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# Garudapurana 3.23

Garuḍapurāṇa 3.23

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [3.23.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.48) — 1 part

### [3.23.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.1)

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 23  
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca /  
somasya putrī pūrvasarge babhūva bhāryā madīyā jāmbavatī mama priyā /  
tāsāṃ madhye hyadhikā vīndra kiñcidrudrādibhyaḥ pañcaguṇairvihīnā //

> Garuḍamahāpurāṇa — 23  
> Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: / In a previous creation, the daughter of Soma became my wife Jāmbavatī, dear to me. / Among them, O King of Birds, she was slightly superior, lacking by five qualities in comparison to Rudra and the others.  
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### [3.23.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.2)

yadāveśo balavānsyādramāyāṃ tadānāmasa priyate keśavolam /  
yadāveśāddhrāsamupaiti kāle tadā tāsāṃ sāmyamāhurmahāntaḥ //

> When the divine possession of Ramā is powerful, then Keśava is pleased with her indeed. / When, by the wane of that possession, she diminishes in course of time, then the great say she is equal to the others.  
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### [3.23.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.3)

lakṣmyāveśaḥ kiñcidastyeva nityamatastābhyaḥ kiñcidādhikyamasti //

> There is constantly some degree of possession by Lakṣmī, and therefore she possesses a slight superiority over them.  
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### [3.23.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.4)

garuḍa uvāca /  
tāsāṃ madhye jāmbavantī tu kṛṣṇa ārādhanaṃ kīdṛśaṃ sā cakāra /  
tanme brūhi kṛpayā viśvamūrte ādhikye vai kāraṇaṃ tābhya eva //

> Garuḍa said: / Among them, O Kṛṣṇa, what kind of worship did Jāmbavatī perform? / Tell me that out of compassion, O you whose form is the universe, \[and explain\] the reason for her superiority over them.  
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### [3.23.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.5)

garuḍenaivamuktastu bhagavān devakīsutaḥ /  
meghagaṃbhīrayā vācā uvāca vinatāsutam //

> Thus addressed by Garuḍa, the Lord, the son of Devakī, / spoke to the son of Vinatā in a voice deep as a thundercloud.  
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### [3.23.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.6)

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca /  
yā pūrvasarge somaputrī babhūva piturgṛhe vartamānāpi sādhvī /  
janma svakīyaṃ sārthakaṃ vai cakāra pitrā sākaṃ viṣṇuśuśrūṣaṇe na ca //

> Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: / She who was the daughter of Soma in a previous creation, even while living in her father's house, the virtuous woman / made her life meaningful along with her father through service to Viṣṇu.  
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### [3.23.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.7)

śuśrāva nityaṃ satpurāṇāni caivaṃ cakre sadā viṣṇupādapraṇāmam /  
cakre sadā tārakasyāpi viṣṇoḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ smaraṇaṃ kurvatī sā //

> She constantly listened to the true Purāṇas and always bowed down to Viṣṇu's feet; / she constantly circumambulated Viṣṇu the savior while remembering him.  
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### [3.23.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.8)

pitrā sākaṃ sā tu kanyā khagendra vairāgyayuktā śravaṇātsaṃbabhūva /  
keśaṃ ca mitraṃ dviradādikaṃ ca anarghyaratnāni gṛhādikaṃ ca //

> Along with her father, O King of Birds, that maiden became endowed with dispassion through hearing \[the scriptures\]: / beauty, friends, elephants and the like, priceless jewels, houses, and so forth —  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.23.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.9)

sarvaṃ hyetannaśvaraṃ caiva mene mamādhīnaṃ hariṇā vai kṛtaṃ ca /  
yenaiva dattaṃ putramitrādikaṃ ca tenā hṛtaṃ vedanāṃ naiva cakre //

> all this she regarded as perishable, made subordinate to me by Hari. / 'By him by whom sons, friends, and the like were given, by him they were taken away' — she felt no sorrow at all.  
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### [3.23.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.10)

adyaiva viṣṇuḥ paramo dayāluḥ dayāṃ mayi kṛtavāṃste na suṣṭhu /  
pitrā sākaṃ kanyakā sā tu vīndra sadātmani hyamale vāsudeve //

