[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) › 1.81 # Garudapurana 1.81 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.81 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.81.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.81.31) — 1 part ### [1.81.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.81.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 81 (iti ratnamuktādi parīkṣā samāptā ) / (atha tīrthakṣetramāhātmyamārabhyate ) / sūta uvāca / sarvatīrthāni vakṣyāmi gaṅgā tīrthottamottamā / sarvatra sulabhā gaṅgātriṣu sthāneṣu durlabhā // > The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 81 > \[Thus ends the examination of gems, pearls, etc.\] > \[Now begins the glorification of sacred sites and holy places.\] > Sūta said: / I shall proclaim all the sacred sites; the Gaṅgā is the highest among the highest sacred sites; / the Gaṅgā is easily accessible everywhere, yet rare to find in three places: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.81.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.81.2) gaṅgādvāre prayāge ca gaṅgāsāgarasaṅgame / prayāgaṃ paramaṃ tīrthaṃ mṛtānāṃ bhuktimuktidam // > at Gaṅgādvāra, at Prayāga, and at the confluence of the Gaṅgā and the ocean. / Prayāga is the supreme sacred site, granting worldly enjoyment and liberation to the deceased. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.81.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.81.3) sevanātkṛtapiṇḍānāṃ pāpajitkāmadaṃ nṛṇām / vārāṇasī paraṃ tīrthaṃ viśveśo yatra keśavaḥ // > Through worshipping it and offering piṇḍas there, it conquers the sins of men and grants their desires; / Vārāṇasī is the supreme sacred site, where Keśava is Viśveśa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.81.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.81.4) kurukṣetraṃ paraṃ tīrthaṃ dānādyairbhuktimuktidam / prabhāsaṃ paraṃ tīrthaṃ somanātho hi tatra ca // > Kurukṣetra is the supreme sacred site, bestowing worldly enjoyment and liberation through gifts and the like; / Prabhāsa is the supreme sacred site, for Somanātha is indeed there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.81.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.81.5) dvārakā ca purī ramyā bhuktimuktipradāyikā / prācī sarasvatī puṇyā saptasārasvataṃ param // > Dvārakā is a delightful city that bestows worldly enjoyment and liberation; / the eastward-flowing Sarasvatī is holy, and Saptasārasvata is supreme. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.81.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.81.6) kedāraṃ sarvapāpaghnaṃ sa (śa) mbhalagrāma uttamaḥ / naranarāyaṇaṃ tīrthaṃ muktyai vadarikāśramaḥ // > Kedāra destroys all sins; the village of Śambhala is excellent; / the sacred site of Nara-Nārāyaṇa, Badarikāśrama, is for liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.81.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.81.7) śvetadvīpaṃ purī māyā naimiṣaṃ puṣkaraṃ param / ayodhyā cārghyatīrthaṃ tu citrakūṭaṃ ca gomatī // > Śvetadvīpa, the city of Māyā, Naimiṣa, and Puṣkara are supreme; / Ayodhyā, the sacred site of Arghyatīrtha, Citrakūṭa, and the Gomatī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.81.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.81.8) vaināyakaṃ mahītīrthaṃ rāmagiryāśramaṃ param / kāñcīpurī tuṅgabhadrā śrīśailaṃ setubandhanam // > the sacred site of Vaināyaka on earth, and the supreme hermitage on the Rāmagiri mountain; / the city of Kāñcī, the Tuṅgabhadrā, Śrīśaila, and Setubandha, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.81.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.81.9) rāmeśvaraṃ paraṃ tīrthaṃ kārtikeyaṃ tathottamam / bhṛgutuṅgaṃ kāmatīrthaṃ tīrthaṃ cāmarakaṇṭakam // > Rāmeśvara is the supreme sacred site, and Kārtikeya likewise is excellent; / Bhṛgutuṅga, Kāmatīrtha, and the sacred site of Amarakaṇṭaka; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.81.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.81.10) ujjayinyāṃ mahākālaḥ kubjake śrīdharo hariḥ / kubjāmrakaṃ mahātīrthaṃ kālasarpiśca kāmadam // > Mahākāla in Ujjayinī, Śrīdhara Hari in Kubjaka, / the great sacred site of Kubjāmraka, and Kālasarpi, which grants desires; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.81.