[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) › 1.83 # Garudapurana 1.83 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.83 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.83.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.78) — 1 part ### [1.83.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 83 brahmovāca / kīkaṭeṣu gayā puṇyā puṇyaṃ rājagṛhaṃ vanam / viṣayaścāraṇaḥ puṇyo nadīnāṃ ca punaḥ punā // > The glorious Garuḍa Purāṇa \[Chapter\] 83. / Brahmā said: / Gayā is holy in Kīkaṭa; the forest Rājagṛha is holy; / the region Caraṇa is holy, and the Punāpunā among rivers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.2) muṇḍapṛṣṭhaṃ tu pūrvasminpaścime dakṣiṇottare / sārdhakrośadvayaṃ mānaṃ gayāyāṃ parikīrtitam // > Muṇḍapṛṣṭha is in the east, west, south, and north; / its measure at Gayā is declared to be two and a half krośas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.3) pañcakrośaṃ gayākṣetraṃ krośamekaṃ gayāśiraḥ / tatra piṇḍapradānena tṛptirbhavati śāśvatī // > The field of Gayā is five krośas; Gayāśiras is one krośa; / by offering funeral cakes there, eternal satisfaction is attained. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.4) nagājjanārdanāccaiva kūpāccottaramānasāt / etadgayāśiraḥ proktaṃ phalgutīrthaṃ taducyate // > From the mountain, from Janārdana, and from the well Uttaramānasa— / this is called Gayāśiras; that is spoken of as the Phalgu tīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.5) tatra piṇḍapradānena pitṝṇā paramā gatiḥ / gayāgamanamātreṇa pitṝṇāmanṛṇo bhavet // > By offering funeral cakes there, ancestors attain the supreme state; / merely by going to Gayā, one becomes free of debt to the ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.6) gayāyāṃ pitṛrūpeṇa devadevo janārdanaḥ / taṃ dṛṣṭvā puṇḍarīkākṣaṃ mucyate vai ṛṇatrayāt // > Janārdana, the God of gods, is present at Gayā in the form of the ancestors; / having seen him, the lotus-eyed one, one is freed from the threefold debt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.7) rathamārgaṃ gayatīrthe dṛṣṭvā rudrapadādike / kāleśvaraṃ ca kedāraṃ pitṝṇāmanṛṇo bhavet // > Having seen the chariot-path at the Gayā tīrtha, at the footprint of Rudra and other sites, / and Kāleśvara and Kedāra, one becomes free of debt to the ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.8) dṛṣṭvā pitāmahaṃ devaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate / lokaṃ tvanāmayaṃ yāti dṛṣṭvā ca prapitāmaham // > Having seen the god Pitāmaha, one is freed from all sins; / and having seen Prapitāmaha, one goes to the world free from disease. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.9) tathā gadādharaṃ devaṃ mādhavaṃ puruṣottamam / taṃ praṇamya prayatnena na bhūyo jāyate naraḥ // > Likewise, having bowed down with effort to the god Gadādhara, Mādhava, Puruṣottama, / a man is not born again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.10) maunādityaṃ mahātmānaṃ kanakārkaṃ viśeṣataḥ / dṛṣṭvā maunena viprarṣe pitṝṇāmanṛṇo bhavet // > Having seen in silence the great Maunāditya and especially Kanakārka, / O sage among brāhmaṇas, one becomes free of debt to the ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.11) brahmāṇaṃ pūjayitvā ca brahmalokamavāpnuyāt / gāyattrīṃ pratarutthāya yastu paśyati mānavaḥ // > Having worshiped Brahmā, one attains the realm of Brahman. / And the mortal who, rising in the morning, beholds Gāyatrī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.12) sandhyāṃ kṛtvā prayatnena sarvavedaphalaṃ labhet / sāvitrīṃ caiva madhyāhne dṛṣṭvā yajñaphalaṃ labhet // > having performed the twilight devotion with care, obtains the fruit of all the Vedas; / and having seen Sāvitrī at midday, obtains the fruit of