Garuda Purana

हरिं यजोत्त्रिषवणस्नायी गन्धादिभिर्व्रती । गात्राभ्यङ्गं गन्धलेपं देवतायतने त्यजेत् ॥ १,१२२.

One who performs the vow should worship Hari after bathing thrice daily, using scents and the like; but should avoid anointing the body with fragrant ointments in the temple of the deity.

द्वादश्यामथ संपूज्य प्रदद्याद्द्विजभोजनम् । ततश्च पारणं कुर्याद्धरेर्मासोपवासकृत् ॥ १,१२२.

Then, having worshipped on the twelfth day, one should offer food to Brahmins; after that, the observer of the monthly fast of Hari should break the fast.

दुग्धादिप्राशनं कुर्याद्व्रतस्थो मूर्छितोऽन्तरा । दुग्धाद्यैर्न व्रतं नश्येद्भुक्तिमुक्तिमवाप्नुयात् ॥ १,१२२.

If, while observing the vow, one becomes faint, he may take milk and the like; by taking milk and similar things, the vow is not broken, and he attains both enjoyment and liberation.

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम् १२३ ब्रह्मोवाच । व्रतानि कार्तिके वक्ष्ये स्नात्वा विष्णुं प्रपूजयेत् । एकभक्तेन नक्तेन मासं वायाचितेन वा ॥ १,१२३.

Brahma said: I will declare the vows for Kartika; after bathing, one should worship Vishnu, either with a single meal, at night, for a month, or by begging.

दुग्धशाकफलाद्यैर्वा उपवासेन वा पुनः । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः प्राप्तकामो हरिं व्रजेत् ॥ १,१२३.

Or with milk, vegetables, fruits, and the like, or again by fasting; being freed from all sins, and having fulfilled his desire, he attains Hari.

सदा हरेर्व्रतं श्रेष्ठं ततः स्याद्दक्षिणायने । चातुर्मास्ये ततस्तस्मात्कार्तिके भीष्मपञ्चकम् ॥ १,१२३.

Always, the vow of Hari is the best; then comes the southern solstice, then the four-month vow, and after that, in Kartika, the Bhishma Panchaka.

ततः श्रेष्ठव्रतं शुक्लस्यैकादश्यां समाचरेत् । स्नात्वा त्रिकालं पित्रादीन्यवाद्यैरर्चयेद्धरिम् ॥ १,१२३.

Then, the best vow should be performed on the eleventh day of the bright fortnight; after bathing, one should worship Hari three times a day, along with ancestors and others, with offerings.

यजेन्मौनी घृताद्यैश्च पञ्चगव्येन वारिभिः । स्नापयित्वाथ कर्पूरमुखैश्चैवानुलेपयेत् ॥ १,१२३.

The silent one should worship with ghee and the like, with the five products of the cow and with water; after bathing, he should anoint with camphor and other fragrant substances.

घृताक्तगुग्गुलैर्धूपं द्विजः पञ्चदिनं दहेत् । नैवेद्यं परमान्नं तु जपेदष्टोत्तरं शतम् ॥ १,१२३.

A twice-born should burn incense of guggul smeared with ghee for five days; the offering should be the best food, and he should recite one hundred and eight times.

ओं नमो वासुदेवाय घृतव्रीहितिलादिकम् । अष्टाक्षरेण मन्त्रेण स्वाहान्तेन तु होमयेत् ॥ १,१२३.

Om, obeisance to Vāsudeva! One should offer oblations of ghee, rice, sesame, and the like, using the eight-syllabled mantra ending with 'svāhā.'

प्रथमेऽह्नि हरेः पादौ यजेत्पद्मैर्द्वितीयक । बिल्वपत्रैर्जानुदेशं नाभिं गन्धेन चापरे ॥ १,१२३.

On the first day, one should worship the feet of Hari with lotuses; on the second, the knees with bilva leaves; on the third, the navel with fragrant substances.

स्कन्धा बिल्वजवाभिश्च पञ्चमेऽह्नि शिरोऽर्चयेत् । मालत्या भूमिशायी स्याद्गोमयं प्राशयेत्क्रमात् ॥ १,१२३.

On the fifth day, one should worship the shoulders with bilva and java flowers, and the head; with mālatī flowers, the deity is to be laid on the ground, and cow dung should be consumed in order.

गोमूत्रं च दधि क्षीरं पञ्चमे पञ्चगव्यकम् । नक्तं कुर्यात्पञ्चदश्यां व्रती स्याद्भुक्तिमुक्तिभाक् ॥ १,१२३.

On the fifth day, one should take the five products of the cow: cow urine, curd, and milk; on the fifteenth night, one should observe a night fast—thus the vow-holder attains both enjoyment and liberation.

एकादशीव्रतं नित्यं तत्कुर्यात्पक्षयोर्द्वयोः । अघौघनरकं हन्यात्सर्वदं विष्णुलोकदम् ॥ १,१२३.

One should always observe the Ekādaśī vow on both fortnights; it destroys the multitude of sins and hell, and always grants the abode of Viṣṇu.

एकादशी द्वादशी च निशान्ते च त्रयोदशी । नित्यमेकादशी यत्र तत्र सन्निहितो हरिः ॥ १,१२३.

