The Essence of the Garuḍa Purāṇa 1.1

1.1

lakṣmīlatāta samāśliṣṭaṃkaustubhastabakojjvalaṃ || svargāpavargaphaladaṃhariṃkalpadrumaṃnumaḥ |
dhaśākhābhirevopasamāgatānāṃbahutaraphalānipradadāti tathaivāyamapivedapurāṇaistacchrotṛvaktṛṇāṃdha rmārthakāmamokṣaphalānipradadāti yathācavṛkṣasyaśākhāḥskaṃdhebhyaevaniḥsaraṃti athacatatsaṃlagnāe vabhavaṃti tathācapurāṇānyapivedāedbhūtānitanmilitānyevacasaṃti natutebhyaḥpṛthak itihāsapurā ṇānipaṃcamovedaucyate itivacanāditi punaḥkīdṛśaḥ kratukusumomokṣaphalaḥ kratavoyajñāevakusu māniyasya mokṣaḥphalaṃyasyeti atrāpyayamāśayaḥ vṛkṣādyathākusumodgamānaṃtaramevaphalaprāptirbhavatī
ti tathā dravyayajñādyanuṣṭhānaiḥ śuddhātaṃḥkaraṇasyaivatatomokṣaphalalābhobhavatīti kiṃvānenamokṣapha ladātāpimadhusūdanapādapaevanānyaityapisūcitaṃ taduktaṃdevairmucukuṃdaṃprati varaṃvṛṇīṣvabhadraṃteṛtekai valyamadyanaḥ ekaeveśvarastasyabhagavānviṣṇuravyayaiti evaṃbhūtomadhusūdanapādapojayati sarvo tkarṣeṇavartate atrāpisarvebhyobrahmādibhyo'pyadhikatayāvarīvartītyarthaḥ vṛkṣoyathā vanasyatasyasarva syamahāketurivasthita iti nirūpaṇāt sarvavṛkṣebhyo'dhikobhavatitadvaditiidamāryāchaṃdaḥ |
|| aihikāmuṣmikaṃduḥkhaṃ śrutvāsaṃkṣepato'dhu