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Hari said: I shall explain the investing with the purifier of Hari, which bestows enjoyment and liberation. / Formerly, in the war between the gods and asuras, Brahmā and the others went for refuge. ### [1.43.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.2) And Viṣṇu gave those gods a banner and a necklace. / Seeing these two, the Dānavas will perish, Hari told them. ### [1.43.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.3) When Viṣṇu had spoken, the serpent, the younger brother of Vāsuki, then said: / Choose this boon called 'purifier', O Bull-bannered One \[Śiva\]! ### [1.43.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.4) The necklace given by Hari shall attain renown under my name. / When this was spoken by him, those gods recognized that boon by his name. ### [1.43.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.5) During the rainy season, mortals who do not worship with purifiers — / their annual worship shall become fruitless. ### [1.43.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.6) Therefore, the investing with the purifier should be performed in succession for all deities, / from the first lunar day up to the full moon, on whatever lunar day is prescribed for each. ### [1.43.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.7) For Viṣṇu it should be performed on the twelfth day, either bright or dark, O Hara; / also at a vyatīpāta, at a solstice, and at an eclipse of the moon or the sun, O Śiva; ### [1.43.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.8) For Viṣṇu, also in rites of prosperity and upon the arrival of a guru. / The purifier is prescribed as regular, but in the rainy season it is mandatory. ### [1.43.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.9) It may be made of wild silk, woven silk thread, cotton, or flax; / for the twice-born it may be kuśa thread, for kings wild silk or woven silk, ### [1.43.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.10) For Vaiśyas woven cloth or flax, for Śūdras made from hemp or bark. / Cotton and lotus-fiber are praised for all, O Lord. ### [1.43.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.11) The thread, spun by a Brahmin woman, is threefold and made threefold. / The Praṇava (oṃ), then Śiva, Soma, Agni, Brahmā, the Serpent, Ravi, ### [1.43.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.12) Vighneśa, and Viṣṇu — these deities are situated in the threads. / Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Rudra are remembered as the deities in the threefold thread. ### [1.43.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.13) One should place it in a vessel of gold, silver, copper, bamboo, or clay. / Sixty-four \[threads\] measured by the thumb is best, half of that is middling, ### [1.43.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.14) And half of that is the lowest; or one hundred and eight threads / is the highest, middling, and lowest in order, as before. ### [1.43.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.15) Knots are remembered \[spaced\] by the measure of a thumb for the highest, / by the middle finger for the middling, and by the little finger for the lowest. ### [1.43.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.16) For a temple and for an altar, this is the general characteristic. / And one should make a purifier consecrated to Śiva on an image. ### [1.43.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.17) Reaching to the heart, navel, or thigh, or hanging down to the knees; / four knots are remembered with one thousand and eight \[threads\], ### [1.43.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.18) Or thirty-six, twenty-four, or twelve knots / are to be known for the highest and other \[types\], or the purifier is measured by finger-joints. ### [1.43.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.19) Smeared with saffron or with turmeric and sandalwood, / fasting, one should perform the preliminary consecration of the purifier situated in a vessel. ### [1.43.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.20) Placed in cups of peepal leaves in the eight directions: / a staff of wood and the tips of kuśa grass in the east with Saṃkarṣaṇa; ### [1.43.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.21) With yellow pigment and saffron with Pradyumna in the south; / for the sake of war and for the attainment of fruits, with Aniruddha in the west; ### [1.43.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.22) Sandalwood mixed with indigo, as well as sesame, ashes, and unbroken grains: / in the corners beginning with the south-east, one should place them in order for the deities. ### [1.43.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.23) Having consecrated the purifier with Vāsudeva once and again, / having looked upon it, worshiped it further, and covered it carefully with a cloth, ### [1.43.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.24) It should be placed in front of the deity or the image's mandala, / in the west, south, and north in order, as before. ### [1.43.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.25) Having also established Brahmā and the others, one should also worship the water-pot. / Having made a mandala with the weapon-mantra, one should offer the food offering. ### [1.43.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.26) Having performed the preliminary consecration of the purifier with a threefold or new thread, / having encircled the altar, oneself, the water-pot, the ghee, ### [1.43.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.27) The fire-pit, the temple, the pavilion, and the house, / taking one thread, one should place it upon the head of the deity. ### [1.43.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.28) Having offered it, one should recite this mantra after worshiping Maheśvara: / 'You are invoked, O Lord of gods, for worship, O Supreme Lord; ### [1.43.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.29) I shall worship you in that morning; be present near the provisions!' / Having consecrated the purifier for one night or three nights, ### [1.43.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.30) Having kept vigil at night, and having fully worshiped Keśava in the morning, / one should invest in order the superior, middling, and inferior \[purifiers\]. ### [1.43.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.31) Having censed the purifier, one should consecrate it with the mantra, / and worship the knotted \[purifier\] that has been muttered over with flowers and the like. ### [1.43.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.32) And worshiped with the Gāyatrī, having fully worshiped the deity with it, one should offer it. / Together with one's sons, wife, and others, one should hold the fringe of threads. ### [1.43.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.33) 'Possessing pure knots, lovely, destroyer of great sins, / causing the destruction of all sins, O Lord, I hold it before you.' ### [1.43.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.34) Having worshiped thus with incense and other offerings, one should present the middling and other \[purifiers\]. / 'The purifier, the Vaiṣṇava splendor, destroyer of all sins — ### [1.43.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.35) For the attainment of dharma, desire, and wealth, I wear it upon my neck.' / Having worshiped the forest-garland, one should offer it with its own mantra. ### [1.43.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.36) Having presented various food offerings, one should offer the oblation of flowers and the like. / Having satisfied the fire there also, with a measure of twelve finger-breadths, ### [1.43.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.37) One should offer a single purifier with one hundred and eight \[oblations\]. / First having offered water-oblation to the Sun, one \[should offer\] a purifier there as well. ### [1.43.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.38) Then, having worshiped Viṣvaksena and the preceptor with water-offerings and the like, O Hara, / standing with folded hands, one should recite the mantra in front of the deity: ### [1.43.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.39) 'Whatever worship and other rites have been performed by me knowingly or unknowingly, / may all that be complete by your grace, O Lord of gods! ### [1.43.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.40) With garlands of pearls and corals, and with mandāra flowers and the like, / may this annual worship belong to you, O Garuḍa-bannered One! ### [1.43.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.41) Just as the forest-garland and the Kaustubha jewel are constantly upon your chest, O Lord, / so do you wear upon your heart this purifier, the garland of threads.' ### [1.43.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.42) Having prayed thus, having fed the twice-born and given them a priestly fee, one should dismiss \[the deity\] in the very same way in the evening or on the following day. ### [1.43.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.43) "Having properly performed this annual worship through me, / go now to the realm of Viṣṇu, O pavitraka, having been dismissed." ### [1.43.43.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43.43.p1) Thus ends the forty-third chapter, named 'The Bestowal of the Pavitra on Viṣṇu', in the Ācārakāṇḍa, belonging to the first part in the earlier section of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. ## Linked texts (1) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.43.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.43) · Pramāṇa