[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) › 1.78 # Garudapurana 1.78 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.78 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.78.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.78.3) — 1 part ### [1.78.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.78.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 78 sūta uvāca / hutabhugrūpamādāya dānavasya yathepsitam / narmadāyāṃ nicikṣepa kiñciddhīnādibhūmiṣu // > The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 78 > Sūta said: / Taking \[the eyes of\] the dānava as desired, Agni / threw \[some\] into the Narmadā, and a portion into lowlands and other places. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.78.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.78.2) tatrendragopakalitaṃ śukavakravarṇaṃ saṃsthānataḥ prakaṭapīlusamānamātram / nānāprakāravihitaṃ rudhirākṣa(khya) ratnamuddhṛtya tasya khalu sarvasamānameva // > There, taking on the hue of an indragopa insect or the colour of a parrot's beak, in form clear and equal in size to a pīlu fruit, / produced in various ways, is the gem known as rudhirākṣa, arising entirely uniform from him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.78.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.78.3) madhyendupāṇḍuramatīva viśuddhavarṇaṃ taccendranīlasadṛśaṃ paṭalaṃ tule syāt / saiśvaryabhṛtyajananaṃ kathitaṃ tadaiva pakrañca tatkila bhavetsuravajravarṇam // > That which is pale in the middle like the moon, of exceedingly pure colour, and has a layer resembling a sapphire, in weight, / is said to grant sovereignty and servants at that very time; when mature, it is said to have the colour of Indra's thunderbolt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.78.3.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.78.3.p1) iti śrāgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe rudhirākṣaratnaparīkṣaṇaṃ nāmāṣṭasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the seventy-eighth chapter, entitled “Examination of the Rudhirākṣa Gem,” in the section on conduct, the first division of the first section of the glorious and great Garuḍa Purāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.78.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.78) · Pramāṇa