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Touching the ears should be done with the heart mantra. ### [1.23.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.3) The ash bath and libation are performed with the mantra "Oṃ hāṃ svāhā." / For all gods and all sages, \[the mantras\] end in "namaḥ" or end in "vauṣaṭ". ### [1.23.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.4) For all ancestors, they end in "svadhā," and for grandfathers they end in "svadhā": / "Oṃ hāṃ to great-grandfathers," and likewise to maternal grandfathers and others, ### [1.23.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.5) "Hāṃ namaḥ to all mothers." Then breath control should take place. / Sipping water and sprinkling \[follow\], and then one should recite the Gāyatrī: ### [1.23.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.6) "Oṃ hāṃ, we know that Great Lord; we meditate on him whose speech is purified; may that Rudra inspire us." ### [1.23.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.7) Having performed the adoration of the Sun, one should worship with the Sun mantras: / "Oṃ hāṃ hīṃ hūṃ haiṃ hauṃ haḥ, salutation to Śiva-Sūrya; / Oṃ haṃ, salutation to Khakholka, the form of the Sun; / Oṃ hrāṃ hrīṃ saḥ, salutation to Sūrya." ### [1.23.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.8) Then one should call to mind Daṇḍin, Piṅgala, and the living beings. / Having worshipped the spotless Lord in the south-east and other directions, \[one attains\] supreme bliss. ### [1.23.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.9) One should worship Padmā; and "rāṃ" Dīptā, "rīṃ" Sūkṣmā, "rūṃ" Jayā, and "reṃ" / Bhadrā; and "raiṃ" Vibhūti, "roṃ" Vimalā, "rauṃ" Amoghā (Rodhikā); ### [1.23.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.10) "raṃ" Vidyutā in the east and other directions; and in the centre, "raṃ" to the all-facing goddess. / With the solar seat of the Sun's form, "hrāṃ hrīṃ saḥ," one should worship the Sun. ### [1.23.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.11) "Oṃ āṃ" to the heart of the Sun, and head, and crest, and "bhūr bhuvaḥ svar oṃ"; / Jvālinī, "hraṃ" to the armour, and the weapon mantra for the initiated kings. ### [1.23.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.12) With the heart mantra of the Sun one should worship all: "soṃ" Soma, and "maṃ" Maṅgala, / "baṃ" Budha, "bṛṃ" Bṛhaspati, "bhaṃ" Bhārgava, "śaṃ" Śanaiścara, ### [1.23.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.13) "raṃ" Rāhu, "kaṃ" one should worship Ketu, and "oṃ" worship fierce Tejas. / Having worshipped the Sun and sipped water, one should place the limbs beginning from the little finger: ### [1.23.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.14) "hāṃ" to the heart, "hūṃ" to the head, "haiṃ" to the crest, "hauṃ" to the armour, and to the eyes, / "haḥ" to the weapon mantra. Having established Śakti, one should perform the purification of the elements again. ### [1.23.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.15) Then, having prepared the vessel for guest-water, one should sprinkle and worship with that water. ### [1.23.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.16) \[Visualising\] oneself seated on a lotus and \[saying\] "Hauṃ to Śiva," then outside, / at the door, Nandi and Mahākāla, Gaṅgā and Yamunā, and the cow; ### [1.23.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.17) Śrī, the weapon, the guardian deity of the site, Brahmā, the Gaṇa, and the guru. / In the centre one should worship Śakti and Ananta, and in the east and other directions, righteousness and the rest; ### [1.23.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.18) and unrighteousness and the rest in the south-east and other directions; in the middle, on the pericarp of the lotus, / Vāmā and Jyeṣṭhā in the east and other directions, and Raudrī and Kālī in the remaining quarters: ### [1.23.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.19) "Oṃ hauṃ to Kalavikariṇī," then to Balavikariṇī, / then to Balapramathinī, to Sarvabhūtadamanī; ### [1.23.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.20) one should worship Manonmanī: these in the middle of the throne before Śiva. / To Śiva's seat, to the great murti, and in the middle of the murti, to Śiva. ### [1.23.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.21) Invocation, installation, bringing near, containment, / integration, showing the gestures, and guest-water and water for the feet; ### [1.23.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.22) one should perform sipping water, unction, rubbing with perfumes, bathing, and churning. / One should present clothing, anointing paste, flowers, incense, a lamp, and sacrificial cooked food; ### [1.23.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.23) sipping water, mouth-fresheners, betel, the purification of hands, / parasol, chowrie, the sanctifier, and the supreme consecration one should perform. ### [1.23.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.24) One-day recitation in proper form, dedication of the recitation, / praise, prostration with the heart and other limbs—this is known as the worship of the limbs. ### [1.23.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.25) In the south-east, north-east, south-west, and north-west, and in the centre, according to the rule from the east onward, / one should worship Indra and the other \[guardians\], and Caṇḍa, and offer him the leftover offerings. ### [1.23.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.26) "You are the protector of the secret and the most secret; accept the recitation made by us. / May there be attainment for me, O God; through your grace let there be abiding in you. ### [1.23.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.27) Whatever deed is done always, good deed or bad deed, / destroy that of mine who am established in the station of Śiva, O Rudra, O Śaṅkara! ### [1.23.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.28) Śiva is the giver, Śiva is the enjoyer, Śiva is all this universe; / Śiva is victorious everywhere; that which is Śiva is I myself. ### [1.23.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.29) Whatever has been done, whatever I shall do, all that is your good deed. / You are the saviour and the guide of the universe; there is no other lord for me, O Śiva!" ### [1.23.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.30) Now I shall tell the worship of Śiva by another method: / Gaṇa, Sarasvatī, Nandi, Mahākāla, then along with Gaṅgā, ### [1.23.