sacrifices; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.13) sarasvatīṃ ca sāyāhne dṛṣṭvā dānaphalaṃ labhet / nagasthamīśvaraṃ dṛṣṭvā pitṝṇāmanṛṇo bhavet // > and having seen Sarasvatī at twilight, obtains the fruit of gifts; / having seen the Lord residing on the mountain, one becomes free of debt to the ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.14) dharmāraṇyaṃ dharmamīśaṃ dṛṣṭvā syādṛṇanāśanam / devaṃ gṛdhreśvaraṃ dṛṣṭvā ko na mucyeta bandhanāt // > Having seen Dharmāraṇya and Dharma the lord, the destruction of debts occurs; / having seen the god Gṛdhreśvara, who would not be freed from bondage? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.15) dhenuṃ dṛṣṭvā dhenuvane brahmalokaṃ nayetpitṝn / prabhāseśaṃ prabhāse ca dṛṣṭvā yāti parāṃ gatim // > Having seen Dhenu in Dhenuvana, one leads the ancestors to the realm of Brahman; / having seen Prabhāseśa at Prabhāsa, one goes to the supreme state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.16) koṭīśvaraṃ cāśvamedhaṃ dṛṣṭvā syādṛṇanāśanam / svargadvāreśvaraṃ dṛṣṭvā mucyate bhavabandhanāt // > Having seen Koṭīśvara and Aśvamedha, the destruction of debts occurs; / having seen Svargadvāreśvara, one is freed from the bondage of worldly existence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.17) rāmeśvaraṃ gadālolaṃ dṛṣṭvā svargamavāpnuyāt / brahmeśvaraṃ tathā dṛṣṭvā mucyate brahmahatyayā // > Having seen Rāmeśvara and Gadālola, one attains heaven; / likewise, having seen Brahmeśvara, one is freed from the sin of killing a brāhmaṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.18) muṇḍapṛṣṭhe mahācaṇḍīṃ dṛṣṭvā kāmānavāpnuyāt / phalgvīśaṃ phalgucaṇḍīṃ ca gaurīṃ dṛṣṭvā ca maṅgalām // > Having seen Mahācaṇḍī on Muṇḍapṛṣṭha, one attains one's desires; / and having seen Phalgvīśa, Phalgucaṇḍī, and Gaurī Maṅgalā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.19) gomakaṃ gopatiṃ devaṃ pitṝṇāmanṛṇo bhavet / aṅgāreśaṃ ca siddheśaṃ gayādityaṃ gajaṃ tathā // > Gomaka, and the divine Gopati, one becomes free of debt to the ancestors; / having seen Aṅgāreśa, Siddheśa, Gayāditya, and Gaja, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.20) mārkaṇḍeyeśvaraṃ dṛṣṭvā pitṝṇāmanṛṇo bhavet / phalgutīrthe naraḥ snātvā dṛṣṭvā devaṃ gadādharam // > and Mārkaṇḍeyeśvara, one becomes free of debt to the ancestors. / A man having bathed in the Phalgu tīrtha and seen the god Gadādhara— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.21) etena kiṃ na paryāptaṃ nṝṇāṃ sukṛtakāriṇām / brahmalokaṃ prayāntīha puruṣā ekaviṃśatiḥ // > is this not sufficient for men who perform good deeds? / Here, twenty-one generations go to the realm of Brahman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.22) pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthānī ye samudrāḥ sarāṃsi ca / phalgutīrthaṃ gamiṣyanti vāramekaṃ dinedine // > Whatever holy bathing-places, whatever oceans and lakes there are on earth, / they will go to the Phalgu ford once every single day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.23) pṛthivyāṃ ca gayā puṇyā gayāyāṃ ca gayāśiraḥ / śreṣṭhaṃ tathā phalgutīrthaṃ tanmukhaṃ ca surasya hi // > And on earth Gayā is sacred, and in Gayā, Gayāśiras; / likewise the Phalgu ford is supreme, for it is indeed the mouth of the god. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.24) udīci kanakānadyo nābhitīrthaṃ tu madhyataḥ / puṇyaṃ brahmasadastīrthaṃ snānātsyādbrahmalokadam // > To the north is the Kanakānadī, but the Nābhitīrtha is in the center; / the holy Brahmasadastīrtha, by bathing \[there\], grants the world of Brahmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.25) kūpe piṇḍādikaṃ kṛtvā pitṝṇāmanṛṇo bhavem / tathākṣayavaṭe śrāddhī brahmalokaṃ nayetpitṝn // > By offering a ball of rice and other rites at the well, one becomes free of debt to the ancestors; / likewise, one who performs an ancestral rite at the Akṣayavaṭa leads the ancestors to the world of Brahmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.26) haṃsatīrthe naraḥ snātvā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate / koṭitītha gayālole vaitaraṇyāṃ ca gomake // > By bathing at Haṃsatīrtha, a man is freed from all sins; / at Koṭitīrtha, Gayālola, at the Vaitaraṇī, and at Gomaka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.27) brahmalokaṃ nayecchrāddhī puruṣānekaviṃśatim / brahmatīrthe rāmatīrthe āgneye somatīrthake // > the performer of the ancestral rite leads twenty-one generations of men to the world of Brahmā; / at Brahmatīrtha, Rāmatīrtha, Āgneya, and Somatīrthaka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.28) śrāddhī rāmahrade brahmalokaṃ pitṛkulaṃ nayet / uttare mānase śrāddhī na bhūyo jāyate naraḥ // > the performer of the ancestral rite at Rāmahrada leads the ancestral family to the world of Brahmā; / the performer of the ancestral rite at Uttara Mānasa is not born again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.29) dakṣiṇe mānase śrāddhī brahmalokaṃ pitṝnnayet / svagadvāre naraḥ śrāddhī brahmalokaṃ nayetpitṝn / bhīṣmatarpaṇakṛttasya kūṭe tārayate pitṝn / gṛdhreśvare tathā śrāddhī pitṝṇāmanṛṇo bhavet // > The performer of the ancestral rite at Dakṣiṇa Mānasa leads the ancestors to the world of Brahmā; / the man performing the ancestral rite at Svargadvāra leads the ancestors to the world of Brahmā; / one who performs the libation to Bhīṣma on its peak delivers his ancestors; / and the performer of the ancestral rite at Gṛdhreśvara becomes free of debt to the ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.30) śrāddhī ca dhenukāraṇye brihmalokaṃ pitṝnnayet / tiladhenupradaḥ snātvā dṛṣṭvā dhenuṃ na saṃśayaḥ // > The performer of the ancestral rite in the Dhenukā Forest leads his ancestors to the world of Brahmā; / having bathed, one who gives a cow of sesame seeds, upon seeing the cow, \[leads them\] without doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.31) aindre vā naratīrthe ca vāsave vaiṣṇave tathā / mahānadyāṃ kṛtaśrāddho brahmalokaṃ nayetpitṝn // > At Aindra, or Naratīrtha, and likewise at Vāsava and Vaiṣṇava, / one who has performed an ancestral rite on the Mahānadī leads his ancestors to the world of Brahmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.32) gāyattre caiva sāvitre tīrthe sārasvate tathā / snānasa ndhyātarpaṇakṛcchrāddhī caikottaraṃ śatam // > At the Gāyatrī, Sāvitrī, and likewise the Sārasvata ford, / one who performs bathing, twilight devotion, and water-libations, and performs an ancestral rite, \[delivers\] one hundred and one > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.33) pitṝṇāṃ tu kulaṃ brahmalokaṃ nayati mānavaḥ / brahmayoniṃ vinirgacchetprayataḥ pitṛmānasaḥ // > generations of ancestors: that person leads them to the world of Brahmā. / With mind intent upon the ancestors, restrained, he should exit from Brahmayoni. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.34) tarpayitvā pitṝndevānna viśedyonisaṅkaṭe / tarpaṇe kākajaṅghāryā pitṝṇāṃ tṛptirakṣayā // > Having offered water-libations to the ancestors and gods, he would not enter the distress of the womb; / by the water-libation at Kākajaṅghā, the satisfaction of the ancestors is imperishable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.35) dharmāraṇye mataṅgasya vāpyāṃ śrāddhāddivaṃ vrajet / dharmayūpe ca kūpe ta pitṝṇāmanṛṇo bhavet // > From an ancestral rite at Mataṅga's pond in the Forest of Dharma, one goes to heaven; / and at the sacrificial post and well of Dharma, one becomes free of debt to the ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.36) pramāṇaṃ devatāḥ santu lokapālāśca sākṣiṇaḥ / mayāgatya mataṅge 'sminpitṝṇāṃ niṣkṛtiḥ kṛtā // > "May the deities be the authority, and the world guardians the witnesses: / coming here to Mataṅga, expiation has been made by me for the ancestors!