Purva Khanda: Achara Kanda

Chapter 37: Gayatri kalpa: japa, homa and worship

इति श्रीगारुडे महापुराणे पूर्वखण्डे प्रथमांशाख्ये आचारकाण्डे गायत्त्रीकल्पनिरूपणं नाम सप्तत्रिंशोऽध्यायः ॥

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Gayatri kalpa: japa, homa and worship

Hari calls the Gayatri the supreme Devi, giver of enjoyment and liberation, whose japa destroys even great sins. He gives her kalpa. One should repeat her a thousand and eight or a hundred and eight times; doing so at the three sandhyas leads to Brahmaloka. At sandhya she is invoked and worshipped with the vyahritis and her twelve names, from Gayatri and Savitri to Sahasrakshi. Homa follows with samidh, ghee and havishya for success in dharma, kama and every rite. An image of sandal or gold is worshipped, a lakh of japa done while living on milk, roots and fruit, and twenty thousand oblations fulfil every wish. She is sent off: born on the northern peak, dwelling on the mountain, go, Devi, as you please.

हरिरुवाच

37.1

गायत्त्री परमा देवी भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदा च ताम् ।
यो जपेत्तस्य पापानिविनश्यंति महांत्यपि

gāyattrī paramā devī bhuktimuktipradā ca tām |
yo japettasya pāpānivinaśyaṃti mahāṃtyapi

37.2

गायत्त्रीकल्पमाख्यास्ये भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदं च तत् ।
अष्टोत्तरं सहस्त्रं वा अथवाष्टशतं जपेत्

gāyattrīkalpamākhyāsye bhuktimuktipradaṃ ca tat |
aṣṭottaraṃ sahastraṃ vā athavāṣṭaśataṃ japet

37.3

त्रिसन्ध्यं ब्रह्मलोकीस्याच्छतं जप्त्वा जलं पिबेत् ।
संध्यायां सर्वपापघ्नीं देवीमावाह्य पूजयेत्

trisandhyaṃ brahmalokīsyācchataṃ japtvā jalaṃ pibet |
saṃdhyāyāṃ sarvapāpaghnīṃ devīmāvāhya pūjayet

37.4

भूर्भुवः स्वः स्वमन्त्रेण युतां द्वादशनामभिः ।
गायत्र्यै नमः ॥ सावित्र्यै सरस्वत्यै नमोनमः

bhūrbhuvaḥ svaḥ svamantreṇa yutāṃ dvādaśanāmabhiḥ |
gāyatryai namaḥ || sāvitryai sarasvatyai namonamaḥ

37.5

वेदमात्रे च सांकृत्यै ब्रह्माणी कौशिकी क्रमात् ।
साध्व्यै सर्वार्थसाधिन्यै सहस्त्राक्ष्यै च भूर्भुवः

vedamātre ca sāṃkṛtyai brahmāṇī kauśikī kramāt |
sādhvyai sarvārthasādhinyai sahastrākṣyai ca bhūrbhuvaḥ

37.6

स्वरेवं जुहुया दग्नौ समिदाज्यं हविष्यकम् ।
अष्टोत्तरसहस्त्रं वाप्यथवाष्टशंत घृतम्

svarevaṃ juhuyā dagnau samidājyaṃ haviṣyakam |
aṣṭottarasahastraṃ vāpyathavāṣṭaśaṃta ghṛtam

37.7

धर्मकामादिसिद्ध्यर्थं जुहुयात्सर्वकर्मसु ।
प्रतिमां चन्दनस्वर्णनिर्मितां प्रतिपूज्य च

dharmakāmādisiddhyarthaṃ juhuyātsarvakarmasu |
pratimāṃ candanasvarṇanirmitāṃ pratipūjya ca

37.8

यथा लक्षं तु जप्तव्यं पयोमूलफलार्शनैः ।
अयुतद्वयहोमेन सर्वकामानवाप्नुयात्

yathā lakṣaṃ tu japtavyaṃ payomūlaphalārśanaiḥ |
ayutadvayahomena sarvakāmānavāpnuyāt

37.9

उत्तरे शिखरे जाता भूम्यां पर्वत वासिनी ।
ब्रह्मणा समनुज्ञाता गच्छ देवि यथासुखम्

uttare śikhare jātā bhūmyāṃ parvata vāsinī |
brahmaṇā samanujñātā gaccha devi yathāsukham

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