Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 77

GaP 1 77.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ७७ सूत उवाच । पुण्येषु पर्वतवरेषु च निम्नगासु स्थानान्तरेषु च तथोत्तरदेशगत्वात् । संस्थापिताः स्वनखबाहुगतेः प्रकाशं संपूज्य दानवपतिं प्रथिते प्रदेशे

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 77 sūta uvāca / puṇyeṣu parvatavareṣu ca nimnagāsu sthānāntareṣu ca tathottaradeśagatvāt / saṃsthāpitāḥ svanakhabāhugateḥ prakāśaṃ saṃpūjya dānavapatiṃ prathite pradeśe

The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 77. Sūta said: On holy and excellent mountains, in rivers, and in other places, and likewise because of his going to the northern region, (the gems) were deposited, made manifest by the movement of his own nails and arms, after he had worshipped the lord of the Dānavas in a renowned place.

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

GaP 1 77.2

दाशार्णवागदर (व) मेकलकालगादौ गुञ्जाञ्जनक्षौद्रमृणालवर्णाः । गन्धर्ववह्निकदलीसदृशावभासा एते प्रशस्ताः पुलकाः प्रसूताः

dāśārṇavāgadara (va) mekalakālagādau guñjāñjanakṣaudramṛṇālavarṇāḥ / gandharvavahnikadalīsadṛśāvabhāsā ete praśastāḥ pulakāḥ prasūtāḥ

In Daśārṇa, Vāgadara (Vāgavara), Mekala, Kālaga and other (regions) are produced these excellent pulaka stones, coloured like the guñjā berry, collyrium, honey and lotus-fibre, and shining like the gandharva (?), fire and the plantain.

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

GaP 1 77.3

शङ्खाब्जभृङ्गार्कविचित्रभङ्गा सूत्रैरुर् (व्य) पेताः परमाः पवित्राः । मङ्गल्ययुक्ता बहुभक्तिचित्रा वृद्धिप्रदास्ते पुलका भवन्ति

śaṅkhābjabhṛṅgārkavicitrabhaṅgā sūtrairur (vya) petāḥ paramāḥ pavitrāḥ / maṅgalyayuktā bahubhakticitrā vṛddhipradāste pulakā bhavanti

Those pulakas whose fracture is variegated like a conch, a lotus, a bee or the sun, provided with thread-like lines, supreme and pure, auspicious, and variegated with many layers, are bestowers of increase.

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

GaP 1 77.4

काका (क।)श्वरासभसृगालवृकोग्ररूपैर्गृध्रैः समांसरुधिरार्द्रमुखैरुपेताः । मृत्युप्रदाश्च विदुषा परिवर्जनीया मूल्यं पलस्य कथितं च शतानि पञ्च

kākā (ka.)śvarāsabhasṛgālavṛkograrūpairgṛdhraiḥ samāṃsarudhirārdramukhairupetāḥ / mṛtyupradāśca viduṣā parivarjanīyā mūlyaṃ palasya kathitaṃ ca śatāni pañca

But those marked with the fierce shapes of crows, dogs, asses, jackals, wolves, and vultures with mouths wet with flesh and blood, bring death and are to be shunned by the knowing man; and the price of a pala is said to be five hundred.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition