[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) › 1.8 # Garudapurana 1.8 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.8.16) — 1 part ### [1.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.8.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 8 hariruvāca / bhūmiṣṭhe maṇḍape snātvā maṇḍale viṣṇumarcayet / pañcaraṅgikacūrṇena vajranābhaṃ tu maṇḍalam // > The Holy Garuḍa Purāṇa — \[Chapter\] 8 / Hari said: / Having bathed, one should worship Viṣṇu in a pavilion erected on the ground, in a maṇḍala, / indeed the Vajranābha maṇḍala, \[drawn\] with powder of five colours. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.8.2) ṣoḍaśaiḥ koṣṭhakaistatra saṃmitaṃ rudra? kārayet / caturthapañcakoṇeṣu sūtrapātaṃ tu kārayet // > There one should make it measured with sixteen squares, O Rudra; / one should stretch the thread in the fourth and fifth corners. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.8.3) koṇasūtrādubhayataḥ koṇā ye tatra saṃsthitāḥ / teṣu caiva prakurvīta sūtrapātaṃ vicakṣaṇaḥ // > The wise practitioner should also lay out the thread / across the corners situated on both sides of the diagonal line. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.8.4) tadanantarakoṇeṣu evameva hi kārayet / prathamā nābhiruddiṣṭā madhye rekhāprasaṃgame // > In the corners immediately adjacent to them, one should do the very same. / The first navel is designated at the intersection of the lines in the centre. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.8.5) antareṣu ca sarveṣu aṣṭau caiva tunābhayaḥ / pūrvamadhyamanābhi bhyāmathaṃ sūtraṃ tu bhrāmayet // > And in all the intervals there are eight navels. / One should then swing the thread between the eastern and central navels. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.8.6) antarā sa dvijaśreṣṭhaḥ pādonaṃ bhrāmayeddhara ! / anena nābhisūtrasya karṇikāṃ bhrāmayecchiva ! // > In between, that best of the twice-born should swing \[it\] reduced by a quarter, O Hara! / With this thread from the navel, one should trace the pericarp, O Śiva! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.8.7) karṇikāyā dvibhāgena kesarāṇi vicakṣaṇaḥ / tadagreṇa sadā vidvāndalānyeva samālikhet // > With two parts of the pericarp, the wise man \[draws\] the filaments; / beyond that, the learned one should ever draw the petals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.8.8) sarveṣu nābhikṣetraṣu mānenānena suvrata ! / padmāni tāni kurvīta deśikaḥ para mārthavit // > In all the navel-fields, by this measurement, O true observer of vows, / the teacher who knows the supreme truth should construct those lotuses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.8.9) ādisūtravibhāgena dvārāṇi parikalpayet / dvāraśobhāṃ tathā tatra tadardhena tu kalpayet // > By division of the initial line, one should design the gates; / and one should fashion the decoration of the gate there with half of that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.8.10) karṇikāṃ pītavarṇena sitaraktādikesaraiḥ / antaraṃ nīlavarṇena dalāni asitena ca // > The pericarp \[is coloured\] with yellow, the filaments with white, red, and the like, / the intervening space with blue, and the petals with dark blue. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.8.11) kṛṣṇavarṇena rajasā caturaśraṃ prapūrayet / dvārāṇi śuklavarṇena rekhāḥ pañca ca maṇḍale // > One should fill the square with black powder, / the gates with white, and there are five lines in the maṇḍala: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.8.12) sitā raktā tathā pītā kṛṣṇā caiva yathākramam / kṛtvaiva maṇḍalañcādau nyāsaṃ kṛtvārcayeddharim // > white, red, yellow, and black, in due order. / Having first made the maṇḍala and performed the nyāsa, one should worship Hari. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.8.13) hṛnmadhye tu nyasedviṣṇuṃ kaṇṭhe saṅkarṣaṇaṃ tathā / pradyumnaṃ śirasi nyasya śikhāyāmaniruddhakam // > One should place Viṣṇu in the middle of the heart, and Saṅkarṣaṇa in the throat; / having placed Pradyumna on the head, \[one should place\] Aniruddha on the crest, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.8.14) brahmāṇaṃ sarvagātreṣu karayoḥ śrīdharaṃ tathā / ahaṃ viṣṇuriti dhyātvā karṇikāyāṃ nyaseddharim // > Brahmā on all limbs, and Śrīdhara on the two hands. / Meditating, "I am Viṣṇu," one should place Hari in the pericarp. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.8.15) nyasetsaṅkarṣaṇaṃ pūrve pradyumnaṃ caiva dakṣiṇe / aniruddhaṃ paścime ca brihmāṇaṃ cottare nyaset // > One should place Saṅkarṣaṇa in the east, and Pradyumna in the south; / one should place Aniruddha in the west, and Brahmā in the north. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.8.16) śrīdharaṃ rudrakoṇeṣu indrādīndikṣu vinyaset / tato 'bhyarcya ca gandhādyaiḥ prāpnuyātparamaṃ padam // > One should place Śrīdhara in the intermediate corners, O Rudra, and Indra and the others in the cardinal directions. / Then, having worshipped with perfumes and other offerings, one attains the supreme state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.8.16.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.8.16.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe viṣṇupūjopayogivajranābhamaṇḍalanirūpaṇaṃ nāmāṣṭamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the eighth chapter, named "Description of the Vajranābha Maṇḍala Useful for the Worship of Viṣṇu," in the section on conduct, in the first part called the Pūrvakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Garuḍa Purāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.8.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.8) · Pramāṇa