Skandapurana 4.66.47.1

4.66.47.1

.. agastya uvāca .. ..
kāni kāni ca ratnāni kiyaṃtyapi ca ṣaṇmukha ..
yānyādāya pratasthe sa tāni me brūhi pṛcchataḥ .. 45 ..
.. skaṃda uvāca ..
tulā muktāphalānāṃ tu koṭidvaya parīmitāḥ ..
tathā vāritarāṇāṃ ca hīrakāṇāṃ tulā śatam .. 46 ..
navalakṣādhikaṃ vipra ṣaḍasrāṇāṃ sutejasām ..
lakṣadvayaṃ vidūrāṇāṃ tulāvimalavarcasāma .. 47 ..
koṭayaḥ padmarāgāṇāṃ paṃcāvaihi tulā mune ..
puṣparāga tulālakṣaṃ guṇitaṃ navasaṃkhyayā .. 48 ..
tathā gomeda ratnānāṃ tulālakṣamitā munai ..
iṃdranīlamaṇīnāṃ ca tulāḥ koṭyardha saṃmitāḥ .. 49 ..
garuḍodgāraratnānāṃ tulāḥ prayutasaṃmitāḥ ..
śuddhavidrumaratnānāṃ tulāśca navakoṭayaḥ .. 4.2.66.50 ..
aṣṭāṃgābharaṇānāṃ ca saṃkhyā kartuṃ na śakyate ..
vāsasāṃ ca vicitrāṇāṃ komalānāṃ tathā mune .. 51 ..
cāmarāṇi ca bhūyāṃsi dravyāṇyāmodavaṃti ca ..
suvarṇadāsadāsyādīnyasaṃkhyātāni vai mune .. 52 ..
sarvāṇyapi samādāya pratasthe bhūdhareśvaraḥ ..
āgatya varaṇātīraṃ dūrātkāśīmalokayat .. 53 ..
anekaratnanicayaiḥ khacitā'khilabhūmikām ..
nānāprāsādamāṇikyajyotistatatatāṃbarām .. 54 ..
saudhāgravividhasvarṇakalaśojvaladiṅmukhām ..
jayaṃtīvaijayaṃtīnāṃ nikaraistridivasthalīm .. 55 ..
mahāsiddhyaṣṭakasyāpi krīḍābhavanamadbhutam ..
jitakalpadumavanāṃ vanaiḥ sarvaphalāvanaiḥ .. 56 ..
iti kāśīsamṛddhiṃ sa vilokyābhūdvilajjitaḥ ..
uvāca ca manasyeva bhūdhareṃdra idaṃ vacaḥ .. 57 ..
prāsādeṣu pratolīṣu prākāreṣu gṛheṣu ca ..
gopureṣu vicitreṣu kapāṭeṣu taṭeṣvapi .. 58 ..
maṇimāṇikyaratnānāmucchalaccārurociṣām ..
jyotirjālairjaṭilitaṃ yayedamavalokyate .. 59 ..

Agastya said:
What kinds of jewels, and how many, O six-faced one,
did he take when setting out? Tell me as I ask. / 45
Skanda said:
Measures of pearls totaling twenty million,
as well as a hundred measures of floating diamonds; / 46
more than nine hundred thousand brilliant six-sided gems, O brahmin,
and two hundred thousand measures of spotless, radiant beryls; / 47
know that there were fifty million measures of rubies, O sage,
and nine hundred thousand measures of topazes; / 48
likewise a hundred thousand measures of hessonite gems, O sage,
and five million measures of sapphires; / 49
ten million measures of emerald gems,
and ninety million measures of pure coral gems. / 50
And the count of ornaments for the eight limbs cannot be made,
nor of the diverse and soft garments, O sage. / 51
Numerous chowries, fragrant articles,
and countless gold, male and female slaves, O sage— / 52
taking all of these, the lord of mountains set out;
arriving at the bank of the Varaṇā, he looked upon Kāśī from afar: / 53
its entire ground inlaid with masses of diverse gems;
its sky filled with the radiance of rubies upon various palaces; / 54
illuminating the regions of the sky with various golden pitchers atop mansions;
a heavenly realm with crowds of triumphant banners; / 55
a wonderful pleasure-house even for the eight great supernatural powers;
surpassing the forest of wishing trees with groves yielding all fruits. / 56
Thus, beholding the prosperity of Kāśī, he was ashamed;
and the lord of mountains spoke this word in his mind: / 57
“In palaces, highways, ramparts, houses,
picturesque gateways, doors, and embankments, / 58
intertwined with the webs of light of pearls, rubies, and jewels
bursting with lovely splendor, as this is seen / 59