[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) › 1.97 # Garudapurana 1.97 English (machine translation) 1.97 - **Language:** English ## Contents - [1.97.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.97.10) — 1 part ### [1.97.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.97.1) The auspicious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — \[Chapter\] 97 Yājñavalkya said: I shall declare the purification of articles; understand that, O best of men! Of \[objects\] of gold, silver, lotus-seed, conch-shell, rope, and skins, ### [1.97.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.97.2) as well as vessels and seats, purification is desired with water. Of the ladle and spoon, \[purification is\] with warm water, and of grain and the like, by sprinkling; ### [1.97.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.97.3) of wood, horns, and the like, by scraping; of sacrificial vessels, by wiping. Woollen and silk cloth is purified with hot water and cow's urine. ### [1.97.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.97.4) Alms-food, a woman's mouth, seeing, \[and\] earthenware by re-firing \[are pure\]. When food has been smelled by a cow or defiled by hair, flies, or insects, ### [1.97.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.97.5) purification occurs by throwing ashes \[over it\]; the purification of the ground is by sweeping and the like. \[The cleansing\] of tin, lead, and copper is with alkalis, acids, and water. ### [1.97.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.97.6) The cleansing of iron and bell-metal is with ash and water; what is unknown is always pure. Of an object smeared with impure matter, \[purification is\] by earth and water through removing the smell and coating. ### [1.97.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.97.7) Water that satisfies a cow, is in its natural state, and is upon the earth is pure; likewise meat brought down by dogs, cāṇḍālas, carnivorous beasts, and the like. ### [1.97.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.97.8) Sunbeams, fire, dust, shadow, a cow, a horse, the earth, breezes, droplets from horses and goats, and drops from sipping water are pure. ### [1.97.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.97.9) After bathing, drinking, sneezing, sleeping, eating, and walking on a road, having sipped water, one should sip water again, and also after putting on another garment. ### [1.97.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.97.10) Upon sneezing, spitting, sleeping, donning a garment, and shedding tears— in these five cases one should not sip water, \[but\] touch the right ear; for the gods, Agni and others, reside in the right ear of a twice-born. ### [1.97.10.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.97.10.p1) Thus ends the ninety-seventh chapter, entitled "Exposition of the Purification of Articles Declared by Yājñavalkya," in the section on conduct, in the first part called the pūrvakhaṇḍa of the auspicious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. ## Linked texts (1) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.97.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.97) · Pramāṇa