[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) › 1.82 # Garudapurana 1.82 English (machine translation) 1.82 - **Language:** English ## Contents - [1.82.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.82.19) — 1 part ### [1.82.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.82.1) The glorious Garuḍa Purāṇa \[Chapter\] 82. / Homage to the glorious Gaṇeśa. / (Now begins the greatness of Gayā.) / Brahmā said: / The most essential of the essential, O Vyāsa, is the supreme greatness of Gayā; / I shall declare it in brief, bestowing enjoyment and liberation; listen. ### [1.82.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.82.2) In former times there was an asura named Gayāsura, exceedingly heroic, / who performed most terrible asceticism, tormenting all living beings. ### [1.82.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.82.3) Tormented by his asceticism, the gods went to Hari for his destruction; / Hari spoke to them who had sought refuge: "You must be accompanied by Śiva; ### [1.82.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.82.4) his huge body shall be felled." The gods said to Hari, "So be it." / Once, for the purpose of worshiping Śiva, \[bringing\] lotuses from the Milk Ocean, ### [1.82.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.82.5) having brought them, that mighty one lay down in the land of Kīkaṭa. / Deluded by the illusion of Viṣṇu, he was struck down with a mace by Viṣṇu. ### [1.82.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.82.6) Therefore Viṣṇu, holder of the mace, remains at Gayā, bestowing liberation. / His body took the form of a liṅga, and the Grandfather stayed in the pure \[spot\], ### [1.82.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.82.7) along with Janārdana, Kāleśa, and also another, Prapitāmaha. / Viṣṇu then established the boundary: "This shall be a holy place of pilgrimage; ### [1.82.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.82.8) a man who performs sacrifice, śrāddha, the offering of funeral cakes, bathing, and the like— / that man shall go to heaven and the realm of Brahman, not to hell." ### [1.82.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.82.9) Knowing the Gayā tīrtha to be supreme, the Grandfather performed a sacrifice; / he honored the brāhmaṇas who had arrived to serve as priests. ### [1.82.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.82.10) Having created the Mahānadī flowing with delicious liquids, and likewise ponds and reservoirs, / and eatables, food, fruits, and so forth, he also created Kāmadhenu. ### [1.82.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.82.11) The Lord gave the five-krośa field of Gayā to the brāhmaṇas. / But because of greed, accepting wealth and the like at sacrifices of dharma, ### [1.82.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.82.12) the brāhmaṇas stayed there; then the brāhmaṇas were cursed at Gayā: / "Let not learning extend for three generations; let not wealth extend for three generations; ### [1.82.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.82.13) may your river carry \[only\] water, and the mountain be \[only\] stone." / But when prayed to by those who were cursed, the Lord Brahmā granted grace: ### [1.82.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.82.14) "Indeed, people who perform śrāddha at Gayā are holy and go to the realm of Brahman. / Those who worship you have always worshiped me. ### [1.82.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.82.15) Knowledge of Brahman, a śrāddha at Gayā, dying in a cowshed, / and residence in Kurukṣetra—these are the four kinds of liberation for men. ### [1.82.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.82.16) O Vyāsa, all oceans, rivers, and likewise ponds, wells, and lakes / go to the Gayā tīrtha wishing to bathe; there is no doubt. ### [1.82.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.82.17) Killing a brāhmaṇa, drinking liquor, theft, intercourse with the teacher's wife— / all sin arising from association with these is destroyed by a śrāddha at Gayā. ### [1.82.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.82.18) Those who died without sacraments, those killed by beasts or thieves, / and those bitten by serpents—liberated by a śrāddha at Gayā, they go to heaven. ### [1.82.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.82.19) The reward that a person obtains by offering funeral cakes at Gayā / cannot be described by me even in hundreds of millions of years." ### [1.82.19.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.82.19.p1) Thus ends the eighty-second chapter, named "The Greatness of Gayā," in the Code of Conduct, the first part of the first section of the glorious Garuḍa Purāṇa. ## Linked texts (1) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.82.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.82) · Pramāṇa