Garuda Purana

ॐ नमो भगवति ऋक्षकर्णि चतुर्भुजे ऊर्द्ध्वकेशि त्रिनयने कालरात्रि मानुषाणां वसारुधिरभोजने अमुकस्य प्राप्तकालस्य मृत्युप्रदे हुं फट् हनहन दहदह मांसरुधिरं पचपच ऋक्षपत्नि स्वाहा । न तिथिर्न च नक्षत्रं नोपवासो विधीयते ।। 41.

Om, obeisance to the blessed one, Ṛkṣakarṇī, four-armed, with hair upright, three-eyed, Kālarātri, who eats the flesh and blood of humans; for so-and-so, whose time has come, giver of death—hūṃ phaṭ, strike, strike, burn, burn, cook the flesh and blood; to Ṛkṣapatnī, svāhā. No lunar day, no constellation, no fast is prescribed.

क्रुद्धो रक्तेन संमार्ज्य करौ ताभ्यां प्रगृह्य च ॐ नमः सर्वतोयन्त्राण्येतद्यथा जम्भनि मोहनि सर्वशत्रुविदारिणि रक्षरक्ष माममुकं सर्वभयोपद्रवेभ्यः स्वाहा 41.

Angered, having smeared the hands with blood, and having grasped with them: Om, obeisance to all machines—just as you bind, enchant, and destroy all enemies, protect, protect me, so-and-so, from all dangers and calamities, svāhā.

इति श्रीगारुडे महापुराणे पूर्वखण्डे प्रथमांशाख्ये आचारकाण्डे वश्यादिसाधिकमन्त्रनिरूपणं नामैकचत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः

Thus, in the Śrī Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, in the First Section of the Eastern Part, in the Conduct Section, the forty-first chapter named 'The Explanation of Mantras for Enchantment and Similar Powers' is concluded.

पवित्रारोपणं वक्ष्ये शिवस्याशिवनाशनम् 42.

I shall explain the placing of the sacred thread, which destroys inauspiciousness and brings auspiciousness to Shiva.

संवत्सरकृतां पूजां विघ्नेशो हरतेऽन्यथा 42.

If the worship performed throughout the year is hindered, Ganesha removes it; otherwise, he does not.

सौवर्णरौप्यताम्रं च सूत्रं कार्पासिकं क्रमात् 42.

Gold, silver, copper, and cotton thread are to be used in succession.

त्रिगुणं त्रिगुणीकृत्य ततः कुर्य्यात्पवित्रकम् 42.

Making the thread threefold, one should then prepare the sacred thread.

अघोरेण तु संशोध्य बद्धस्तत्पुरुषाद्भवेत् 42.

After purifying it with the Aghora mantra, tying it causes it to become of the Tatpurusha form.

ॐ कारश्चन्द्रमा वह्निर्ब्रह्मा नागः शिखिध्वजः 42.

Om, the moon, fire, Brahma, serpent, and the peacock-bannered one.

अष्टोत्तरशतं कुर्य्यात्पञ्चाशत्पञ्चविंशतिम् 42.

One should make one hundred and eight, fifty, or twenty-five.

चतुरङ्गुलान्तराः स्युर्ग्रन्थिनामानि च क्रमात् 42.

The knots should be spaced four finger-widths apart, and named in order.

जया च विजया रुद्रा अजिता च सदाशिवा 42.

Jaya, Vijaya, Rudra, Ajita, and Sadashiva.

रञ्जयेत्कुंकुमाद्यैस्तु कुर्य्याद्गन्धैः पवित्रकम् 42.

One should color the sacred thread with kumkum and similar substances, and prepare it with fragrances.

क्षीरादिभिश्च संस्थाप्य लिङ्गं गन्धादिभिर्यजेत् 42.

Establishing the linga with milk and other offerings, one should worship it with fragrances and similar items.

पुष्पं गन्धयुतं दद्यान्मूलेनेशानगोचरे 42.

One should offer a flower scented with fragrance at the root, within the domain of Ishana.

मृत्तिकां पश्चिमे दद्याद्दक्षिणे भस्म भूतयः 42.

One should place clay in the west, ashes in the south, and the elements.

वायव्यां सर्षपं दद्यात्कवचेन वृषध्वज 42.

One should offer mustard seeds in the northwest, and with a protective mantra, to the bull-bannered one.

होमं कृत्वाग्नये दत्त्वा दद्याद्भूतबलिं तथा 42.

After performing the homa, offering to Agni, one should also give offerings to the spirits.

प्रातस्त्वां पूजयिष्यामि अत्र सन्निहितो भव 42.16 मन्त्रितानि पवित्राणि स्थापयेद्देवपार्श्वतः 42.

In the morning, I shall worship you; be present here. One should place the consecrated sacred threads beside the deity.

ललाटस्थं विश्वरूपं ध्यात्वात्मानं प्रपूजयेत् 42.

Meditating on the universal form situated on the forehead, one should worship oneself.

संहितामन्त्रितान्येव धूपितानि समर्पयेत् 42.

One should offer only those sacred threads which have been consecrated with the Samhita mantras and fumigated.

आत्मतत्त्वात्मकं पश्चाद्देवकाख्यं ततोऽर्चयेत् ॐ हीं(हीः) विद्यातत्त्वाय नमः ।। 42.

Afterwards, worship the principle called Devaka, which is of the nature of the true self, with the mantra: Om hīṃ (or hīḥ), obeisance to the principle of knowledge.

ॐ हां (हौः) आत्मतत्त्वाय नमः कालात्मना त्वया देव यदॄष्टं मामके विधौ ।। 42.

Om hāṃ (or hauḥ), obeisance to the principle of the self; O God, whatever has been seen by you as the soul of time in my ritual—

कृतं क्लिष्टं समुत्सृष्टं हुतं गुप्तं च यत्कृतम् 42.

Whatever has been done, done with difficulty, abandoned, offered, or kept secret—

पूरयपूरय मखव्रतं तन्नियमेश्वराय सर्वतत्त्वात्मकाय सर्वकारणपालिताय ॐ हां हीं हूं हैं हौं शिवाय नमः ।। 42.

Fulfill, fulfill the sacrificial vow; to the Lord of that observance, who is the essence of all principles, who is protected by all causes: Om hāṃ hīṃ hūṃ haiṃ hauṃ, obeisance to Śiva.

पूर्वैरनेन यो दद्यात्पवित्राणां चतुष्टयम् 42.

By this, one who gives the four purifying threads as done by the ancients—

बलिं दत्त्वा द्विजान् भोज्य चण्डं प्राच्यै विसर्जयेत् ।। 42.

Having given the offering to the twice-born, and food, let him dismiss the fierce one to the east.

इति श्रीगारुडे महापुराणे पूर्वखण्डे प्रथमांशाख्ये आचारकाण्डे शिवपवित्रारोपणं नाम द्विचत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः

Thus ends the forty-second chapter, named 'The Placing of the Śiva-Pavitra,' in the conduct section of the first part of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa.

पवित्रारोपणं वक्ष्ये भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदं हरेः 43.

I shall explain the placing of the pavitra, which bestows enjoyment and liberation, as taught by Hari.