> 'Just today Viṣṇu, supremely compassionate, has shown mercy to me.' / Along with her father, O King of Birds, that maiden \[directed her mind\] always toward the stainless Vāsudeva within her self.  
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### [3.23.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.11)

ekāntatvaṃ suṣṭhu bhaktyā gatā sā yadṛcchayā sopapannena devī /  
akalpayantyātmano vīndra vṛttiṃ cakāra yatsāvadhirādhaṃ prathaiva //

> Having attained exclusive devotion with great love, the goddess, satisfied with whatever came by chance, / not planning any livelihood for herself, O King of Birds, performed worship with devotion.  
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### [3.23.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.12)

sā vai vittaṃ viṣṇupādāravinde duḥ khārṇavāttarāke saṃcakāra /  
vāgīndridriyaṃ khaga samyak cakāra harerguṇānāṃ varṇane vā sadaiva //

> She offered her wealth at the lotus feet of Viṣṇu, the deliverer from the ocean of suffering. / Her organ of speech, O bird, she engaged completely in describing the virtues of Hari at all times.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.23.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.13)

hastau ca viṣṇorgṛhasaṃmārjanādau cakāra devī gātramalāpahāram /  
śrotraṃ ca cakre harisatkathodaye mokṣādimārge hyamṛtopame ca //

> Both her hands the goddess engaged in sweeping the house of Viṣṇu and removing dirt from the body \[of his image\]; / her ears she engaged in the arising of the noble tales of Hari, which lead to liberation and resemble nectar.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.23.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.14)

netraṃ ca cakre pratimādidarśane anādikālīnamalāpahariṇī /  
sadvaiṣṇavānāṃ sparśane caiva saṃge nirmālyagandhānuvilepane tvak //

> Her eyes she engaged in looking at images and the like, which wash away beginningless impurities; / her skin in touching good Vaiṣṇavas, in their company, and in anointing with the fragrant remnants of offerings.  
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### [3.23.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.15)

ghrārṇedriyaṃ sā haripādasāre cakāra saṃsāravimuktide ca /  
jihvendriyaṃ harinaivedyaśeṣe śrīmattulasyādivimiśrite ca //

> Her sense of smell she directed to the essence of Hari's lotus feet, which gives liberation from saṃsāra; / her tongue to the remnants of food offered to Hari mixed with sacred tulasī and the like.  
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### [3.23.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.16)

pādau hareḥ kṣetrapathānusarpaṇe śiro hṛṣīkeśapadābhivandane /  
kāmaṃ hṛdāsye tu haridāsyakāmyā tathottamaślokajanāścaranti //

> Her feet in walking along the paths to Hari's holy places; her head in bowing to the feet of Hṛṣīkeśa; / desire in her heart and mouth with the wish to serve Hari, just as people dedicated to the Lord of Sublime Renown conduct themselves.  
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### [3.23.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.17)

niṣkāmarūpe ca matiṃ cakāra vāgindriyaṃ stavanaṃ svīcakāra /  
evaṃ sadā kāryasamūhamātmanā samarpayitvā parameśapādayoḥ //

> She directed her mind toward desireless action, and her organ of speech undertook praise. / Thus always offering all her actions to the feet of the Supreme Lord,  
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### [3.23.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.18)

tīrthāṭanārthaṃ tu jagāma pitrā sākaṃ hareḥ prīṇanādyarthameva /  
ārādhayitvā brāhmaṇānviṣṇubhaktānādau gṛhe vastrasaṃbhūṣaṇādyaiḥ //

> she went to wander at holy places along with her father, solely for the purpose of pleasing Hari, / having first worshipped the brāhmaṇas who are devotees of Viṣṇu in her house with garments, ornaments, and the like.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.23.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.19)

paścātkalpaṃ kārayāmāsa devī viṣṇoragre tīrthayātrārthameva /  
yāvatkālaṃ tīrthayātrā mukunda tāvatkālaṃ tūrdhvaretā bhavāmi //

> Afterward, the goddess made a resolve before Viṣṇu for the sake of the pilgrimage: / 'As long as the pilgrimage lasts, O Mukunda, for that long I shall remain celibate.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.23.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.20)

yāvatkālaṃ tīrthayātrāṃ kariṣye tāvaddattādvaiṣṇavānāṃ ca saṃgam /  
hareḥ kathāśravaṇaṃ syānmukunda nāvaiṣṇavānāṃ saṃgināmaṅgasaṃgam //