Wherever there is Ekādaśī, Dvādaśī, and Trayodaśī at night’s end, there Hari is always present.

दशम्येकादशी यत्र तत्रस्थाश्चासुरादयः । द्वादश्यां पारण कुर्यात्सूतके मृतके चरेत् ॥ १,१२३.

Wherever Daśamī and Ekādaśī occur, there too are demons and the like; on Dvādaśī one should break the fast, and observe the rules even in cases of impurity or death.

चतुर्दशीं प्रतिपदं पूर्वमिश्रामुपावसेत् । पौर्णमास्याममावास्यां प्रतिपन्मिश्रितां मुने ॥ १,१२३.

One should fast on the fourteenth and the first days when they are mixed with the previous day; O sage, on the full moon and new moon, and when the first day is mixed.

द्वितीयां तृतीयामिश्रां तृतीयाञ्चाप्युपावसेत् । चतुर्थ्या सङ्गतां नित्यं चतुर्थीञ्चानया युताम् । पञ्चमीं षष्ठ्यसंयुक्तां षष्ठ्या युक्ताञ्च सप्तमीम् ॥ १,१२३.

One should also fast on the second and third days when they are mixed, and on the third joined with the fourth; always on the fourth joined with it, and on the fifth joined with the sixth, and the seventh joined with the sixth.

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम् १२४ ब्रह्मोवाच । शिवरात्रिव्रतं वक्ष्ये कथां वै सर्वकामदाम् । यथा च गौरी भूतेशं पृच्छति स्म परं व्रतम् ॥ १,१२४.

Brahmā said: I shall now describe the vow of Śivarātri and the story that grants all desires, and how Gaurī once asked Bhūteśa about the supreme vow.

ईश्वरौवाच । माघफाल्गुनयोर्मध्ये कृष्णा या तु चतुर्दशी । तस्यां जागरणाद्रुद्रः पूजितो भुक्तिमुक्तिदः ॥ १,१२४.

Īśvara said: In the dark half of the month between Māgha and Phālguna, the fourteenth day—on that night, by keeping vigil and worshipping Rudra, one attains both enjoyment and liberation.

कामयुक्तो हरः पूज्यो द्वादश्यामि केशवः । उपोषितैः पूजितः सन्नरकात्तरयत्तथा ॥ १,१२४.

Hara, when worshipped with desire, is to be honored on Dvādaśī, and Keśava as well; when worshipped by those who have fasted, he delivers them from hell.

निषादश्चर्बुदे राजा पापी सुन्दरसेनकः । स कुक्रुरैः समायुक्तो मृगान्हन्तुं वनं गतः ॥ १,१२४.

There was a sinful king named Sundarasena, a Niṣāda in Arbuda, who, accompanied by wicked men, went to the forest to hunt animals.

मृगादि कमसंप्राप्य क्षुत्पिपासार्दितो गिरौ । रात्रौ तडागतीरेषु निकुञ्जे जाग्रदास्थितः ॥ १,१२४.

After obtaining animals and being afflicted by hunger and thirst on the mountain, he stayed awake at night in a grove by the side of a pond.

तत्रास्ति लिङ्गं स्वं रक्षञ्छरीरं चाक्षिपत्ततः । पर्णानि चापतन्मूर्ध्नि लिङ्गस्यैव न जानतः ॥ १,१२४.

There was a liṅga there; while guarding his own body, he threw down leaves, not knowing they were falling on the liṅga’s head.

तेन धूलिनिरोधाय क्षिप्तं नीरं च लिङ्गके । शरः प्रमादेनैकस्तु प्रच्युतः करपल्लवात् ॥ १,१२४.

To remove the dust, he poured water on the liṅga; and by accident, an arrow slipped from his hand.

जानुभ्यामवनीं गत्वा लिङ्गं स्प्टष्ट्वा गृहीतवान् । एवं स्नानं स्पर्शनं च पूजनं जागरोऽभवत् ॥ १,१२४.

Going to the ground on his knees, he touched and took hold of the liṅga; thus, bathing, touching, worshipping, and keeping vigil were accomplished.

प्रातर्गृहागतो भार्यादत्तान्नं भुक्तवान्स च । काले मृतो यमभटैः पाशैर्बद्ध्वा तु नीयते ॥ १,१२४.

In the morning, having returned home, he ate food given by his wife; in due course, he died and was bound by the nooses of Yama’s attendants and led away.

तदा मम गणैर्युद्धे जित्वा मुक्तीकृतः स च । कुक्कुरेण सहैवाभूद्गणो मत्पार्श्वगोऽमलः ॥ १,१२४.

Then, having been defeated in battle by my attendants, he was released, and together with the dog, that pure attendant remained by my side.

एवमज्ञानतः पुण्यञ्ज्ञानात्पुण्यमथाक्षयम् । त्रयोदश्यां शिवं पूज्य कुर्यात्त नियमं व्रती ॥ १,१२४.

Thus, from ignorance comes merit, and from knowledge, inexhaustible merit; on the thirteenth day, one who observes vows should worship Shiva and undertake this discipline.