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.81.11) mahā keśī ca kāverī candrabhāgā vipāśayā / ekāmraṃ ca tathā tīrthaṃ brahmeśaṃ devakoṭakam // > the great Keśī, the Kāverī, Candrabhāgā with the Vipāśā, / the sacred site of Ekāmra, Brahmeśa, and Devakoṭaka; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.81.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.81.12) mathurā ca purī ramyā śoṇaścaiva mahānadaḥ / jambūsaro mahātīrthaṃ tāni tīrthāni viddhi ca // > the delightful city of Mathurā, and the great river Śoṇa, / and know also the great sacred site Jambūsaras—these are the sacred sites. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.81.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.81.13) sūryaḥ śivo gaṇo devī hariryatra ca tiṣṭhati / eteṣu ca yathānyeṣu snānaṃ dānaṃ japastapaḥ // > Where Sūrya, Śiva, the Gaṇa, the Goddess, and Hari dwell, / bathing, giving gifts, chanting mantras, and ascetic penance performed in these and in others, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.81.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.81.14) pūjā śrāddhaṃ piṇḍadānaṃ sarvaṃ bhavati cākṣayam / śālagrāmaṃ sarvadaṃ syāttīrthaṃ paśupateḥ param // > worship, ancestral offerings, and the offering of piṇḍas all become imperishable. / Śālagrāma is an all-bestowing supreme sacred site of Paśupati; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.81.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.81.15) kokāmukhaṃ ca vārāhaṃ bhā (bhu) ṇḍīraṃ svāmisaṃjñakam / lo (mo) hadaṇḍe mahāviṣṇurmandāre madhusūdanaḥ // > Kokāmukha, Vārāha, Bhāṇḍīra, that named Svāmin, / Mahāviṣṇu at Mohadaṇḍa, and Madhusūdana at Mandāra; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.81.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.81.16) kāmarūpaṃ mahātīrthaṃ kāmākhyā (kṣā) yatra tiṣṭhati / puṇḍravardhanakaṃ tīrthaṃ kārtikeyaśca yatra ca // > the great sacred site of Kāmarūpa, where Kāmākhyā resides; / the sacred site of Puṇḍravardhana, and where Kārtikeya is; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.81.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.81.17) virajastu mahātīrthaṃ tīrthaṃ śrīpuruṣottamam / mahendraparvatastīrthaṃ kāverī ca nadī parā // > Viraja is a great sacred site, and the sacred site of Śrī Puruṣottama; / Mount Mahendra is a sacred site, and the Kāverī is an excellent river; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.81.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.81.18) godāvarī mahātīrthaṃ payoṣṇī varadā nadī / vindhyaḥ pāpaharaṃ tīrthaṃ narmadābheda uttamaḥ // > the Godāvarī is a great sacred site, as are the rivers Payoṣṇī and Varadā; / the Vindhya is a sin-removing sacred site, and the confluence of the Narmadā is excellent; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.81.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.81.19) gokarṇaṃ paramaṃ tīrthaṃ tīrthaṃ māhiṣmatī purī / kālañjaraṃ mahītīrthaṃ śuklatīrthamanuttamam // > Gokarṇa is the supreme sacred site, and the city of Māhiṣmatī is a sacred site; / Kālañjara is a sacred site on earth, and Śuklatīrtha is unsurpassed; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.81.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.81.20) kṛte śauce muktidaṃ ca śārṅgadhārī tadantike / virajaṃ sarvadaṃ tīrthaṃ svarṇākṣaṃ tīrthamuttamam // > at Kṛtaśauca it grants liberation, and Śārṅgadhārin is near it; / Viraja is an all-bestowing sacred site, and Svarṇākṣa is an excellent sacred site; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.81.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.81.21) nanditīrthaṃ muktidaṃ ca koṭitīrthaphalapradam / nāsikyaṃ ca mahātīrthaṃ govardhanamataḥ param // > Nanditīrtha grants liberation and yields the fruit of ten million sacred sites; / Nāsikya is a great sacred site, and beyond that is Govardhana; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.81.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.81.22) kṛṣṇaveṇī bhīmarathī gaṇḍakī yā tvirāvatī / tīrthaṃ bindusaraḥ puṇyaṃ viṣṇupādodakaṃ param // > the Kṛṣṇaveṇī, the Bhīmarathī, the Gaṇḍakī, and the Irāvatī; / the holy sacred site Bindusaras, and the supreme water from Viṣṇu's feet; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.81.