Garuda PuranaGaruda Purana is one of the most sacred Mahapuranas for the devout Hindus. It gains importance because of a single factor: It is the only Purana which gives a detailed description of the, postmortem conditions and rituals as believed by this faith. However, it is a belief as spread by the dogmatic priestly class. The fact is that the Garuda Purana contains many more details other than these. It reveals the consequences of an action in a very graphic and logical way. While most of the puranas tell one what to do, it also tells us what one should not do. |
Contents
The Vaitarani River 3 The Tortures Suffered | |
The Sins | |
The Righteous Norms of Living | |
The Consequences of the Sins | |
The Ghosts | |
The Righteous Conduct | |
The Sampeedan Ceremony | |
The Realm of Yama | |
The Rebirth Procedure | |
The Ways to Salvation | |
The Diseases And Their Root Causes | |
Secrets of Pure Devotion | |
The Allied Details and Stories | |
Ancestors and Their Shraddha | |
The Dashgaatra and Other Ceremonies | |
The Ekadashah and The Sootaka | |
Epilogue | |
Thousand Names of Lord Vishnu | |
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Abode affliction Andaja bath beautiful becomes being’s Bestower Bheeshma birth Bliss body Brahmana called cause ceremony Chakra chanting Chitragupta copulation creation Creator deadly deceased deeds Deity demon Destroyer devotees Dhanvantari Dharma divine donate alms earth enlighten ensure faith Fast is observed father feels final fire Garuda asked Garuda Purana Gaya ghosts go to hell gods holy teerthas Incarnation Kashyapa keep king knowledge Krishna Kshatriya Lakshmi Lord Narayana Lord Shiva Lord Vishnu Lord’s lotus lunar day Mantra messengers of death Moksha mortal world Narsimha noble observed to propitiate one’s other’s path perform the Shraddha person Pindas postmortem Pralaya propitiate Lord Pushkaraksha Rama realised remain righteous ritual river sages salvation Sampeedan Shoodra Shraddha sinners sins Slayer Soota ji soul soul’s stealer Strotra subtle form suffer Supreme tell tortures tree Triphala ultimate Vaikuntha Vaishya Vaiterani Vasudeva Vedas vile Viradha Weilder wicked worship Yagya Yama Yama’s realm Yamaraj Yojan