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.37) rāmatīrthe narāḥ snātvā śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā prabhāsake / śilāyāṃ pretabhāvātsyurmuktāḥ pitṛgaṇāḥ kila // > Bathing at Rāmatīrtha and performing an ancestral rite at Prabhāsaka, / the hosts of ancestors are indeed liberated from the state of hungry ghosts upon the rock. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.38) śrāddhakṛccha svapuṣṭāyāṃ triḥ saphtakuṃlamuddharet / śrāddhakṛnmuṇḍapṛṣṭhādau brahmalokaṃ nayetpitṝn // > Performing the ancestral rite at Svapuṣṭā, he delivers seven times three generations; / performing the ancestral rite at Muṇḍapṛṣṭha and elsewhere, he leads his ancestors to the world of Brahmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.39) gayāyāṃ na hi tatsthānaṃ yatra tīrthaṃ na vidyate / pañcakrośe gayākṣetre yatra tatra tu piṇḍadaḥ // > For there is no place in Gayā where a holy bathing-place does not exist; / anywhere at all in the five-league area of Gayā, one who offers a ball of rice > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.40) akṣayaṃ phalamāpnoti brahmalokaṃ nayetpitṝn / janārdanasya haste tu piṇḍaṃ dadyātsvakaṃ naraḥ // > obtains an imperishable reward and leads his ancestors to the world of Brahmā. / A man should place his ball of rice into the hand of Janārdana: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.41) eṣa piṇḍe mayā dattastava haste janārdana ! / paralokaṃ gate mokṣamakṣayyamupatiṣṭhatām // > "This ball of rice has been placed by me into your hand, O Janārdana! / May imperishable liberation attend the one who has departed to the other world!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.42) brahmalokamavāpnoti pitṛbhiḥ saha niścitam / gayāyāṃ dharmapṛṣṭhe ca sarasi brahmaṇastathā // > He attains the world of Brahmā together with his ancestors, without a doubt. / In Gayā, and on Dharmapṛṣṭha, and likewise at the lake of Brahmā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.43) gayāśīrṣe 'kṣayavaṭe pitṝṇāṃ dattamakṣayam / dharmāraṇyaṃ dharmapṛṣṭhaṃ dhenukāraṇyameva ca // > at Gayāśīrṣa, and at the Akṣayavaṭa, what is given to the ancestors is imperishable; / the Forest of Dharma, Dharmapṛṣṭha, and indeed the Dhenukā Forest— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.44) dṛṣṭvaitāni pitṝṃścāryavaṃśyānviṃśatimuddharet / brahmāraṇyaṃ mahānadyāḥ paścimo bhāga ucyate // > having seen these, he delivers twenty noble generations of ancestors. / The Brahmāraṇya is said to be the western part of the Mahānadī; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.45) pūrvo brahmasado bhāgo nāgādrirbharatāśramaḥ / bharatasyāśrame śrāddhī mataṅgasya pade bhavet // > the eastern part is Brahmasadas, Nāgādri, and the hermitage of Bharata; / at the hermitage of Bharata, one becomes a performer of ancestral rites at the footprint of Mataṅga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.46) gayāśīrṣāddakṣiṇato mahānadyāśca paścime / tatsmṛtaṃ campakavanaṃ tatra pāṇḍuśilāsti hi // > To the south of Gayāśīrṣa and to the west of the Mahānadī, / that is known as the Campaka Forest; there indeed lies the Pāṇḍu Rock. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.47) śrāddhī tatra tṛtīyāyāṃ niścirāyāśca maṇḍale / mahāhrade ca kauśikyāmakṣayaṃ phalamāpnuyāt // > Performing an ancestral rite there on the third \[lunar day\], and within the circle of the Niścirā, / and at the great pool in the Kauśikī, one obtains an imperishable reward. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.48) vaitaraṇyā ścottaratastṛtīyākhyo jalāśayaḥ / padāni tatra krauñcasya śrāddhī svargaṃ nayetpitṝn // > To the north of the Vaitaraṇī is the body of water named Tṛtīyā; / the footprints of Krauñca are there; performing an ancestral rite \[there\], one leads the ancestors to heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.49) krauñcapādāduttarato niścirākhyo jalāśayaḥ / sakṛdyatrābhigamanaṃ sakṛtpiṃṇḍaprapātanam // > North of Krauñcapāda is the body of water named Niścirā; / going there once and dropping a ball of rice once > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.50) durlabhaṃ kiṃ punarnityamasminneva vyavasthitiḥ / mahānadyāmupaspṛśya tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ // > is hard to attain—how much more so residing continuously right in this \[place\]! / Having touched water in the Mahānadī, one should offer libations to the ancestors and gods; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.51) akṣayānprāpnuyāllokānkulaṃ cāpi samuddharet / sāvitre paṭhyate sandhyā kṛtā syāddvādaśābdikī // > one obtains imperishable worlds and also delivers the family. / When the twilight prayer is recited at Sāvitra, it is equivalent to that performed for twelve years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.52) śuklakṛṣṇāvubhau pakṣau gayāyāṃ yo vasennaraḥ punātyāsaptamaṃ caiva kulaṃ nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ // > A man who lives at Gayā for both the bright and dark fortnights / purifies the family up to the seventh generation; there is no doubt about this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.53) gayāyāṃ muṇāḍapṛṣṭhaṃ ca aravindaṃ ca parvatam / tṛtīyaṃ kraiñcapādaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā pāpaiḥ pramucyate // > Seeing Muṇḍapṛṣṭha at Gayā, and Mount Aravinda, / and thirdly Krauñcapāda, one is freed from sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.54) makare vartamāne ca grahaṇe candrasūryayoḥ / durlabhaṃ triṣu lokeṣu gayāyāṃ piṇḍapātanam // > When \[the sun\] enters Capricorn and during an eclipse of the moon and sun, / dropping a ball of rice at Gayā is hard to attain in the three worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.55) mahāhrade ca kauśikyāṃ mūlakṣetre viśeṣataḥ / guhāyāṃ gṛdhrakūṭasya śrāddhaṃ dattaṃ (sapta) mahāphalam // > At the great pool in the Kauśikī, especially in the Mūlakṣetra, / and in the cave of Gṛdhrakūṭa, an ancestral rite offered yields great reward. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.56) yatra māheśvarī dhārā śrāddhī tatrānṛṇo bhavet / puṇyāṃ viśālāmāsādya nadīṃ trailokya viśrutām // > Where the stream of Māheśvarī flows, the performer of an ancestral rite becomes free of debt there; / having approached the sacred river Viśālā, renowned across the three worlds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.57) agniṣṭomamavāpnoti śrāddhī prāyāddivaṃ naraḥ / śrāddhī māsapade snātvā vājapeyaphalaṃ labhet // > a man obtains \[the fruit of\] an Agniṣṭoma sacrifice, and, performing an ancestral rite, goes to heaven. / Bathing at Māsapada, the performer of an ancestral rite obtains the fruit of a Vājapeya sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.58) ravipāde piṇḍadānātpatitoddhāraṇaṃ bhavet / gayāstho yo dadātyannaṃ pitarastena putriṇaḥ // > From offering a ball of rice at the footprint of the Sun, the deliverance of fallen ones occurs; / the ancestors have sons through him who gives food while staying at Gayā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.59) kāṅkṣante pitaraḥ putrānnarakādbhayabhīravaḥ / gayāṃ yāsyati yaḥ kaścitso 'smānsantarayiṣyati // > Terrified by fear of hell, the ancestors long for sons: / "Whoever it may be that will go to Gayā, he will carry us across!