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.81.23) brahmadhyānaṃ paraṃ tīrthaṃ tīrthamindriyanigrahaḥ / damastīrthaṃ tu paramaṃ bhavaśuddhiḥ paraṃ tathā // > meditation on Brahman is the supreme sacred site, and control of the senses is a sacred site; / self-restraint is a supreme sacred site, and purity of being is likewise supreme. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.81.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.81.24) jñānahrade dhyānajale rāgadveṣamalāpahe / yaḥ snāti mānase tīrthe sa yāti paramāṃ gatim // > Whoever bathes in the sacred pool of the mind—in the lake of knowledge, whose water is meditation, which washes away the impurities of passion and aversion—attains the highest state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.81.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.81.25) idaṃ tīrthamidaṃ neti ye narā bhedadarśinaḥ / teṣāṃ vidhīyate tīrthagamanaṃ tatphalaṃ ca yat // > To those men who perceive differences, thinking “this is a sacred site, this is not,” / pilgrimage to sacred sites and its fruit are prescribed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.81.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.81.26) sarvaṃ brahmetiyo 'veti nātīrthaṃ tasya kiñcana / eteṣu snānadānāni śrāddhaṃ piṇḍamathākṣayam // > For one who knows that everything is Brahman, nothing is unholy. / In these \[sacred places\], bathing, giving gifts, ancestral rites, and piṇḍas become imperishable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.81.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.81.27) sarvā nadyaḥ sarvaśailāḥ tīrthaṃ devādisevitam / śrīraṅgaṃ ca harestīrthaṃ tāpī śreṣṭhā mahānadī // > All rivers and all mountains are holy places frequented by the gods and others; / Śrīraṅgam is the sacred site of Hari, / and the Tāpī is a foremost great river. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.81.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.81.28) saptagodāvaraṃ tīrthaṃ tīrthaṃ koṇagiriḥ param / mahālakṣmīryatra devī praṇītā paramā nadī // > Saptagodāvara is a holy site, and Mount Koṇa is a supreme sacred place, / where Goddess Mahālakṣmī resides / and the Praṇītā is a supreme river. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.81.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.81.29) sahyādrau devadeveśa ekavīraḥ sureśvarī / gaṅgādvāre kuśāvarte vindhyake nīlaparvate // > On the Sahya mountain is the Lord of the God of gods, Ekavīra, and the Goddess of the Gods; / at Gaṅgādvāra, Kuśāvarta, on the Vindhya range, and on Nīlaparvata. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.81.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.81.30) snātvā kanakhale tīrthe sa bhavenna punarbhave / sū uvāca / etānyanyāni tīrthāni snānādyaiḥ sarvadāni hi // > Having bathed at the tīrtha Kanakhala, one is not born again. / Sūta said: / These and other tīrthas indeed bestow everything through bathing and other rites. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.81.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.81.31) śrutvābravīddharerbrahmā vyāsaṃ dakṣādisaṃyutam / etānyuktvā ca tīrthāni puna stīrthottamottamam / gayākhyaṃ prāha sarveṣāmakṣayaṃ brahmalokadam // > Having heard \[this\] from Hari, Brahmā spoke to Vyāsa, who was with Dakṣa and others. / Having stated these tīrthas, he then declared the supreme among excellent tīrthas, / named Gayā, which is imperishable for all and bestows the realm of Brahman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.81.31.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.81.31.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe sarvatīrtha māhātmyaṃ nāmaikāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the eighty-first chapter, named "The Greatness of All Tīrthas," in the Code of 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.1.81.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.112.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Yoginītantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.sakta.yoginitantra.24.41) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.81) · Pramāṇa