[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Garudapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda) › 1.75 # Garudapurana 1.75 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.75 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.75.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.75.7) — 1 part ### [1.75.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.75.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 75 sūta uvāca / vāyurnakhāndaityapatergṛhītvā cikṣepa satpadmavaneṣu hṛṣṭaḥ / tataḥ prasūtaṃ pavanopapannaṃ karketanaṃ pūjayatamaṃ pṛthivyām // > Sūta said: / Vāyu, having seized the claws of the lord of the Daityas, joyfully cast them into auspicious lotus groves; / thence was born, produced by the wind, / the karketana gem, most revered upon earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.75.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.75.2) varṇena tadrudhirasomamadhuprakāśamātāmrapītadahanojjvalitaṃ vibhāti / nīlaṃ punaḥ khalu sitaṃ paruṣaṃ vibhinnaṃ vyādhyādidoṣakaraṇena ca tadvibhāti // > In colour it shines like blood, the moon, and honey, illuminated with copper, yellow, and fire; / but blue, white, rough, or fractured, / it shines adversely, causing diseases and other defects. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.75.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.75.3) snigdhā viśuddhāḥ samarāgiṇaśca āpītavarṇā guravo vicitrāḥ / trāsavraṇavyālavivarjitāśca karketanāste paramaṃ pavitrāḥ // > Glossy, pure, evenly tinted, yellowish in colour, / heavy, variegated, and free from flaws, fractures, and serpentine veins— / those karketanas are exceedingly pure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.75.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.75.4) patreṇa kāñcanamayena tu veṣṭayitvā taptaṃ yadā hutavahe bhavati prakāśam / rogapraṇāśanakaraṃ kalināśanaṃ tadāyuṣkaraṃ kulakaraṃ ca sukhapradaṃ ca // > When wrapped in a sheet of gold and heated in fire it becomes luminous, / it destroys disease, ends strife, / increases lifespan, expands the family line, and bestows happiness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.75.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.75.5) evaṃvidhaṃ bahuguṇaṃ maṇimāvahanti karketanaṃ śubhalaṅkṛtaye narā ye / te pūjitā bahudhanā bahubāndhavāśca nityojjvalāḥ pramuditā apite bhavanti // > Men who wear such a karketana gem endowed with many virtues for auspicious adornment / become revered, endowed with great wealth and many kinsmen, / and are ever radiant and joyful. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.75.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.75.6) eke 'panahya vikṛtākulanīlabhāsaḥ pramlānarāgalulitāḥ kaluṣā virūpāḥ / tejo 'tidīpti kulapuṣṭivihīnavarṇāḥ karketanasya sadṛśaṃ vapurudvahanti // > Some, having tied on \[stones of\] deformed and murky blue luster, faint colour, / turbid, disfigured, lacking fire, intense brilliance, and fullness of hue, / merely bear a semblance of the karketana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.75.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.75.7) karketanaṃ yadi parīkṣitavarṇarūpaṃ pratyagrabhāsvaradivākarasuprakāśam / tasyottamasya maṇi śāstravidāṃ mahimnā tulyaṃ tu mūlyamuditaṃ tulitasya kāryam // > If a karketana, examined for colour and form, is brilliant like the newly risen sun, / the value of that weighed gem should be appraised as equal / to that which is declared by the majesty of connoisseurs of the gem treatises. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.75.7.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.75.7.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe karketanaparīkṣaṇaṃ nāma pañcasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the seventy-fifth chapter, entitled 'Examination of Karketana', in the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first part of the first section of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.75.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.75) · Pramāṇa