[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt) › 1.74 # Garudapurana 1.74 English (machine translation) 1.74 - **Language:** English ## Contents - [1.74.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.74.5) — 1 part ### [1.74.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.74.1) Sūta said: / From the skin of that enemy of the gods falling upon the snowy mountain, / topazes of great virtue / originate. ### [1.74.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.74.2) A stone that is yellowish-white and pleasing is named padmarāga; / that very same stone, if reddish-yellow, / is called kaukaṇṭaka. ### [1.74.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.74.3) Slightly red, yellow, and clear, it is termed kāṣāyaka; / bluish-white, glossy, and possessing merits, it is a somālaka. ### [1.74.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.74.4) That which is exceedingly red is indeed known as padmarāga; / and that very same stone, when deep blue, / is declared to be an indranīla. ### [1.74.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.74.5) Its value has been declared by the connoisseur of gems to be like that of the cat's-eye gem, / and the fruit of wearing it is likewise; / yet for women it bestows sons. ### [1.74.5.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.74.5.p1) Thus ends the seventy-fourth chapter, entitled 'Examination of Topaz', in the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first part of the first section of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. ## Linked texts (1) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.74.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.74) · Pramāṇa