Garudapurana 1.79
Garuḍapurāṇa 1.79
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- 1.79.3 — 1 part
1.79.1
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 79
sūta uvāca /
kāveravindhyayavanacīnanepālabhūmiṣu /
lāṅgalī vyakiranmedo dānavasya prayatnataḥ //
The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 79
Sūta said: / In the lands of Kāvera, the Vindhya, the Yavanas, Cīna, and Nepāla, / Balarāma carefully scattered the fat of the dānava.
1.79.2
ākāśaśuddhaṃ tailākhyamutpannaṃ sphaṭikaṃ tataḥ /
mṛṇālaśaṅkhadhavalaṃ kiñcidvarṇāntaranvitam //
From that was born quartz, pure as the sky, called oily, / white as a lotus stalk or a conch shell, or endowed with a slightly different hue.
1.79.3
na ttulyaṃ hi ratnānāmathavā pāpanāśanam /
saṃskṛtaṃ śilpinā sadyo mūlyaṃ kiñcillabhettataḥ (dā) //
It does not equal [other] gems, yet it destroys sins; / when fashioned by an artisan, it immediately obtains a certain price.
1.79.3.p1
iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe sphaṭikaparīkṣaṇaṃ nāmaikonāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus ends the seventy-ninth chapter, entitled “Examination of Quartz,” in the section on conduct, the first division of the first section of the glorious and great Garuḍa Purāṇa.
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