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# Garudapurana 1.97

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.97

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.97.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.97.10) — 1 part

### [1.97.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.97.1)

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 97  
yājñavalkya uvāca /  
dravyaśuddhiṃpravakṣyāmi tannibodhata sattamāḥ /  
sauvarṇarājatābjānāṃ śaṅkharajjvādicarmaṇām //

> The auspicious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — \[Chapter\] 97  
> Yājñavalkya said:  
> I shall declare the purification of articles; understand that, O best of men!  
> Of \[objects\] of gold, silver, lotus-seed, conch-shell, rope, and skins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.97.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.97.2)

pātrāṇāṃ cāsanānāṃ ca vāriṇā śuddhiriṣyate /  
uṣṇavābhaḥ strukstruvayordhānyādeḥ prokṣaṇena ca //

> as well as vessels and seats, purification is desired with water.  
> Of the ladle and spoon, \[purification is\] with warm water, and of grain and the like, by sprinkling;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.97.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.97.3)

takṣaṇāddāruśṛṅgāderyajñapātrasya mārjanāt /  
soṣṇairudakagomūtraiḥ śudhyatyāvikakauśikam //

> of wood, horns, and the like, by scraping; of sacrificial vessels, by wiping.  
> Woollen and silk cloth is purified with hot water and cow's urine.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.97.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.97.4)

bhaikṣyaṃ yoṣinmukhaṃ paśyanpunaḥ pākānmahīmayam /  
gāghnāte 'nne tathā keśamakṣikākīṭadūṣite //

> Alms-food, a woman's mouth, seeing, \[and\] earthenware by re-firing \[are pure\].  
> When food has been smelled by a cow or defiled by hair, flies, or insects,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.97.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.97.5)

bhasmakṣepādviśuddhiḥ syādbhūśuddhirmājanādinā /  
trapusīsakatāmrāṇāṃ kṣārāmlodakavāribhiḥ //

> purification occurs by throwing ashes \[over it\]; the purification of the ground is by sweeping and the like.  
> \[The cleansing\] of tin, lead, and copper is with alkalis, acids, and water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.97.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.97.6)

bhasmādbhirlohakāṃsyānāmajñātaṃ ca sadā śuci /  
amedhyāktasya mṛttoyairgandhalepāpakarṣaṇāt //

> The cleansing of iron and bell-metal is with ash and water; what is unknown is always pure.  
> Of an object smeared with impure matter, \[purification is\] by earth and water through removing the smell and coating.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.97.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.97.7)

śuci gotṛptidaṃ toyaṃ prakṛtisthaṃ mahīgatam /  
tathā māṃsaṃ śvacāṇḍālakravyādādinipātitam //

> Water that satisfies a cow, is in its natural state, and is upon the earth is pure;  
> likewise meat brought down by dogs, cāṇḍālas, carnivorous beasts, and the like.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.97.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.97.8)

raśmiragnī rajaśchāyā gauraśvo vasudhānilāḥ /  
aśvājavipruṣo medhyā stathācamanabindavaḥ //

> Sunbeams, fire, dust, shadow, a cow, a horse, the earth, breezes,  
> droplets from horses and goats, and drops from sipping water are pure.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.97.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.97.9)

snātvā pītvā kṣute supte bhuktvā rathyāprasarpaṇe /  
ācāntaḥ punarācāmedvāso 'nyatparidhāya ca //

> After bathing, drinking, sneezing, sleeping, eating, and walking on a road,  
> having sipped water, one should sip water again, and also after putting on another garment.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.97.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.97.10)

kṣute niṣṭhīvite svāpe paridhāne 'śrupātane /  
pañcasveteṣu nācāmeddakṣiṇaṃ śravaṇaṃ spṛśet /  
tiṣṭhantyagnyādayo devā viprakarṇe tu dakṣiṇe //

> Upon sneezing, spitting, sleeping, donning a garment, and shedding tears—  
> in these five cases one should not sip water, \[but\] touch the right ear;  
> for the gods, Agni and others, reside in the right ear of a twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.97.10.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.97.10.p1)

iti śrāgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe yājñavalkyoktadravyaśuddhinirūpaṇaṃ nāma saptanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

> Thus ends the ninety-seventh chapter, entitled "Exposition of the Purification of Articles Declared by Yājñavalkya," in the section on conduct, in the first part called the pūrvakhaṇḍa of the auspicious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.97.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya.1.192) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit
- [Nityācārapradīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.nityacarapradipa.1.p247) — Narasiṃha Vājapeyin, Sanskrit

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