[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) › 1.36 # Garudapurana 1.36 English (machine translation) 1.36 - **Language:** English ## Contents - [1.36.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.36.18) — 1 part ### [1.36.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.36.1) Glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 36 Hari said: / I will proclaim the rule of twilight worship, which destroys sin, listen, O Rudra. / Having performed three breath controls, one should begin the twilight bath. ### [1.36.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.36.2) With breath held, one should recite three times Gāyatrī / accompanied by the praṇava, the vyāhṛtis, and the head \[mantra\]; that is called breath control. ### [1.36.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.36.3) A twice-born should burn away faults born of mind, speech, and body with breath controls; / therefore, at all times one should be devoted to breath control. ### [1.36.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.36.4) Saying 'May fire and \[manyu\]…' at evening, and 'May the sun…' at morning, he should sip water. / At noon, saying 'May the waters purify…,' having properly performed sipping, ### [1.36.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.36.5) he should perform sprinkling with the verse beginning with 'Waters indeed are…' using kuśa-water. / Combined with the praṇava, he should cast water at every verse-foot. ### [1.36.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.36.6) Born of passion and darkness, born of his own delusion, born of waking, dreaming, and deep sleep, / born of speech, mind, and action—these nine faults he should burn with the nine \[verses\]. ### [1.36.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.36.7) Taking up water in the hand and reciting the drupadā \[verse\], he should cast it out; / he should repeat the sin-expelling rite three, eight, or twelve times. ### [1.36.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.36.8) With the two \[hymns\] 'Up arise…' and 'The wonderful…,' he should attend upon the sun. / Whatever sin is committed by day or by night, all is destroyed in that very instant. ### [1.36.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.36.9) One should recite standing during the morning twilight and seated during the evening \[twilight\] / Gāyatrī accompanied by the great vyāhṛtis and endowed with the praṇava. ### [1.36.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.36.10) With ten \[repetitions\] Gāyatrī destroys sin born of this life; with a hundred, that done in a past life; / and with a thousand, that accumulated over three ages. ### [1.36.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.36.11) Gāyatrī is red; Sāvitrī is white-colored; / Sarasvatī should be known as black—thus the three twilights are declared. ### [1.36.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.36.12) Placing 'Oṃ bhūḥ' on the heart, one should place 'Oṃ bhuvaḥ' on the head, / and 'Oṃ svaḥ' on the topknot, \[and\] the first foot of Gāyatrī ### [1.36.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.36.13) the wise one should place on the armor; the second he should place on the eyes; / with the third he should perform bodily placement; the fourth he should place everywhere. ### [1.36.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.36.14) Having performed the placement at twilight, he should recite the Mother of the Vedas. / May it be auspicious for him; during the entire day he should engage in breath control and ritual placement. ### [1.36.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.36.15) The three-footed Gāyatrī is Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśvara; / having known the application, the seer, and the meter, one should begin recitation. ### [1.36.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.36.16) Freed from all sins, one attains the world of Brahman. / 'Beyond the dust, may he who… Oṃ' is proclaimed as the fourth foot. ### [1.36.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.36.17) The sun destroys him who does not perform worship at twilight. / The seer of this fourth foot also is the Stainless One; ### [1.36.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.36.18) the meter is the goddess Gāyatrī, and the deity is the Supreme Self. ### [1.36.18.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.36.18.p1) Thus ends the thirty-sixth chapter, titled 'The Rule of Twilight Worship,' in the Conduct Section of the first part in the first section of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. ## Linked texts (1) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.36.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.36) · Pramāṇa