Garuda Mahā Purana - Achara Khaṇḍa
91 - Worship of Hari
Suta said:
1. Sages Svayambhuva Manu and others meditated on Hari. They became devoted to regular rituals, worship. good conduct, meditation, prayer and recital of names.
2. Hari who is devoid of body, sense organs, mind, intellect, vital breath, ego. (Hari) who is devoid of Ether and fiery essence.
3. Free from water and its attributes, free from Earth, devoid of all living beings.
4. The presiding deity of all living beings, the enlightened, the controller, the lord, the extensive, the sentient, presiding deity of everything, the unsullied.
5. Free from attachment, the great lord, worshipped by all deities, the brilliant, free from Sattva quality, devoid of Tamas quality.
6. Free from Rajas; aloof from three qualities, devoid of all colours, devoid of Kartrutva (the state of being the doer) etc.
7. Free from Vasanas (impressions and evil propensities) the pure, free from all defects devoid of thirst, free from sorrow and delusion.
8. Free from old age and death, the steady, devoid of delusions, having no birth, having no dissolution.
9. Devoid of all conduct of life, the true, the untainted, the supreme lord, free from the states of wakefulness, dream, sound slumber, devoid of names.
10. Presiding deity of the states of wakefulness, of tranquil form, lord of gods, stationed in wakefulness, the everlasting, free from causes and effects.
11-12. Observed by all, the embodied, the subtle, still subtler, endowed with the vision of knowledge, knowing through the ears, the blissful in form, free from the three cosmic forms of Vishva, Taijasa and Prajna, the fourth imperishable entity.
13. Protector of all, destroyer of all, having the form of the soul of all living beings, free from the attributes of intellect, devoid of support identical with Shiva and Hari.
14. Free from disintegration, known and realised through Vedanta (metaphysics), of the form of Vedas, the supreme living being, the auspicious beyond the sense organs.
15-16. Devoid of primary attributes of Sound, Taste, Touch, Colour essence, Colour and Smell, the beginningless, the Brahman, the end of the hole - I am the Brahman.
17. O Mahadeva, a man of controlled sense-organs shall meditate thus. He who meditates thus becomes identical with Brahman.
18. O Vrushadhvaja, thus I have expounded the meditation of the supreme god, what else shall I expound to you now?
Summary of chapter 91 of the Garuda Mahā Purana - Achara Khaṇḍa is as follows:
Bhagavān Vishṇu chronicles the glorious Solar Dynasty, Sūryavamsha, originating from Sūryadeva and Vaivasvata Manu. The narrative praises illustrious kings like Ikshvāku, Harishchandra, Sagara, Bhagīratha, and Prabhu Rāmachandra, who exemplified truth and righteousness.