[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) › 1.83.78 # Garudapurana 1.83.78 English (machine translation) 1.83.78 - **Language:** English ### [1.83.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.83.78) Offering piṇḍas at these and other holy sites, he delivers his ancestors; and having bowed down to the gods, beginning with Vasiṣṭheśa, he achieves the destruction of debts. ### [1.83.78.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.83.78.p1) Thus ends the eighty-third chapter, entitled 'The Greatness of Gayā,' in the section on conduct, the first part of the Pūrvakhaṇḍa of the glorious Mahāpurāṇa composed by Garuḍa. ## Linked texts (1) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.83.78) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.83.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.83.78) · Pramāṇa