[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) › 1.37 # Garudapurana 1.37 English (machine translation) 1.37 - **Language:** English ## Contents - [1.37.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.37.9) — 1 part ### [1.37.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.37.1) Glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 37 Hari said: / Gāyatrī is the supreme goddess, granting worldly enjoyment and liberation; / whoever recites her, even his greatest sins are destroyed. ### [1.37.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.37.2) I will declare the ritual procedure of Gāyatrī, which grants worldly enjoyment and liberation: / one should recite \[her\] a thousand and eight times, or eight hundred times. ### [1.37.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.37.3) Doing this at the three twilights, he attains the world of Brahman; having recited \[her\] a hundred times, he should drink water. / At twilight, having invoked the goddess who destroys all sins, he should worship \[her\] ### [1.37.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.37.4) with her own mantra, 'Bhūḥ bhuvaḥ svaḥ,' joined with the twelve names: / 'Homage to Gāyatrī; / homage, homage to Sāvitrī and to Sarasvatī; ### [1.37.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.37.5) and to the Mother of the Vedas, to Sāṃkṛtī, to Brahmāṇī, to Kauśikī in order, / to the virtuous one, to the accomplisher of all purposes, to the thousand-eyed one; and bhūḥ, bhuvaḥ, ### [1.37.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.37.6) svaḥ.' Thus one should offer firewood, clarified butter, and sacrificial food into the fire, / a thousand and eight times or eight hundred times with ghee, ### [1.37.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.37.7) for the accomplishment of dharma, pleasure, and the rest; one should offer in all rites. / Having worshipped an image made of sandalwood or gold, ### [1.37.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.37.8) a hundred thousand \[recitations\] should be chanted while eating milk, roots, and fruits. / By a fire offering of twenty thousand \[oblations\], one attains all desires. ### [1.37.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.37.9) \[With the mantra:\] 'Born on the northern peak, dwelling on the mountain on earth, / permitted by Brahmā, go, O goddess, at your pleasure.' ### [1.37.9.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.37.9.p1) Thus ends the thirty-seventh chapter, titled 'Determination of the Ritual Procedure of Gāyatrī,' 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.1.37.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.37) · Pramāṇa