[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) › 1.76 # Garudapurana 1.76 English (machine translation) 1.76 - **Language:** English ## Contents - [1.76.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.76.8) — 1 part ### [1.76.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.76.1) Sūta said: / In the northern region on the Himavat, the semen of that enemy of the gods fell; / it became the source / of the finest bhīṣma gems. ### [1.76.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.76.2) White, resembling a conch or lotus, resembling the syonāka flower, brilliant, / fresh, and diamond-like, / the bhīṣma stones originate from there. ### [1.76.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.76.3) Whoever, with faith, wears a pure bhīṣma gem / mounted in gold and the like upon his neck and other limbs, / always obtains great prosperity. ### [1.76.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.76.4) Beholding him, wild forest dwellers, though nearby, flee far away: / panthers, wolves, śarabhas, elephants, lions, tigers, / and other ferocious beasts. ### [1.76.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.76.5) He incurs no fear from enemies, and they do not mock his master; / a virtuous bhīṣma gem properly attained / becomes a partner upon the finger. ### [1.76.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.76.6) In the ancestral libation it produces satisfaction for the ancestors for many years; / even portents are calmed, as are poisons of snakes, oviparous creatures, rats, and scorpions, / and terrifying dangers from water, fire, enemies, and thieves are destroyed. ### [1.76.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.76.7) Resembling moss or clouds, rough, yellow in radiance, devoid of luster, / dull in brightness, and discoloured— / a wise man should avoid such a stone from afar. ### [1.76.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.76.8) Their price should be determined by the foremost experts through knowledge of place and time; / it is great for those found far away, / and small for those produced nearby. ### [1.76.8.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.76.8.p1) Thus ends the seventy-sixth chapter, entitled 'Examination of Bhīṣma Gem', 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.1.76.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.76) · Pramāṇa