[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt) › 1.135 # Garudapurana 1.135 English (machine translation) 1.135 - **Language:** English ## Contents - [1.135.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.135.7) — 1 part ### [1.135.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.135.1) The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 135. Brahmā said: / On the ninth lunar day of the bright fortnight of Āśvina, eating only one meal a day, one should worship / the Goddess and the brāhmaṇas; the observing man should recite the Vīra \[mantra\] one hundred thousand times. ### [1.135.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.135.2) (Thus the Vīranavamī observance.) Brahmā said: / On the bright ninth lunar day in Caitra, one should worship the Goddess with damanaka flowers; / \[one attains\] long life, health, good fortune, and is undefeated by enemies. ### [1.135.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.135.3) (Thus the Damanakanavamī observance.) Brahmā said: / Eating once a day on the tenth, giving ten cows at the year's end, / and giving golden directions, one becomes the lord of the universe. ### [1.135.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.135.4) (Thus the Digdaśamī observance.) Brahmā said: / On the eleventh lunar day, worship of the sages should be performed, which brings all benefits. / One becomes wealthy, blessed with sons, and at last is glorified in the world of the sages: ### [1.135.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.135.5) Marīci, Atri, Aṅgiras, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, / Pracetas, Vasiṣṭha, Bhṛgu, and Nārada. ### [1.135.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.135.6) At the beginning of Caitra and the like, one should perform worship with garlands made of damanaka. / \[These observances\] are proclaimed as the Aśokāṣṭamī, the Vīranavamī, ### [1.135.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.135.7) the Damanakanavamī, the Digdaśamī, and the \[Ṛṣi-\]Ekādaśī. ### [1.135.7.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.135.7.p1) Thus ends the one hundred and thirty-fifth chapter, entitled “The Observance of Ṛṣyekādaśī,” in the Ācārakāṇḍa, belonging to the first part of the Pūrvakhaṇḍa of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. ## Linked texts (1) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.135.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.135) · Pramāṇa