Garudapurana 1.74
Garuḍapurāṇa 1.74
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- Sanskrit
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- 1.74.5 — 1 part
1.74.1
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 74
sūta uvāca /
patitāyā himādrau tu tvacastasya suradviṣaḥ /
prādurbhavanti tābhyastu puṣpa (ṣya) rāgā mahāguṇāḥ //
Sūta said: / From the skin of that enemy of the gods falling upon the snowy mountain, / topazes of great virtue / originate.
1.74.2
āpītapāṇḍuruciraḥ pāṣāṇaḥ padmarāgasaṃjñastu /
kaukaṇṭakanāmā syātsa eva yadi lohitāpītaḥ //
A stone that is yellowish-white and pleasing is named padmarāga; / that very same stone, if reddish-yellow, / is called kaukaṇṭaka.
1.74.3
ālohitastu pītaḥ svacchaḥ kāṣāyakaḥ sa ekoktaḥ /
ānīlaśuklavarṇaḥ snigdhaḥ somāla(na) kaḥ saguṇaḥ //
Slightly red, yellow, and clear, it is termed kāṣāyaka; / bluish-white, glossy, and possessing merits, it is a somālaka.
1.74.4
atyantalohito yaḥ sa eva khalu padmarāgasaṃjñaḥ syāt /
api cendranīlasaṃjñaḥ sa eva kathitaḥ sunīlaḥ san //
That which is exceedingly red is indeed known as padmarāga; / and that very same stone, when deep blue, / is declared to be an indranīla.
1.74.5
mūlyaṃ vaidūryamaṇeriva gāditaṃ hyasya ratnasāravidā /
dhāraṇaphalaṃ ca tadvatkiṃ tu strīṇāṃ sutaprado bhavati //
Its value has been declared by the connoisseur of gems to be like that of the cat's-eye gem, / and the fruit of wearing it is likewise; / yet for women it bestows sons.
1.74.5.p1
iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe puṣparāgaparīkṣaṇaṃ nāma catuḥ saptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus ends the seventy-fourth chapter, entitled 'Examination of Topaz', in the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first part of the first section of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa.
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