Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 74

GaP 1 74.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ७४ सूत उवाच । पतिताया हिमाद्रौ तु त्वचस्तस्य सुरद्विषः । प्रादुर्भवन्ति ताभ्यस्तु पुष्प (ष्य) रागा महागुणाः

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 74 sūta uvāca / patitāyā himādrau tu tvacastasya suradviṣaḥ / prādurbhavanti tābhyastu puṣpa (ṣya) rāgā mahāguṇāḥ

Śrī Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa 76 [ch. 74]. The Sūta said: When the skin of that enemy of the gods fell upon the snow-mountain, from its (pieces) there arise topazes of great quality.

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GaP 1 74.2

आपीतपाण्डुरुचिरः पाषाणः पद्मरागसंज्ञस्तु । कौकण्टकनामा स्यात्स एव यदि लोहितापीतः

āpītapāṇḍuruciraḥ pāṣāṇaḥ padmarāgasaṃjñastu / kaukaṇṭakanāmā syātsa eva yadi lohitāpītaḥ

A stone yellowish-pale and lovely is called padmarāga; that same one, if reddish-yellow, would bear the name kaukaṇṭaka.

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GaP 1 74.3

आलोहितस्तु पीतः स्वच्छः काषायकः स एकोक्तः । आनीलशुक्लवर्णः स्निग्धः सोमाल(न) कः सगुणः

ālohitastu pītaḥ svacchaḥ kāṣāyakaḥ sa ekoktaḥ / ānīlaśuklavarṇaḥ snigdhaḥ somāla(na) kaḥ saguṇaḥ

But one reddish, yellow and clear is called kāṣāyaka — that is a single (variety); one bluish-white in colour and smooth is somālaka, possessed of good qualities.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 1 74.4

अत्यन्तलोहितो यः स एव खलु पद्मरागसंज्ञः स्यात् । अपि चेन्द्रनीलसंज्ञः स एव कथितः सुनीलः सन्

atyantalohito yaḥ sa eva khalu padmarāgasaṃjñaḥ syāt / api cendranīlasaṃjñaḥ sa eva kathitaḥ sunīlaḥ san

That which is intensely red is indeed the one named padmarāga; and that very same one, when deep blue, is called indranīla.

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GaP 1 74.5

मूल्यं वैदूर्यमणेरिव गादितं ह्यस्य रत्नसारविदा । धारणफलं च तद्वत्किं तु स्त्रीणां सुतप्रदो भवति

mūlyaṃ vaidūryamaṇeriva gāditaṃ hyasya ratnasāravidā / dhāraṇaphalaṃ ca tadvatkiṃ tu strīṇāṃ sutaprado bhavati

Its price has been stated by the knower of the essence of gems to be like that of the vaidūrya gem, and the fruit of wearing it likewise — except that for women it grants a son.

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