> "As long as I perform the pilgrimage, O Mukunda, grant me the company of Vaiṣṇavas / and the hearing of Hari's stories, but not bodily contact with those who associate with non-Vaiṣṇavas.  
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### [3.23.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.21)

suhṛjjanaiḥ putramitrādikaiśca dīrthāṭanaṃ naiva kuryāṃ mukunda /  
kurvanti ye kāmyayā tīrthayātrāṃ teṣāṃ saṃgaṃ kuru dūre mukunda //

> I will not make the pilgrimage with kinsmen, sons, friends, and the like, O Mukunda; / keep far away from those who undertake a pilgrimage for selfish desires, O Mukunda."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.23.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.22)

śālagrāmaṃ ye vihāyaiva yātrāṃ kurvanti teṣāṃ kiṃ phalaṃ prāhurāryāḥ /  
yadā tīrthānāṃ darśanaṃ syāttadaiva śālagrāmaṃ purataḥ sthāpayitvā //

> What fruit do the noble say belongs to those who undertake a pilgrimage leaving behind the Śālagrāma? / Whenever a sacred place comes into view, right then, placing the Śālagrāma before oneself,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.23.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.23)

tīrthāṭanaṃ pādacairaiḥ kṛtaṃ cetpūrṇaṃ phalaṃ prāhurāryāḥ khagendra /  
pādatrāṇaṃ pādarakṣāṃ ca kṛtvā tīrthāṭanaṃ pādahīnaṃ tadāhuḥ //

> if the pilgrimage is undertaken on foot, the noble call the fruit complete, O King of Birds; / having put on footwear and foot protection, they say the pilgrimage is lacking one fourth \[of its fruit\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.23.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.24)

yo vāhane turage copaviṣṭastīrthāṭanaṃ kurute cārdhahīnam /  
vṛṣādīnāṃ vāhane pādamāhuḥ parānnānāṃ bhojane vyarthamāhuḥ //

> He who makes the pilgrimage seated on a conveyance or on a horse \[loses\] half; / they say on a mount of oxen and the like \[one loses\] a fourth; eating another's food, they say it is in vain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.23.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.25)

mahātmanāṃ vedavidāṃ yatīnāṃ parānnānāṃ bhojane naiva doṣaḥ /  
saṃkalpayitvā paramādareṇa jagāma sā tīrthayātrārthameva //

> For great souls who know the Vedas and for ascetics, there is no fault in eating another's food. / Having made her vow with supreme devotion, she departed solely for the pilgrimage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.23.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.26)

ādau snātvā harinirmātyagandhaṃ visarjayitvā śravaṇaṃ vai cakāra /  
pitrā sākaṃ bhojanaṃ cāpi kṛtvā agre dine krośamekaṃ jagāma //

> First bathing and offering the remnant fragrance of Hari, she listened \[to his stories\]; / after also taking a meal with her father, on the next day she walked one krośa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.23.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.27)

tatra dvijānpūjayitvānnapāna rātrau tattvaṃ śrāvayāmāsa devī /  
evaṃ yātrāṃ ye prakurvanti nityaṃ teṣāṃ yātrāṃ saphalāṃ prāhurāryāḥ //

> There, honoring the brahmins with food and drink, at night the lady had the truth recited. / When people always perform a pilgrimage in this way, the noble call their pilgrimage fruitful.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.23.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.28)

vinā dayāṃ tīrthayātrā khagendravyarthetyevaṃ vīndra cāhurmahāntaḥ /  
divā rātrau ye na śṛṇvanti divyāṃ hareḥ kathāṃ tīrthamārge khagendra //

> Pilgrimage without compassion, O King of Birds, is completely useless, so say the great ones, O lord of birds; / and for those who, day and night, do not hear Hari's divine story along the pilgrimage route, O King of Birds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.23.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.29)

vyarthaṃvyarthaṃ tasya cāhurgataṃ vai aśvādīnāṃ vāhanānāṃ ca viddhi /  
aśvādīnāmaparādhaṃ vadasva gaṅgādīnāṃ darśanātpāpanāśaḥ //