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.60) gayāprāptaṃ sutaṃ dṛṣṭvā pitṝṇāmutsavo bhavet / pabhdyāmapi jalaṃ spṛṣṭvā asmabhyaṃ kila dāsyati // > Seeing a son arrived at Gayā, there is celebration for the ancestors: / "Having touched water even with his feet, he will surely give to us!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.61) ātmajo vā tathānyo vā gayākūpe yadā tadā / yannāmnā pātayetpiṇḍaṃ taṃ nayedbrahma śāśvatam // > Whether one's own son or someone else, whenever at the well of Gayā / he drops a ball of rice in whosever name, he leads that one to eternal Brahman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.62) puṇḍarīkaṃ viṣṇulokaṃ prāpnuyātkoṭitīrthagaḥ / yā sā vaitaraṇī nāma triṣu lokeṣu viśrutā // > Going to Koṭitīrtha, one attains the lotus-like realm of Viṣṇu. / That river known as the Vaitaraṇī, renowned across the three worlds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.63) sāvatīrṇā gayākṣetre pitṝṇāṃ tāraṇāya hi / śrāddhadaḥ piṇḍadastatra gopradānaṃ karotiyaḥ // > descended in the holy field of Gayā specifically for delivering the ancestors; / one who performs the ancestral rite and gives the ball of rice there, and who makes the gift of a cow, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.64) ekaviṃśativaṃśyānsa tārayennātra saṃśayaḥ / yadi putro gayāṃ gacchetkadācitkālaparyaye // > delivers twenty-one generations of his lineage; there is no doubt about this. / If a son should go to Gayā at some time in the course of time, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.65) tāneva bhojayedviprānbrahmaṇā ye prakalpitāḥ / teṣāṃ brahmasadaḥ sthānaṃ somapānaṃ tathaiva ca // > he should feed only those brahmins who have been designated by Brahmā; / their place is Brahmasadas, and their drinking of soma is likewise \[ordained\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.66) brahmaprakalpitaṃ sthānaṃ viprā brahmaprakalpapitāḥ / pūjitaiḥ pūjitāḥ sarve pitṛbhiḥ saha devatāḥ // > The place was designated by Brahmā, and the brahmins were designated by Brahmā; / when they are worshipped, all the deities together with the ancestors are worshipped. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.67) tarpayettu gayāviprānhavyakavyairvidhānataḥ / sthānaṃ dehaparityāge gayāyāṃ tu vidhīyate // > One should satisfy the brahmins of Gayā with offerings to gods and ancestors according to rule; / Gayā is indeed prescribed as the place for relinquishing the body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.68) yaḥ karoti vṛṣotsargaṃ gayākṣetre hyanuttame / agniṣṭomaśataṃ puṇyaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ // > One who releases a bull in the incomparable Gayākṣetra > obtains the merit of a hundred Agniṣṭoma sacrifices; of this there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.69) ātmano 'pi mahābuddhirgayāyāṃ tu tilairvinā / piṇḍanirvāpaṇaṃ kuryādanyeṣāmapi mānavaḥ // > A wise man should make an offering of piṇḍas at Gayā without sesame seeds > for himself as well, and also for others. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.70) yāvanto jñātayaḥ pitryā bāndhavāḥ suhṛdastathā / tebhyo vyāsagayābhūmau piṇḍo deyo vidhānataḥ // > For as many relatives on the father's side as there are, and for kinsmen and friends as well, > a piṇḍa must be offered according to rule on the ground of Gayā, O Vyāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.71) rāmatīrthe naraḥ snātvā gośatasyāpnuyātphalam / mataṅgavāpyāṃ snātvā ca gosahasraphalaṃ labhet // > Bathing at Rāmatīrtha, a man attains the reward of giving a hundred cows; > and bathing at Mataṅgavāpī, he obtains the reward of a thousand cows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.72) niścirāsaṃgame snātvā brahmalokaṃ nayetpitṝn / vasiṣṭhasyāśrame snātvā vājapeyaṃ ca vindati // > Bathing at the confluence of the Niścirā, he leads the ancestors to the world of Brahmā; > and bathing at the hermitage of Vasiṣṭha, he wins the reward of a Vājapeya sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.73) mahākauśyāṃ samāvāsādaśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet / pitāmahasya sarasaḥ prasṛtā lokapāvanī // > From residing at Mahākauśī, he obtains the reward of an Aśvamedha sacrifice. > Flowing out from the lake of the Grandfather is the river that purifies the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.74) samīpe tvagnidhāreti viśrutā kapilā hi sā / agniṣṭomaphalaṃ śrāddhī snātvātra kṛtakṛtyatā // > Nearby is the celebrated river known as Agnidhārā, which is indeed Kapilā. > Bathing here, the performer of śrāddha attains the fruit of an Agniṣṭoma sacrifice and fulfills all obligations. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.75) śrāddhī kumāradhārāyāmaśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet / kumāramabhigamyātha natvā muktimavāpnuyāt // > At Kumāradhārā, the performer of śrāddha obtains the fruit of an Aśvamedha sacrifice. > Approaching Kumāra and bowing down, he attains liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.76) somakuṇḍe naraḥ snātvā somalokaṃ ca gacchati / saṃvartasya naro vāpyāṃ subhagaḥ syāttu piṇḍadaḥ // > Bathing at Somakuṇḍa, a man goes to the world of Soma; > and offering a piṇḍa at the pool of Saṃvarta, a man becomes fortunate. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.77) dhautapāpo naro yāti pretakuṇḍe ca piṇḍadaḥ / devanadyāṃ lelihāne mathane jānugartake // > Cleansed of sin, a man offering a piṇḍa goes \[to heaven\] at Pretakuṇḍa, > at Devanadī, at Lelihāna, at Mathana, and at Jānugartaka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.78) evamādiṣu tīrtheṣu piṇḍadastārayetpitṝn / natvā devānvasiṣṭheśaprabhṛtīnṛṇasaṃkṣayam // > Offering piṇḍas at these and other holy sites, he delivers his ancestors; > and having bowed down to the gods, beginning with Vasiṣṭheśa, he achieves the destruction of debts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.83.78.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.78.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe gayāmāhātmyaṃ nāma tryaśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the eighty-third chapter, entitled 'The Greatness of Gayā,' in the section on conduct, the first part of the Pūrvakhaṇḍa of the glorious Mahāpurāṇa composed by Garuḍa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.83.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (10) - [Yoginītantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.sakta.yoginitantra.24.147) — Sanskrit - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.115.26) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.3.82.73) — Sanskrit - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.43.22) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vāmanapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vamana.53.71) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Tīrthacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.tirtha.tirthacintamani.10.p9) — Vācaspatimiśra, Sanskrit - [Tīrthaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.tirtha.tirthaprakasa.4.p244) — Mitramiśra, Sanskrit - [Tristhalīsetu (Nārāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.tirtha.tristhali.tristhalisetu.14.p9) — Nārāyaṇa (Mahiṣamaṅgalam) 1513, Sanskrit - [Smṛticandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrticandrika.9.p48) — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Jayasīṃhakalpadruma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.jayasimhakalpadruma.4.p64.2) — Ratnākara 1688, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83) · Pramāṇa