Shloka 3

Prāṇeśvara Garuḍa-Mantra: Timing (Velā), Nāga-Grahas, Nyāsa, Haṃsa-Rite, and Viṣa-Cikitsā

Devanagari script

षष्ठ्यां च कर्कटे मेषे मूलाश्लेषामघादिषु / कक्षाश्रोणिगले सन्धौ शङ्खकर्णोदरादिषु

Transliteration

ṣaṣṭhyāṃ ca karkaṭe meṣe mūlāśleṣāmaghādiṣu / kakṣāśroṇigale sandhau śaṅkhakarṇodarādiṣu

Translation

षष्ठी (विभागात), कर्क व मेष राशीत, तसेच मूळा, आश्लेषा, मघा इत्यादी नक्षत्रांत—काख, श्रोणी, गळा, सांधे, तसेच शंखप्रदेश, कान, उदर इत्यादी ठिकाणी (दोष) प्रकट होतो।

Word by Word

• षष्ठ्याम्: on the sixth (lunar day)
• षष्ठ्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṣaṣṭhī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (तिथिवाचक)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• कर्कटे: in Cancer (zodiac sign)
• कर्कटे: Adhikarana (Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karkaṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (राशिवाचक)

• मेषे: in Aries (zodiac sign)
• मेषे: Adhikarana (Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: meṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (राशिवाचक)

• मूलाश्लेषामघादिषु: in Mūlā, Āśleṣā, Maghā, etc. (nakṣatras)
• मूलाश्लेषामघादिषु: Adhikarana (Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mūlā + āśleṣā + maghā + ādi (प्रातिपदिक + प्रातिपदिक + प्रातिपदिक + प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (समासान्त ‘आदि’), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; नक्षत्रसमूहवाचकः ‘आदि’ सहितः

• कक्षाश्रोणिगले: in the armpit, hip, and throat region
• कक्षाश्रोणिगले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kakṣā + śroṇi + gala (प्रातिपदिक + प्रातिपदिक + प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (समाहार-द्वन्द्व), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कक्षा-श्रोणि-गल (समाहार)

• सन्धौ: at a joint
• सन्धौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sandhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• शङ्खकर्णोदरादिषु: in the temple, ear, belly, etc.
• शङ्खकर्णोदरादिषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṅkha + karṇa + udara + ādi (प्रातिपदिक + प्रातिपदिक + प्रातिपदिक + प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (समासान्त ‘आदि’), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; ‘आदि’ सहितः (शङ्खे, कर्णे, उदरे इत्यादिषु)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (speaking to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Time (nakṣatra/rāśi) conditions the manifestation pattern of affliction; diagnosis integrates cosmic and bodily correspondences.

Vedantic Theme: Kāla as an ordering principle in prakṛti; events unfold within patterned causality.

Application: Use timing and symptom-location mapping as a traditional diagnostic aid; in modern terms, treat as triage metadata while prioritizing clinical signs and urgent care.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

Geographic Context

Type: body-mapping (somatic ‘locations’) tied to time/asterisms

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana: poison/omen sections that correlate time-signs with outcomes (contextual parallel)

FAQs

What is the importance of body-part indications in the Garuda Purana?

This verse maps specific signs and nakṣatras to bodily regions, implying that karmic or astrological conditions can be read through where afflictions manifest.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

Indirectly: by linking embodied experience (pain/affliction in specific regions) with cosmic factors, it supports the text’s broader theme that karma and subtle influences shape life before the soul’s post-death journey.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Use it as a traditional diagnostic lens alongside ethical living and disciplined conduct—treat bodily suffering as a prompt for self-correction, prayer, and appropriate remedial observances when followed within a legitimate tradition.