[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) › 2.31.9 # Garudapurana 2.31.9 Garuḍapurāṇa 2.31.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.31.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.9) prāṅmukhodaṅmukhaṃ dīpaṃ devāgāre dvijātaye / kuryādyāmyamukhaṃ pitre adbhiḥ saṅkalpya susthiram // > One should place a lamp facing east or facing north for a twice-born man in a temple of the gods; / one should place it firmly facing south for the ancestor, having made a ritual intention with water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.31.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.8) - [Next: 2.31.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.10) - [Up: 2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.31.9) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Śūdrakamalākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.jati.sudrakamalakara.44.1-4) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Dharmasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.krtya.dharmasindhu.p597) — Kāśīnātha Upādhyāya 1790, Sanskrit - [Dharmasindhusāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.siddhanta.karana.dharmasindhusara.p597) — Śivānanda Gosvāmin 1766, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.9) · Pramāṇa