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# Garudapurana 1.120

English (machine translation) 1.120

- **Language:** English

## Contents

- [1.120.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.120.11) — 1 part

### [1.120.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.120.1)

The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 120 / Brahmā said: / And I shall declare Rambhātṛtīyā, which bestows good fortune, prosperity, sons, and other blessings. / Fasting on the third day of the bright fortnight of Mārgaśīrṣa,

### [1.120.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.120.2)

One should worship Gaurī with bilva leaves, holding water with kuśa grass in hand; / in Pauṣa, one should worship the Daughter of the Mountain with kadamba and other flowers, and with marubaka,

### [1.120.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.120.3)

Eating camphor, giving kṛsara, using a mallikā tooth-stick; / in Māgha, \[one should worship\] Subhadrā with kalhāra flowers, eating ghee, offering pastries,

### [1.120.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.120.4)

Using a gītīmaya tooth-stick; in Phālguna, one should worship Gomatī / with kunda flowers, using a tooth-stick, eating jīvā, offering fried cakes;

### [1.120.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.120.5)

In Caitra, \[one should worship\] Viśālākṣī with damanaka flowers, offering kṛsara, / eating curds, using a tagara tooth-stick; \[then\] one should worship Śrīmukhī;

### [1.120.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.120.6)

In Vaiśākha, with karṇikāra flowers, eating aśoka \[leaves\], offering vaṭa cakes; / in Jyeṣṭha, one should worship Nārāyaṇī with lotuses, offering sugar candy, / eating cloves; in Āṣāḍha, one should worship Mādhavī,

### [1.120.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.120.7)

Consuming sesame, with bilva leaves, offering milk-rice and vaṭakas, / using an udumbara tooth-stick; in Śrāvaṇa, \[one should worship\] Śrī with tagara,

### [1.120.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.120.8)

Using a mallikā tooth-stick, offering milk; indeed, one should worship Uttamā; / in Bhādrapada, one should worship with lotuses, eating śṛṅga, offering jaggery and other foods;

### [1.120.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.120.9)

In Āśvina, \[one should worship\] Rājaputrī with japā flowers, and cumin / one should eat; at night, with offerings of kṛsara, in Kārtika one should worship

### [1.120.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.120.10)

Padmajā with jātī flowers, consuming the five cow products; / offering ghee-cooked rice at the year's end, one should worship twice-born men accompanied by their wives;

### [1.120.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.120.11)

Having worshipped Umā and Maheśvara, one should give jaggery and other items, / with clothes, umbrellas, gold, and other gifts; having kept vigil at night, / giving cows and other gifts in the morning amidst songs and instrumental music, one attains everything.

### [1.120.11.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.120.11.p1)

Thus in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, in the first section named the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first part, the hundred and twentieth chapter, entitled ‘The Religious Observance of Rambhātṛtīyā’.

## Linked texts (1)

- [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.120.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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