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.31) the wind, the weapon, the guardian deity of the site at the door beginning from the east. / Indra and the others are to be worshipped, and the elements: earth, water, ### [1.23.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.32) fire, wind, ether, smell, taste and form, sound, / touch, speech, hands, feet, anus, genitals, ears, and skin. ### [1.23.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.33) Eye, tongue, nose, mind, intellect, ego, and primordial nature, / Puruṣa, Nāga, intellect-knowledge, Kalā, time, and destiny, ### [1.23.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.34) Māyā, pure knowledge, Īśvara, Sadāśiva, / Śakti, and Śiva: knowing these, the wise person is liberated and becomes Śiva. ### [1.23.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.35) He who is Śiva is Hari and Brahmā; 'I am that Brahman, Śaṅkara.' ### [1.23.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.36) I shall explain the purification of the elements, by which one becomes purified Śiva: / In the heart-lotus is the Sadyojāta mantra, the Kalā is Nivṛtti, and the Iḍā, ### [1.23.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.37) And Piṅgalā are the two subtle channels; the two winds are Prāṇa and Apāna; / The deity is Indra, the body is the cause of Brahman, and the maṇḍala is a square, ### [1.23.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.38) Marked by a mouth, wind, one respiratory thrust, five qualities, / Situated in the heart region, resembling a sound, extended over one billion \[yojanas\]. ### [1.23.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.39) "Oṃ hrīṃ to Pratiṣṭhā hrūṃ hraḥ phaṭ." / "Oṃ hrīṃ hrūṃ to Vidyā hraṃ hraḥ phaṭ." / The ground system is eighty-four crores \[of yojanas\] in height. ### [1.23.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.40) In its middle one should meditate upon the tree of worldly existence and the self; / Then, upon the earth turned downward; thus that particular \[element\] is surely purified. ### [1.23.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.41) Vāmā Devī, Pratiṣṭhā, Suṣumnā, and Dhārikā; / The vital airs are Samāna and Udāna; Varuṇa is the deity; Viṣṇu is the cause; ### [1.23.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.42) The breath-thrusts and qualities are four; the meditation is white. / In this way one should visualize the throat-lotus, the maṇḍala called the crescent moon, ### [1.23.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.43) Marked with a lotus, extended across twenty-two crores, / Ninety-four in height, and the self facing downward. ### [1.23.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.44) At the palate is the lotus; Aghora is endowed with Vidyā; / In the two lip-channels are Hastijihvā; the meditation is Nāga; Agni is the deity; ### [1.23.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.45) Rudra is the cause; there are three thrusts, three qualities, and a red color; / A triangle of the shape of a flame, four hundred crores ### [1.23.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.46) In breadth and height—thus should one meditate upon the Rudra-element. / In the forehead is Tatpuruṣa, Śānti, green grass, the wise say, ### [1.23.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.47) Kūrma and Kṛkara are the winds; the god Īśvara is the cause; / Two thrusts, two qualities, and a smoky hexagonal maṇḍala, ### [1.23.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.48) Marked with a bindu, eight crores in extent and height, / Plus fourteen crores—thus should one meditate upon the wind element. ### [1.23.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.49) In the twelve-petalled lotus are Śāntyatītā and the Lords; / Kuhū and Śaṅkhinī are the channels; Devadatta and Dhanañjaya \[are the winds\]; ### [1.23.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.50) The Śikhā, Īśāna as the cause, and Sadāśiva is traditionally known; / One quality, one thrust; one should meditate upon it as like pure crystal, ### [1.23.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.51) Sixteen crores in breadth, twenty-five in height; / One should meditate upon circular ether. Thus the purification of elements is proclaimed. ### [1.23.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.52) The two qualities, the guru, the seed-guru, Śakti and Ananta, and Dharma, / Along with knowledge, dispassion, and sovereign power; then, on the petals beginning in the east, ### [1.23.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.53) The two faces turned downward and upward, the pericarp and filaments of the lotus, / Vāmā and the rest, self-knowledge, and one should constantly meditate upon that called Śiva, ### [1.23.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.54) The tattva on the seat of Śiva, the icon: "Heṃ hauṃ, homage to the body of knowledge!" / Seated in the bound lotus posture, white, sixteen years old, ### [1.23.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.55) Five-faced, holding with the tips of His own ten hands, / The gesture of fearlessness, boons, a spear, a trident, and a skull-staff, the Lord, ### [1.23.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.56) With His right hands; and with the left hands a serpent, a rosary, / A drum, a blue lotus, and an excellent citron. ### [1.23.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.57) Possessing the powers of will, knowledge, and action, three-eyed indeed is Sadāśiva. / The meditator who thus worships Śiva is always freed from time. ### [1.23.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.58) By the flow \[of breath\] through this day and night, a man lives for three years; / By the flow of two days, he lives for two years; ### [1.23.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.59) By the flow of three days, he lives for one year. / Death does not come at an unseasonable cold time, nor during the heat-causing \[breath\]. ### [1.23.59.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.59.p1) Thus in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, in the first section called the Pūrvakhaṇḍa, in the Ācārakāṇḍa, the twenty-third chapter, entitled "The Exposition of the Worship of Śiva." ### [1.23.59.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23.59.p2) (Thus the worship of Śiva and others is concluded.) ## Linked texts (1) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.23.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.23) · Pramāṇa