Garudapurana 1.126

English (machine translation) 1.126

Language: English

1.126.1

The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 126 / Brahmā said: / I will declare that worship by which the world has indeed attained the supreme state, / the supreme [worship] which grants worldly enjoyment and liberation.

1.126.2

Having arranged the common maṇḍala, [one should worship] Dhātṛ at the entrance, / as well as Vidhātṛ, and the Gaṅgā and Yamunā, the great rivers;

1.126.3

And Dvāraśrī, Daṇḍa, Pracaṇḍa, and the deity of the site; / and in the centre one should worship the supporting power, the Tortoise, and Ananta;

1.126.4

The Earth, dharma, knowledge, dispassion, and sovereign power, / the four opposites beginning with adharma, the bulb, the stalk, and the lotus;

1.126.5

The pericarp, the filaments, the qualities of sattva, rajas, and tamas, / the solar and other circles, and the powers beginning with Vimalā;

1.126.6

Durgā, the Gaṇa, Sarasvatī, and the Guardian of the Field in the corners. / Having worshipped the seat and the form, remembering Vāsudeva and Bala,

1.126.7

One should then worship the magnanimous Aniruddha and Nārāyaṇa, / the limbs beginning with the heart, and the weapons beginning with the conch.

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Garuḍapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit