[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) › 1.82 # Garudapurana 1.82 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.82 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.82.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.82.19) — 1 part ### [1.82.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.82.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 82 śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ / (atha gayāmāhātmyaṃ prārabhyate) / brahmovāca / sārātsārataraṃ vyāsa gayābhāhātmya muttamam / pravakṣyāmi samāsena buktimuktipradaṃ śṛṇu // > The glorious Garuḍa Purāṇa \[Chapter\] 82. / Homage to the glorious Gaṇeśa. / (Now begins the greatness of Gayā.) / Brahmā said: / The most essential of the essential, O Vyāsa, is the supreme greatness of Gayā; / I shall declare it in brief, bestowing enjoyment and liberation; listen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.82.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.82.2) gayāsuro 'bhavatpūrvaṃ vīryavānparamaḥ sa ca / tapastapyanmahāghoraṃ sarvabhūtopatāpanam // > In former times there was an asura named Gayāsura, exceedingly heroic, / who performed most terrible asceticism, tormenting all living beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.82.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.82.3) tattapastāpitā devāstadvadhārthaṃ hariṃ gatāḥ / śaraṇaṃ harirūce tān bhavitavyaṃ śivātmabhaiḥ // > Tormented by his asceticism, the gods went to Hari for his destruction; / Hari spoke to them who had sought refuge: "You must be accompanied by Śiva; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.82.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.82.4) pātyate 'sya mahādeho tathetyūcuḥ surā harim / kadācicchivapūjārthaṃ kṣīrābdheḥ kamalāni ca // > his huge body shall be felled." The gods said to Hari, "So be it." / Once, for the purpose of worshiping Śiva, \[bringing\] lotuses from the Milk Ocean, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.82.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.82.5) ānīya kīkaṭe deśe śayanaṃ cākarodvalī / viṣṇumāyāvimūḍho 'sau gadayā viṣṇunā hataḥ // > having brought them, that mighty one lay down in the land of Kīkaṭa. / Deluded by the illusion of Viṣṇu, he was struck down with a mace by Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.82.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.82.6) ato gadādharo viṣṇurgayāyāṃ muktidaḥ sthitaḥ / tasya deho liṅgarūpī sthitaḥ śuddhe pitāmahaḥ // > Therefore Viṣṇu, holder of the mace, remains at Gayā, bestowing liberation. / His body took the form of a liṅga, and the Grandfather stayed in the pure \[spot\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.82.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.82.7) janārdanaśca kāleśastathānyaḥ prapitāmahaḥ / viṣṇurāhātha maryādāṃ puṇyakṣetraṃ bhaviṣyati // > along with Janārdana, Kāleśa, and also another, Prapitāmaha. / Viṣṇu then established the boundary: "This shall be a holy place of pilgrimage; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.82.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.82.8) yajñaṃ śrāddhaṃ piṇḍadānaṃ snānādi kurute naraḥ / sa svargaṃ brahmalokaṃ ca gacchenna narakaṃ naraḥ // > a man who performs sacrifice, śrāddha, the offering of funeral cakes, bathing, and the like— / that man shall go to heaven and the realm of Brahman, not to hell." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.82.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.82.9) gayātīrthaṃ paraṃ jñātvā yāgaṃ cakre pitāmahaḥ / brāhmaṇānpūjayāmāsa ṛtvigarthamupāgatān // > Knowing the Gayā tīrtha to be supreme, the Grandfather performed a sacrifice; / he honored the brāhmaṇas who had arrived to serve as priests. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.82.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.82.10) mahānadīṃ rasavahāṃ sṛṣṭvā vāpyādikaṃ tathā / bhakṣyabhojyaphalādīṃśca kāmadhenuṃ tathāsṛjat // > Having created the Mahānadī flowing with delicious liquids, and likewise ponds and reservoirs, / and eatables, food, fruits, and so forth, he also created Kāmadhenu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.82.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.82.11) pañcakrośaṃ gayokṣetraṃ brāhmaṇebhyo dadau prabhuḥ / dharamayāgeṣu lobhāttu pratigṛhya dhanādikam // > The Lord gave the five-krośa field of Gayā to the brāhmaṇas. / But because of greed, accepting wealth and the like at sacrifices of dharma, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.82.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.82.12) sthitā viprāstadā śaptā gayāyāṃ brāhmaṇāstataḥ / mā bhūttraipuruṣī vidyā mā bhūttraipuruṣaṃ dhanam // > the brāhmaṇas stayed there; then the brāhmaṇas were cursed at Gayā: / "Let not learning extend for three generations; let not wealth extend for three generations; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.82.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.82.13) yuṣmākaṃ syādvārivahā nadī pāṣāṇaparvataḥ / śaptaistu prārthito brahmānugrahaṃ kṛtavānprabhuḥ // > may your river carry \[only\] water, and the mountain be \[only\] stone." / But when prayed to by those who were cursed, the Lord Brahmā granted grace: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.82.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.82.14) lokāḥ puṇyā gayāyāṃ hi śrāddhino brahmalokagāḥ / yuṣmānye pūjayiṣyanti tairahaṃ pūjitaḥ sadā // > "Indeed, people who perform śrāddha at Gayā are holy and go to the realm of Brahman. / Those who worship you have always worshiped me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.82.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.82.15) brahmajñānaṃ gayāśrāddhaṃ gogṛhe maraṇaṃ tathā / vāsaḥ puṃsāṃ kurukṣetre muktireṣā caturvidhā // > Knowledge of Brahman, a śrāddha at Gayā, dying in a cowshed, / and residence in Kurukṣetra—these are the four kinds of liberation for men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.82.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.82.16) samudrāḥ saritaḥ sarvā vāpīkūpahradāstathā / snātukāmā gayātīrthaṃ vyāsa yāsa yānti na saṃśayaḥ // > O Vyāsa, all oceans, rivers, and likewise ponds, wells, and lakes / go to the Gayā tīrtha wishing to bathe; there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.82.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.82.17) brahmahatyā surāpānaṃ steyaṃ gurvaṅganāgamaḥ / pāpaṃ tatsaṃgajaṃ sarvaṃ gayāśrāddhādvinaśyati // > Killing a brāhmaṇa, drinking liquor, theft, intercourse with the teacher's wife— / all sin arising from association with these is destroyed by a śrāddha at Gayā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.82.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.82.18) asaṃskṛtā mṛtā ya ca paśucorahatāśca ye / sarpadaṣṭā gayāśrāddhānmuktāḥ svargaṃ vrajanti te // > Those who died without sacraments, those killed by beasts or thieves, / and those bitten by serpents—liberated by a śrāddha at Gayā, they go to heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.82.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.82.19) gayāyāṃ piṇḍadānena yatphalaṃ labhate naraḥ / na tacchakyaṃ mayā vaktuṃ varṣakoṭiśatairapi // > The reward that a person obtains by offering funeral cakes at Gayā / cannot be described by me even in hundreds of millions of years." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.82.19.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.82.19.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe gayāmāhātmyaṃ nāma dvyaśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the eighty-second chapter, named "The Greatness of Gayā," 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.1.82.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (6) - [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.3.4.8) — Sanskrit - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.115.5) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.43.18) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Smṛticandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrticandrika.9.p46) — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Tīrthacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.tirtha.tirthacintamani.10.p4) — Vācaspatimiśra, Sanskrit - [Tristhalīsetu (Nārāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.tirtha.tristhali.tristhalisetu.13.p44) — Nārāyaṇa (Mahiṣamaṅgalam) 1513, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.82) · Pramāṇa