> their journey is declared entirely useless; know it to be just like that of conveyances such as horses. / Tell me what fault lies in horses and the like; yet from seeing the Gaṅgā and other \[sacred waters\] sin is destroyed;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.23.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.30)

kṣetrasthaviṣṇordarśanātpāpanāśo mārjārasyāpyaparādhaṃ vadasva /  
kṣetrasthaviṣṇoḥ pūjanātpāpanāśaḥ pūjāvatāmaparādhaṃ vadasva //

> from the sight of Viṣṇu situated in his sacred abode sin is destroyed—tell me what fault a cat has; / from worshiping Viṣṇu situated in his sacred abode sin is destroyed—tell me what fault worshipers have;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.23.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.31)

japādīnāṃ kurvatāṃ pāpanāśo viṣṇordhyānātsadya evādhanāśaḥ /  
anusaṃdhānādrahitaṃ sarvameva kṛtaṃ vyarthameveti cāhuḥ //

> for those performing japa and the like sin is destroyed; from meditation on Viṣṇu instant destruction of sin takes place; / but they say that everything done without mindfulness is entirely in vain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.23.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.32)

ato hareḥ pāpavināśinīṃ kathāṃ śrutvā viṣṇorbhaktimānsyātvagandra /  
dṛṣṭvādṛṣṭvā haripādāṅkitaṃ ca smṛtvāsmṛtvā bhaktimānsyātkhagendra //

> Therefore, having heard the sin-destroying story of Hari, one should become devoted to Viṣṇu, O King of Birds; / seeing repeatedly what is marked with Hari's footprints and remembering him again and again, one should become devoted, O King of Birds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.23.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.33)

pitrā sākaṃ kanyakā sāpi vīndra śeṣācalasthaṃ śrīnivāsaṃ ca draṣṭum /  
jagāma sā mārgamadhye hariṃ ca sā cintayāmāsa ramāpatiṃ ca //

> That maiden, too, went with her father, O lord of birds, to see Śrīnivāsa residing on Śeṣācala; / on the way she meditated on Hari, the Lord of Ramā:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.23.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.34)

kadā drakṣye śrīnivāsasya vakṣaḥ śrīvatsaratnairbhūṣitaṃ vistṛtaṃ ca /  
kadā drakṣye śrīnivāsasya tundaṃ valitrayeṇāṅkitaṃ suṃdaraṃ ca //

> "When shall I behold Śrīnivāsa's broad chest adorned with the Śrīvatsa and jewels? / When shall I behold Śrīnivāsa's beautiful belly marked with three folds?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.23.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.35)

kadā drakṣye śrīnivāsasya kaṇṭhaṃ maharlokasyāśrayaṃ kaṃbutulyam /  
kadā drakṣye śrīnivāsasya nābhiṃ sadāntarikṣasyāśrayaṃ vai supūrṇam //

> When shall I behold Śrīnivāsa's conch-like neck, the refuge of Maharloka? / When shall I behold Śrīnivāsa's full navel, always the refuge of the atmosphere?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.23.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.36)

kadā drakṣye vadanaṃ vai murārerjanalokasyāśrayaṃ sarvadaiva //

> When shall I behold Murāri's face, the perpetual refuge of Janaloka?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.23.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.37)

śiraḥ kadā śrīnivāsasya drakṣye satyasya lokasyāśrayaṃ sarvadaiva /  
kaṭiṃ kadā śrīnivāsasya drakṣye bhūrlokasyāśrayaṃ sarvadaiva //

> When shall I behold Śrīnivāsa's head, the perpetual refuge of Satyaloka? / When shall I behold Śrīnivāsa's waist, the perpetual refuge of Bhūrloka?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.23.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.38)

kadā drakṣye śrīnivāsasya coru talātalasyāśrayaṃ sarvadaiva /  
kadā drakṣye śrīnivāsasya jānu sukomalaṃ sutalasyāśrayaṃ ca //

> When shall I behold Śrīnivāsa's two thighs, the perpetual refuge of Talātala? / When shall I behold Śrīnivāsa's very tender knees, the refuge of Sutala?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.23.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.39)

kadā drakṣye śrīnivāsasya jaṅghe rasātalasyāśrayeḥ sarvadaiva /  
kadā drakṣye pādatalaṃ hareśca pātālalokasyāśrayaṃ sarvadaiva //

