Garudapurana 1.80
Garuḍapurāṇa 1.80
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- 1.80.4 — 1 part
1.80.1
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 80
sūta uvāca /
ādāya śeṣastasyāntraṃ balasya kelādiṣu /
cikṣepa tatra jāyante vidrumāḥ subhahāguṇāḥ //
The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 80
Sūta said: / Taking the entrails of that Bala, Śeṣa cast them / into the lands of Kerala and others; there corals are produced with manifold virtues.
1.80.2
tatra pradhānaṃ śaśalohitābhaṃ guñjājapāpuṣpanibhaṃ pradiṣṭam /
sunīlakaṃ devakaromakañca sthānāni teṣu prabhavaṃ surāgam //
Among them, the best is said to possess the lustre of rabbit blood or the hue of a guñjā berry or a japā flower; / Sunīlaka and Devakaromaka are the places where beautifully coloured [coral] originates.
1.80.3
anyatra jātaṃ ca na tatpradhānaṃ mūlyaṃ bhavecchilpiviśeṣayogāt /
prasannaṃ komalaṃ snigdhaṃ surāgaṃ vidrumaṃ hi tat //
That which is born elsewhere is not superior; its price depends upon the skill of the artisan; / that coral indeed is clear, soft, smooth, and well-coloured.
1.80.4
dhanadhānyakaraṃ loke viṣārtibhayanāśanam /
parīkṣā pulakasyoktā rudhirākṣasya vai maṇeḥ /
sphaṭikasya vidrumasya ratnajñānāya śaunaka ! //
It brings wealth and grain in the world and destroys the fear of the distress of poison. / The examination of pulaka, of the rudhirākṣa gem, / of quartz, and of coral has been told for the knowledge of gems, O Śaunaka!
1.80.4.p1
iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe vidrumaparīkṣaṇaṃ nāmāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus ends the eightieth chapter, entitled “Examination of Coral,” in the section on conduct, the first division of the first section of the glorious and great Garuḍa Purāṇa.
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