[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) › 1.77 # Garudapurana 1.77 English (machine translation) 1.77 - **Language:** English ## Contents - [1.77.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.77.4) — 1 part ### [1.77.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.77.1) Sūta said: / On sacred supreme mountains, rivers, and other places, having reached the northern region, / having worshipped the lord of the Dānavas, / \[the nails\] were deposited in renowned places, possessing the luster of claws and arms. ### [1.77.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.77.2) In Daśārṇa, Vagadara, Mekala, and Kālagā, coloured like the guñjā berry, collyrium, honey, or lotus root, / and shining like gandharvas, fire, or the plantain tree, / these praiseworthy pulaka gems are produced. ### [1.77.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.77.3) Possessing varied tints like conch, lotus, bee, and the sun, devoid of threads, exceedingly pure, / endowed with auspiciousness, and variegated with many designs, / those pulakas bestow prosperity. ### [1.77.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.77.4) Those \[gems\] having fierce shapes resembling crows, dogs, donkeys, jackals, or wolves, or vultures with mouths moist with flesh and blood, / bring death and should be avoided by the wise; the price of one pala is said to be five hundred \[coins\]. ### [1.77.4.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.77.4.p1) Thus ends the seventy-seventh chapter, entitled “Examination of Pulaka Gems,” in the section on conduct, the first division of the first section of the glorious and great Garuḍa Purāṇa. ## Linked texts (1) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.77.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.77) · Pramāṇa