sūkaram //

> Śālagrāma, Dvārakā, Naimiṣa, Puṣkara, Gayā, / Vārāṇasī, Prayāga, Kurukṣetra, and Sūkara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.66.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.66.7)

gaṅgā ca narmadā caiva candrabhāgā sarasvatī /  
puruṣottamo mahākālastīrthānyetāni śaṅkara //

> the Gaṅgā, the Narmadā, the Candrabhāgā, the Sarasvatī, / Puruṣottama, and Mahākāla—these are the sacred sites, O Śaṅkara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.66.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.66.8)

sarvapāpaharāṇyeva bhuktamuktipradāni vai /  
prabhavo vibhavaḥ śuklaḥ pramodo 'tha prajāpatiḥ //

> They take away all sins and bestow both enjoyment and liberation. / Prabhava, Vibhava, Śukla, Pramoda, then Prajāpati,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.66.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.66.9)

aṅgirāḥ śrīmukho bhāvaḥ yuvā dhātā tathaiva ca /  
īśvaro bahudhānyaśca pramāthī vikramo viṣuḥ //

> Aṅgiras, Śrīmukha, Bhāva, Yuvā, and likewise Dhātā, / Īśvara, Bahudhānya, Pramāthin, Vikrama, Viṣu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.66.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.66.10)

citrabhānuḥ svabānuśca tāraṇaḥ pārthivo vyayaḥ /  
sarvajitsarvadhārī ca virodhī vikṛtiḥ kharaḥ //

> Citrabhānu, Subhānu, Tāraṇa, Pārthiva, Vyaya, / Sarvajit, Sarvadhārin, Virodhin, Vikṛti, Khara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.66.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.66.11)

nandano vijayaścaiva jayo manmathadurmukhau /  
hemalambo vilaṃbaśca vikāraḥ śarvarī plavaḥ //

> Nandana, Vijaya, Jaya, Manmatha, Durmukha, / Hemalamba, Vilamba, Vikāra, Śarvarī, Plava,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.66.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.66.12)

śubhakṛcchobhanaḥ krodhī viśvāvamuparābhavau /  
plavaṅgaḥ kīlakaḥ saumyaḥ sādhāraṇavirodhakṛt //

> Śubhakṛt, Śobhana, Krodhin, Viśvāvasu, Parābhava, / Plavaṅga, Kīlaka, Saumya, Sādhāraṇa, Virodhakṛt,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.66.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.66.13)

paridhāvī pramādī ca ānando rākṣaso nalaḥ /  
piṅgalaḥ kālasiddhārthau raudrirvai durmatistathā //

> Paridhāvin, Pramādin, Ānanda, Rākṣasa, Nala, / Piṅgala, Kālasiddhārtha, Raudra, and Durmati,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.66.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.66.14)

dundubhī rudhirodgārī raktākṣaḥ krodhano 'kṣayaḥ /  
aśobhanāḥ śobhanāśca nāmnaivaite hi vatsarāḥ //

> Dundubhi, Rudhirodgārin, Raktākṣa, Krodhana, and Akṣaya— / these years are inauspicious or auspicious by their very names.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.66.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.66.15)

kālaṃ vakṣyāmi saṃsiddhyai rudra pañcasvarodayāt /  
rājā sā(mā) jā udāsā ca pīḍā mṛtyustathaiva ca //

> O Rudra, I will declare time for the attainment of success through the rising of the five vowels: / King, Sā\[mā\], Jā, Udāsā, Affliction, and Death.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.66.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.66.16)

ā ī ū ai au svarāṃśca likhetpañcāgnikoṣṭhake /  
ūrdhvatiryaggatai rekhaiḥ ṣaḍvahnikramamāgataiḥ //

> One should write the vowels ā, ī, ū, ai, and au in the five fire-cells, / with lines running vertically and horizontally, drawn in sixfold fire order.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.66.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.66.17)

tithī ekā gnikoṣṭheṣu trayo rājātha sā (mā) jayāḥ /  
udāsāmṛtyupīḍāśca kujaḥ somasutaḥ kramāt //

> The lunar days in the single fire-cells are three: King, then Sā\[mā\], Jayā, / Udāsā, Death, and Affliction; Mars and the son of Soma in order,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.66.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.66.18)

guruśukrau ca mandaśca ravicandrau yathoditam /  
revatyādimṛgāntāśca ṛkṣāṇi prathamā kalā //

> Jupiter and Venus, Saturn, and the Sun and the Moon as stated. / The lunar mansions from Revatī to Mṛgaśīrṣa are the first phase;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.66.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.66.19)

pañcapañcānyatra bhāni caitrādya udayastathā /  
dvādaśāhairdvayormāsanāmnorādyakṣaraṃ tathā //

> five asterisms each \[belong\] elsewhere; likewise the rising starting with Caitra. / In twelve days of the two months, and the first letter of the name,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.66.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.66.20)

kalāliṅgā ca yā tiṣṭhetpañcamastasya vai mṛtiḥ /  
kalā tithistathā vāro nakṣatraṃ māsameva ca //

> and whichever sign-phase it stands in, the fifth from it brings death: / the phase, the lunar day, the weekday, the lunar mansion, and the month.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.66.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.66.21)

nāmodayasya pūrvaṃ ca tathā bhavati nānyathā /  
oṃ kṣaiṃ (kṣauḥ) śivāya namaḥ //

> \[The effect\] is as stated before the rising of the name, and not otherwise. / Om kṣaiṃ (kṣauḥ), homage to Śiva!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.66.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.66.22)

kṣāmādyaṅgaśivāmīkṣā viṣagrahamatirhara /  
trailokyamohanaṃ bījaṃ nṛsiṃhasya tu padma(nna)gam //

> \[With the mantra\] beginning with kṣām, having the eyes of Śiva upon the limbs, \[which\] removes the poison and influence of malevolent planets, / the seed-syllable bewitching the three worlds, belonging to Nṛsiṃha, \[and that of\] the serpent,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.66.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.66.23)

mṛtyuñjayo gaṇo lakṣmī rocanādyaistu lekhitaḥ /  
bhūrje tu dhāritāḥ kaṇṭhe bāhau ceti jayādidāḥ //

> the Mṛtyuñjaya \[mantra\], Gaṇa, and Lakṣmī, inscribed with rocanā and other \[substances\] / upon birch bark and worn at the neck and upon the arm, grant victory and other \[blessings\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.66.23.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.66.23.p1)

iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe jyotiḥ śāstre śālagrāmaṣaṣṭyūbdasvarodayānāṃ nirūpaṇaṃ nāma ṣaṭṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

> Thus ends the sixty-sixth chapter, named 'The Examination of Śālagrāmas, the Sixty-Year Cycle, and Svarodaya in the Science of Astrology', in the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first section called the Pūrvakhaṇḍa in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.66.1) — English, machine translation

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