[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) › 1.231 # Garudapurana 1.231 English (machine translation) 1.231 - **Language:** English ## Contents - [1.231.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.231.25) — 1 part ### [1.231.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.231.1) The glorious and great Garuḍa Purāṇa — 231 / Sūta said: / Now I shall declare the praise of Nārasiṃha spoken by Śiva, O Śaunaka. / Formerly, all the Mother-goddesses addressed a speech to Śaṅkara: ### [1.231.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.231.2) "O Lord, by your grace we shall devour the entire universe / together with gods, asuras, and humans. You ought to grant us permission." ### [1.231.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.231.3) Śaṅkara said: / "All creatures must be protected by you; there is no doubt. / Therefore, turn your mind away quickly from this extremely dreadful intent." ### [1.231.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.231.4) Disregarding that utterance spoken thus by Śaṅkara, / they unhesitatingly began to devour the three worlds with their moving and unmoving beings. ### [1.231.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.231.5) Then, as the three worlds were being devoured by the group of Mother-goddesses, / the lord Śiva intensely meditated upon the Lord who has the form of a man-lion. ### [1.231.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.231.6) \[He meditated upon\] the god without beginning or end, the source of origin of all beings, / with a lightning tongue, large fangs, and a garland of radiant manes, ### [1.231.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.231.7) adorned with jeweled armlets, wearing a diadem, embellished with golden manes, / resplendent with a great girdle made of gold, ### [1.231.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.231.8) dark like the petal of a blue lotus, decorated with jeweled anklets, / pervading the pavilion of the interior of the entire universe with his splendour, ### [1.231.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.231.9) endowed with bodily hairs shaped like whirlpools, / and wearing a great garland composed of all flowers. ### [1.231.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.231.10) Merely upon being meditated on, the Lord granted him a vision. / In whatever form he was meditated upon with devotion by Rudra, ### [1.231.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.231.11) in that very form, difficult to be beheld by the gods, \[he appeared\]. / Having prostrated before the Lord of Gods, Śaṅkara then praised him: ### [1.231.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.231.12) Śaṅkara said: / "Salutations to you, O Lord of the Universe, who bear the form of a man-lion! / You who are adorned with oyster-shell-like claws that slaughtered the chief of daitya rulers! ### [1.231.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.231.13) You whose golden-yellow body was torn by the circles of claws! / Salutations to the lotus-navelled one, the auspicious one, the Teacher of the World! / O you who have the roar of a cloud at the end of an aeon, whose splendour equals ten million suns! ### [1.231.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.231.14) You who strike terror into a thousand Yamas, who possess the prowess of a thousand Indras, / who are rich as a thousand Kuberas, whose self consists of a thousand feet! ### [1.231.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.231.15) O you who resemble a thousand moons, who stride like a thousand-rayed sun, / whose splendour equals a thousand Rudras, who are praised by a thousand Brahmās! ### [1.231.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.231.16) You upon whom a thousand Rudras whisper prayers, whose gaze is that of a thousand eyes, / crusher of a thousand births, deliverer from a thousand bondages! ### [1.231.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.231.17) You who have the speed of a thousand winds and eyes, who bestow mercy on thousands of fools!" / Having praised Hari of man-lion form thus, the Lord of gods, / Śiva, bowed down with humility, made a request once more: ### [1.231.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.231.18) "The Mother-goddesses who were created by me for the destruction of Andhaka / are devouring wonderful creatures, completely disregarding my word. ### [1.231.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.231.19) Though undefeated, having created them I am not able to destroy them. / Having created them previously, how could I desire their destruction?" ### [1.231.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.231.20) Addressed thus by Rudra, Hari of man-lion form, / Hari, the Lord of Speech, then \[produced\] a thousand goddesses from the tip of his tongue. ### [1.231.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.231.21) Likewise, the all-pervading Hari, having restrained all those terrible groups of Mother-goddesses / and the hosts of gods, made peace for the universe and vanished. ### [1.231.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.231.22) Whoever, with restrained senses, recites this hymn to Nārasiṃha, / it grants his desires just as it did for Rudra; of this there is no doubt. ### [1.231.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.231.23) One should meditate upon the man-lion whose eyes are the newly risen sun, whose lotus face is white, whose mouth is blazing fire, / without beginning, middle, or end, unborn, ancient, ruler of the higher and lower, receptacle of the worlds. ### [1.231.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.231.24) Whoever recites this abandons the perpetual web of misery, as the sun leaves the fog. / Whenever he creates the image of the host of Mother-goddesses, he stays near him. ### [1.231.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.231.25) In order to perform the worship of the lord of gods, even of the form of Nṛsiṃha, the Destroyer of Tripura, / having propitiated that best of gods and obtained \[his favour\], protected \[the world\] from the host of the world-mothers. ### [1.231.25.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.231.25.p1) Thus ends the two hundred and thirty-first chapter, entitled 'Praise of Nṛsiṃha', in the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first section of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. ## Linked texts (1) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.231.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.231](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.231) · Pramāṇa