[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) › 1.18 # Garudapurana 1.18 English (machine translation) 1.18 - **Language:** English ## Contents - [1.18.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.18.20) — 1 part ### [1.18.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.18.1) The glorious and great Garuḍapurāṇa — 18 Sūta said: I shall declare the worship of Mṛtyuñjaya as spoken by Garuḍa to Kaśyapa, preceded by the extraction of mantras, holy, considered to comprise all the gods. ### [1.18.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.18.2) First uttering the syllable Oṃ, immediately after it the syllable Juṃ, / and the third with a visarga \[saḥ\]—this destroys death and poverty. ### [1.18.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.18.3) It is the armour of Śiva, Viṣṇu, the Sun, the Goddess, and the rest, accomplishing all things, / the great three-syllable mantra of Amṛteśa, whose worship is equal \[to all others\]. / Through its recitation men become free from death and released from all sins. ### [1.18.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.18.4) From a hundred recitations one gains the fruit of the Vedas, of sacrifice, and of pilgrimage places; / from chanting it a hundred and eight times at the three twilights, one conquers death and enemies. ### [1.18.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.18.5) One should meditate on Amṛteśvara seated on a white lotus, granting boons and fearlessness with \[two\] hands, / and with two hands \[holding\] a jar of nectar. ### [1.18.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.18.6) One should meditate on the goddess Amṛtā upon his lap, speaking sweet words, / holding a pitcher in her right hand and a lotus in her left hand. ### [1.18.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.18.7) One should chant it eight thousand times at the three twilights continuously for one month; / it bestows peace, destroying old age, death, severe disease, and enemies. ### [1.18.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.18.8) Invocation, installation, retention, bringing near, seating, / water for the feet, sipping water, bathing, arghya, a garland, anointing, ### [1.18.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.18.9) a lamp, garment, ornament, food-offering, drink, fanning, / metrics, mudrās, recitation, meditation, priestly fee, oblation, praise, ### [1.18.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.18.10) instrumental music, movement, dance, the application of nyāsa, circumambulation, / prostration, the mantra-bed, adoration, and dismissal— ### [1.18.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.18.11) the worship along with the six ancillary limbs and other rites has been declared in proper order. / He who knows what has issued from the mouth of the Supreme Lord is indeed a true worshipper. ### [1.18.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.18.12) At first, worship of the arghya-vessel, striking it with the astra-mantra, / purification with the kavaca-mantra, and then nectarisation; ### [1.18.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.18.13) worship of the Support Śakti and others, breath-control on the seat, / then one should perform purification of the seat, and then imagine \[the body\] through drying up and the rest. ### [1.18.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.18.14) One should perform nyāsa of the hands and limbs, \[visualising\] oneself in divine form; / thereafter one should worship oneself as the form of light from the lotus of the heart. ### [1.18.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.18.15) One should cast a radiant flower upon an image or an altar / for the sake of invocation and the worship of the doors, and the worship begins with the Support Śakti. ### [1.18.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.18.16) Effecting the divine presence, worship of the retinue, / and the worship of the six limbs must indeed be performed by the wise. ### [1.18.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.18.17) Dharma and the others, Indra and the others with their weapons, the retinue, / the yugas, Vedas, and muhūrtas—this worship grants enjoyment and liberation. ### [1.18.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.18.18) At the outset one should worship the Mothers, the gaṇas, Nandin and Gaṅgā, / and at the threshold one should first worship Mahākāla and Yamunā. ### [1.18.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.18.19) "Oṃ, to Amṛteśvara, oṃ, obeisance to Bhairava"; / likewise, "Oṃ juṃ saḥ, obeisance to the Sun." ### [1.18.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.18.20) Thus one should worship Śiva, Kṛṣṇa, Brahmā, Gaṇeśa, / Caṇḍikā, Sarasvatī, Mahālakṣmī, and the rest. ### [1.18.20.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.18.20.p1) Thus ends the eighteenth chapter, named "The Worship of Amṛteśa and Mṛtyuñjaya," in the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first section of the first part in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. ## Linked texts (1) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.18.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.18) · Pramāṇa