Garudapurana 1.92

The glorious Garuḍa Purāṇa — 92
Rudra said: / Tell again of the meditation on Viṣṇu, O wielder of the conch, discus, and mace, / by merely knowing which a man attains the fulfilment of all deeds.

Hari said: / I will proclaim the meditation on Hari which crushes the snare of illusion. / That meditation is of two kinds through the division of formed and formless, O Hara.

The formless has been spoken of, O Rudra; lo, I shall declare the formed. / Resplendent like ten million suns, victorious, shining on one side,

white as the kunda flower or cow's milk, Hari should be meditated upon by seekers of liberation, / accompanied by a broad and very gentle conch,

and endowed with a discus resembling a thousand suns, fierce in its garlands of flames, / peaceful, with a mace in hand, having an auspicious face,

with a costly diadem blazing with jewels, / armed, all-pervading, the god holding a lotus,

wearing a garland of forest flowers, bright, well-built, adorned with gold, / finely clad, pure-bodied, with handsome ears, seated on a lotus,

having a golden body, wearing a lovely necklace, adorned with auspicious armlets, / endowed with bracelets, accompanied by a garland of forest flowers,

endowed with the Śrīvatsa mark and the Kaustubha gem, his gaze praised by Lakṣmī, / endowed with qualities such as atomicity, the agent of creation and destruction,

meditated upon by sages, meditated upon by asuras, meditated upon by gods, exceedingly handsome, / dwelling in the hearts of all created beings from Brahmā down to a clump of grass,

eternal, imperishable, pure, the lord who bestows grace upon all, / Nārāyaṇa, the great god, with glittering crocodile-shaped earrings,

dispelling torment, worthy of worship, auspicious, destroying the wicked, / the Self of all, of all forms, all-pervading, dispelling evil astrological influences,

endowed with lovely rings, having brightly shining nails, / the refuge, conferring happiness, gentle-formed, the Great Lord,

adorned with all ornaments, smeared with lovely sandalwood paste, / accompanied by all the gods, acting dearly toward all the gods,

wishing well to all the worlds, lord of all, producer of all, / seated in the orb of the sun, dwelling in fire, abiding in water,

Vāsudeva, the sustainer of the universe, Viṣṇu should be meditated upon by seekers of liberation. / Thinking 'I am Vāsudeva', Hari, the Self, should be meditated upon.

Those who meditate thus on Viṣṇu attain the supreme goal. / Formerly, indeed, Yājñavalkya, having thus meditated on Viṣṇu, lord of the gods,

attained the role of a teacher of dharma and went to the supreme abode. / Therefore, O lord of gods, you too meditate on Viṣṇu, O Śaṅkara!

Whoever recites this meditation on Viṣṇu attains the supreme goal.

Thus ends the ninety-second chapter, entitled 'Meditation on Viṣṇu', in the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first section in the first part of the glorious Garuḍa Purāṇa.