Pūrva Khaṇḍa
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The first section of the Garuḍa Purāṇa (239 chapters), covering Viṣṇu worship, cosmology, dharma, medicine, gemology, grammar, and various ritual sciences.
Sub-categories (239)
Chapter 1 — etatpurāṇapravṛttihetunirūpaṇaṃChapter 2 — śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇotpattinirūpaṇaṃChapter 3 — viṣayanirūpaṇaṃChapter 4 — sṛṣṭivarṇanaṃChapter 5 — Chapter 5Chapter 6 — uttānapādavaṃśādivarṇanaṃChapter 7 — Chapter 7Chapter 8 — Chapter 8Chapter 9 — viṣṇudīkṣānidṛChapter 10 — lakṣmyarcananirūpaṇaṃChapter 11 — navavyūhārcanaṃChapter 12 — pūjānukramanirūpaṇaṃChapter 13 — viṣṇupañjarastotraṃChapter 14 — dhyānayogoChapter 15 — śrīviṣṇusahasranāmastotranirūpaṇaṃChapter 16 — haridhyānasūryārcanayornirūpaṇaṃChapter 17 — Chapter 17Chapter 18 — Chapter 18Chapter 19 — Chapter 19Chapter 20 — viṣādiharamantrabṛndanirūpaṇaṃChapter 21 — Chapter 21Chapter 22 — śivārcanaprakāroChapter 23 — śivārcananirūpaṇaṃChapter 24 — Chapter 24Chapter 25 — āsanapūjānirūpaṇaṃChapter 26 — karanyāsādinirūpaṇaṃChapter 27 — Chapter 27Chapter 28 — Chapter 28Chapter 29 — Chapter 29Chapter 30 — Chapter 30Chapter 31 — Chapter 31Chapter 32 — Chapter 32Chapter 33 — Chapter 33Chapter 34 — Chapter 34Chapter 35 — gāyattrīnyāsanirūpaṇaṃChapter 36 — Chapter 36Chapter 37 — gāyattrīkalpanirūpaṇaṃChapter 38 — Chapter 38Chapter 39 — sūryārcanaprakāroChapter 40 — Chapter 40Chapter 41 — vaśyādisādhikamantranirūpaṇaṃChapter 42 — śivapavitrāropaṇaṃChapter 43 — viṣṇupavitrāropaṇaṃChapter 44 — brahmamūrtidhyānanirūpaṇaṃChapter 45 — śālagrāmamūrtilakṣaṇaṃChapter 46 — vāstumānalakṣaṇaṃChapter 47 — Chapter 47Chapter 48 — Chapter 48Chapter 49 — varṇāśramadharmanirūpaṇaṃChapter 50 — Chapter 50Chapter 51 — dānadharmanirūpaṇaṃChapter 52 — prāyaścittanirūpaṇaṃChapter 53 — navanidhivarṇanaṃChapter 54 — Chapter 54Chapter 55 — bhuvanakośavarṇanaṃChapter 56 — bhuvanakośavarṇanaṃChapter 57 — Chapter 57Chapter 58 — Chapter 58Chapter 59 — jyotiḥ śāstre nakṣatrataddevatādagdhayogādinirūpaṇaṃChapter 60 — jyotiḥ śāstre grahadaśādinirūpaṇaṃChapter 61 — Chapter 61Chapter 63 — Chapter 63Chapter 64 — Chapter 64Chapter 65 — Chapter 65Chapter 66 — Chapter 66Chapter 67 — svarodaye śubhāśubhanirūpaṇaṃChapter 68 — Chapter 68Chapter 69 — muktāphalapramāṇādivarṇanaṃChapter 70 — padmarāgaparīkṣaṇaṃChapter 71 — Chapter 71Chapter 72 — indranīlaparīkṣaṇaṃChapter 73 — vaidūryaparīkṣaṇaṃChapter 74 — puṣparāgaparīkṣaṇaṃChapter 75 — karketanaparīkṣaṇaṃChapter 76 — vaidūryaparīkṣaṇaṃChapter 77 — pulakaparīkṣaṇaṃChapter 78 — Chapter 78Chapter 79 — sphaṭikaparīkṣaṇaṃChapter 80 — Chapter 80Chapter 81 — sarvatīrtha māhātmyaṃChapter 82 — gayāmāhātmyaṃChapter 83 — gayāmāhātmyaṃChapter 84 — Chapter 84Chapter 85 — gayāmāhātmyaṃChapter 86 — gayāmāhātmyaṃChapter 87 — Chapter 87Chapter 88 — Chapter 88Chapter 89 — rucikṛtapitṛstotraṃChapter 90 — Chapter 90Chapter 91 — haridhyānaṃChapter 92 — viṣṇudhyānaṃChapter 93 — yājñavalkyoktavarṇadharṃmanirūpaṇaṃChapter 94 — Chapter 94Chapter 95 — Chapter 95Chapter 96 — Chapter 96Chapter 97 — Chapter 97Chapter 98 — Chapter 98Chapter 99 — Chapter 99Chapter 100 — Chapter 100Chapter 101 — yājñavalkyoktagrahaśāntinirūpaṇaṃChapter 102 — Chapter 102Chapter 103 — Chapter 103Chapter 104 — Chapter 104Chapter 105 — Chapter 105Chapter 106 — yājñavalkyoktāśaucāpadvṛttyornirūpaṇaṃChapter 107 — parāśaroktadharmanirūpaṇaṃChapter 108 — Chapter 108Chapter 109 — Chapter 109Chapter 110 — Chapter 110Chapter 111 — Chapter 111Chapter 112 — Chapter 112Chapter 113 — Chapter 113Chapter 114 — Chapter 114Chapter 115 — śaunakoktanītisārādivarṇanaṃChapter 116 — tithyādivratavarṇanaṃChapter 117 — naṅgatrayodaśīvrataṃChapter 118 — Chapter 118Chapter 119 — gastyārghyavrataṃChapter 120 — rambhātṛtīyāvrataṃChapter 121 — cāturmāsyavratanirūpaṇaṃChapter 122 — māsopavāsavrataṃChapter 123 — bhīṣmapañcakādivrataṃChapter 124 — śivarātrivrataṃChapter 125 — ekādaśīmāhātmyaṃChapter 126 — Chapter 126Chapter 127 — ekādaśīmāhātmyaṃChapter 128 — Chapter 128Chapter 129 — daṣṭoddhārapañcamavritaṃChapter 130 — saptamīvratanirūpaṇaṃChapter 131 — Chapter 131Chapter 132 — budhāṣṭamīvratanirūpaṇaṃChapter 133 — mahānavamīvrataṃChapter 134 — mahānavamyāṃ mahākauśikamantrakṛtyādivivaraṇaṃChapter 135 — ṛṣyekādaśīvrataṃChapter 136 — śravaṇadvādaśīvratanirūpaṇaṃChapter 137 — tithivāranakṣatrādivratanirūpaṇaṃChapter 138 — Chapter 138Chapter 139 — candravaṃśavarṇanaṃChapter 140 — candravaṃśavarṇanaṃChapter 141 — Chapter 141Chapter 142 — daśāvatāradṛChapter 143 — rāmāyaṇavarṇanaṃChapter 144 — harivaṃśavarṇanaṃChapter 145 — bhāratādivarṇanaṃChapter 146 — sarvaroganidānaṃChapter 147 — jvaranidānādikaṃChapter 148 — Chapter 148Chapter 149 — kāsanidānāChapter 150 — śvāsanidānāChapter 151 — hikrānidānāChapter 152 — yakṣmanidānāChapter 153 — rocakanidānāChapter 154 — āmlapittanidānāChapter 155 — madātyayādinidānaṃChapter 156 — Chapter 156Chapter 157 — Chapter 157Chapter 158 — Chapter 158Chapter 159 — pramehanidānaChapter 160 — vidradhigulmanidānaChapter 161 — Chapter 161Chapter 162 — pāṇḍusothanidānaṃChapter 163 — vīsarpanidānaṃChapter 164 — kuṣṭharoganidānaChapter 165 — kriminidānaṃChapter 166 — vātavyādhinidānaṃChapter 167 — Chapter 167Chapter 168 — Chapter 168Chapter 169 — anupānādividhikathanaṃChapter 170 — jvarādicikitsānirūpaṇaṃChapter 171 — nāḍīvraṇādicikitsāvarṇanaṃChapter 172 — strīrogacikitsādikayanaṃChapter 173 — yogasamadivarṇanaṃChapter 174 — brāhmīghṛtādivarṇanaṃChapter 175 — jvaraharanānāyogādivarṇanaṃChapter 176 — keśotpattyādivarṇanaṃChapter 177 — netrāñjanādinirūpaṇaṃChapter 178 — Chapter 178Chapter 179 — Chapter 179Chapter 180 — Chapter 180Chapter 181 — Chapter 181Chapter 182 — Chapter 182Chapter 183 — Chapter 183Chapter 184 — Chapter 184Chapter 185 — Chapter 185Chapter 186 — Chapter 186Chapter 187 — Chapter 187Chapter 188 — Chapter 188Chapter 189 — Chapter 189Chapter 190 — Chapter 190Chapter 191 — Chapter 191Chapter 192 — Chapter 192Chapter 193 — Chapter 193Chapter 194 — vaiṣṇavakavacakathanaṃChapter 195 — Chapter 195Chapter 196 — Chapter 196Chapter 197 — Chapter 197Chapter 198 — Chapter 198Chapter 199 — Chapter 199Chapter 200 — Chapter 200Chapter 201 — gajāśvāyurvedanirūpaṇaṃChapter 202 — nānāvidhoṣadhaprayogānirūpaṇaṃChapter 203 — nānauṣadhaprayoganirūpaṇaṃChapter 204 — Chapter 204Chapter 205 — vyākaraṇanirūpaṇaṃChapter 206 — Chapter 206Chapter 207 — chandaḥ śāstrechandaḥsaṃjñāparibhāṣānirūpaṇaṃChapter 208 — Chapter 208Chapter 209 — samavṛttalakṣaṇādinirūpaṇaṃChapter 210 — Chapter 210Chapter 211 — viṣamavṛttalakṣaṇādinirūpaṇaṃChapter 212 — Chapter 212Chapter 213 — Chapter 213Chapter 214 — snānavidhivivaraṇaṃChapter 215 — devāditarpaṇanirūpaṇaṃChapter 216 — vaiśvadevanirūpaṇaṃChapter 217 — sandhyāvidhinirūpaṇaṃChapter 218 — Chapter 218Chapter 219 — Chapter 219Chapter 220 — śrāddhānuṣṭhānaṃChapter 221 — dharmasārakathanaṃChapter 222 — prāyaścitakathanaṃChapter 223 — yugadharmakathanaṃChapter 224 — Chapter 224Chapter 225 — karmavipākādikathanaṃChapter 226 — Chapter 226Chapter 227 — bhagavadbhaktivivaraṇaṃChapter 228 — Chapter 228Chapter 229 — viṣṇupūjānirūpaṇaṃChapter 230 — viṣṇumahātmyavarṇanaṃChapter 231 — nṛsiṃhastotraṃChapter 232 — Chapter 232Chapter 233 — Chapter 233Chapter 234 — cyutastotraṃChapter 235 — brahmavijñānasvarūpaṇaṃChapter 236 — ātmajñānasvarūpavarṇanaṃChapter 237 — śrīmadbhagavadgītāsāranirūpaṇaṃChapter 238 — Chapter 238Chapter 239 — brahmagītāsāravarṇanaṃChapter 240 — garuḍapurāṇamāhātmyaṃ