The Garuda Purana (abridged)
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The Garuda Purana (Garuḍa purāṇa) is a smriti Purana (smṛti, Hindu customary law). Its first part contains a dialog between Vishnu and Garuda, the King of Birds. The second half contains details of life after death, funeral rites and the metaphysics of reincarnation....
Saraswati Mantra
A devotee should begin his worship by making salutations to goddess Sarswati by chanting– OM HRIM SARSWATYAI NAMAH.
He should then perform the rituals of ‘Shadangnyas’ by chanting the following mantras– OM HRAM HRIDAYAY NAMAH,
OM HRIM SHIRSE SWAHA,
OM HOOM SHIKHAYAI VASHAT,
OM HRAIM KAVACHAY HOOM,
OM HRAUM NETRA TRAYAY VAUSHAT,
OM HRAH ASTRAY PHAT.