> When shall I behold Śrīnivāsa's two shanks, always the refuge of Rasātala? / When shall I behold the soles of Hari's feet, always the refuge of the Pātāla realm?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.23.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.40)

itthaṃ mārge cintayantī ca devī śeṣācale śeṣadevaṃ dadarśa /  
phaṇaiḥ sahasraiḥ suvirājamānaṃ nānādrumairvānarairvānarībhiḥ //

> Thus meditating on the way, the lady beheld Lord Śeṣa on Mount Śeṣācala, / shining with thousands of hoods, with various trees, and with male and female monkeys.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.23.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.41)

ananta janmārjitapuṇyasaṃcayānmayādya dṛṣṭaḥ paramācalo hi /  
taddarśanādvāṣpakalākulekṣaṇā sadyaḥ samutthāya nanāma mūrdhnā //

> "By the accumulation of merit acquired in countless births, indeed, this supreme mountain has been seen by me today." / At the sight of it, her eyes clouded with tears, she immediately stood up and bowed with her head.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.23.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.42)

mukhaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā namanaṃ ca kāryaṃ pṛṣṭhādibhāge namanaṃ na kāryam /  
sāpi dviṣaṭkaṃ namanaṃ ca cakre śālagrāmaṃ sthāpayitvā puro 'sya //

> Having seen the face, one must bow; one should not bow toward the rear part; / she too performed twelve prostrations, placing the Śālagrāma before it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.23.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.43)

itthaṃ kāryaṃ vaiṣṇavaiḥ parvatasya tvaṃ vaiṣṇavairviparītaṃ ca kāryam /  
madhvāntaḥsthaḥ parvatāgresti nityaṃ ramābrahmādyaiḥ pūjitaḥ śrīnivāsaḥ //

> In this way the mountain is to be approached by Vaiṣṇavas, but contrary to non-Vaiṣṇavas; / Śrīnivāsa, situated within Madhva, dwells perpetually before the mountain, worshiped by Ramā, Brahmā, and others.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.23.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.44)

susattamaṃ paramaṃ śrīnivāsaṃ drakṣye 'thāhaṃ hyārurukṣe 'calañca /  
ityevamuktvā kapilākhyatīrthe sthānaṃ cakre sā svapitrā sahaiva //

> "I will behold the most excellent, supreme Śrīnivāsa, and now I wish to ascend the mountain." / Having said this, she took her bath in the sacred water called Kapila together with her father.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.23.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.45)

atraivāste śrīnivāso haristu dravyeṇa rūpeṇa na cānyatheti /  
ādausnātvā muṇḍanaṃ tatra kṛtvā tīrthaśrāddhaṃ kārayitvā sutīrthe //

> "Hari as Śrīnivāsa resides right here in material form, not otherwise." / First bathing and shaving her head there, and having performed the pilgrimage-śrāddha at the sacred water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.23.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.46)

gobhūhiraṇyādisamastadānaṃ dattvā śailaṃ cārurohātha sādhvī /  
śālagrāmaṃ sthāpayitvā sa cāgre punaḥ praṇāmaṃ sāpi cakre subhaktyā //

> and having given all gifts of cows, land, gold, and the like, the virtuous maiden then climbed the mountain; / placing the Śālagrāma before her, she once more offered prostrations with great devotion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.23.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.47)

sopānānāṃ śataparyantamevamāruhya sā hyupaviṣṭā tu tatra /  
śuśrāva sā bhāgavataṃ purāṇaṃ śuśrāva vaiveṅkaṭādreḥ praśaṃsām //

> Having climbed up to a hundred steps in this way, she sat down there / and heard the Bhāgavata Purāṇa, and also heard the praise of Mount Veṅkaṭa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.23.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.48)

jaigīṣavyādgurupādātsubhaktyā suśrāva tattvaṃ veṅkaṭādreśca sarvam //

> From the venerable guru Jaigīṣavya, with supreme devotion, she heard the whole truth of Mount Veṅkaṭa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.23.48.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.48.p1)

iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe uttarakhaṇḍe tṛtīyāṃśe brahmakāṇḍe veṅkaṭeśagiriyātrākramanirūpaṇaṃ nāma trayoviṃśodhyāyaḥ

> Thus ends the twenty-third chapter, entitled "Description of the Sequence of Pilgrimage to the Mountain of Veṅkaṭeśa," in the Brahmakāṇḍa, the third part of the latter section of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.3.23.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.4.20) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23) · Pramāṇa
