[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) › 1.22 # Garudapurana 1.22 English (machine translation) 1.22 - **Language:** English ## Contents - [1.22.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.22.17) — 1 part ### [1.22.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.22.1) The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 22 Sūta said: I shall explain the worship of Śiva, the supreme giver of enjoyment and liberation, peaceful, all-pervading, empty, residing in the twelve morae. ### [1.22.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.22.2) The five faces are short \[vowels\], the limbs are long \[vowels\] with a bindu; one should pronounce the weapon \[mantra\] with a visarga; Śiva is above, and likewise again, ### [1.22.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.22.3) below with the sixth \[vowel\], the great mantra "haum", the bestower of all aims. With both hands he should touch the feet, and from the feet upward to the head. ### [1.22.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.22.4) Indeed, the great mudrā of all; he should perform the placement on hands and limbs; and with the palm of his hand he should purify the back with the weapon mantra. ### [1.22.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.22.5) Starting with the little finger, he should place the limbs up to the index finger; I shall fully explain the worship in the pericarp of that heart lotus. ### [1.22.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.22.6) One should worship righteousness, knowledge, detachment, lordship, and the rest with the heart mantra. / One should offer invocation, installation, water for the feet, and guest-water with the heart mantra. ### [1.22.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.22.7) One should perform sipping water, bathing, and worship equally in a single receptacle. / I shall explain the procedure for the fire rites: one should make the furrow lines with the weapon mantra. ### [1.22.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.22.8) Sprinkling should be done with the armour mantra, and the placement of Śakti should be performed with the heart mantra. / Or in the heart, or in the pit of Śakti, one should cast Agni, knower of beings. ### [1.22.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.22.9) Having performed \[the rites\] beginning with conception, down to the final expiation, / having performed all the rites with the heart mantra, one should make oblations to Śiva along with his limbs. ### [1.22.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.22.10) One should worship Śambhu marked with poison in the lotus pericarp within the maṇḍala, / a maṇḍala of sixty-four squares, or eight and so forth, or zero-eyes (twenty), or ether and so forth. ### [1.22.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.22.11) In the south-east, following the measure of zero-eyes-Indra-sun (twelve hundred and twenty) or all-ether-Veda-moon (fourteen hundred), / one should construct an auspicious hearth resembling a crescent moon. ### [1.22.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.22.12) Established in the fire scriptures, the host of limbs beginning with the heart is stated. / The weapon mantra is in the directions, and Sadāśiva is in the pericarp of the auspicious lotus. ### [1.22.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.22.13) I shall speak of initiation established in the five realities, beginning with earth, in the supreme. / Cessation with earth, installation and the rest, knowledge is fire, just as peace is one's own. ### [1.22.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.22.14) Transcending peace becomes ether; beyond that is the tranquil, imperishable \[state\]. / Oblations of a hundred for each one; thus one should offer oblations for the five. ### [1.22.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.22.15) Afterward, having given the final oblation, one should remember Śiva who grants grace. / For the sake of purification through expiation, \[offering\] eight oblations for each in sequence, ### [1.22.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.22.16) one should offer oblations with the seed-syllable of the weapon mantra; thus one should conclude the initiation. / Distinct from ritual worship, this excellent consecration is to be kept secret. ### [1.22.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.22.17) For one who is thus purified by the consecration, the state of Śiva certainly arises. ### [1.22.17.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.22.17.p1) Thus, in the holy Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, in the first section named the Pūrvakhaṇḍa, in the Ācārakāṇḍa, ends the twenty-second chapter entitled 'The Method of Worship of Śiva'. ## Linked texts (1) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.22.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.22) · Pramāṇa