[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) › 1.79 # Garudapurana 1.79 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.79 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.79.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.79.3) — 1 part ### [1.79.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.79.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.79.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.79.3.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.79.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Rasendrapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendrapurana.47.54) — Rāmaprasāda, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.79) · Pramāṇa