Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 80

GaP 1 80.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ८० सूत उवाच । आदाय शेषस्तस्यान्त्रं बलस्य केलादिषु । चिक्षेप तत्र जायन्ते विद्रुमाः सुभहागुणाः

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 80 sūta uvāca / ādāya śeṣastasyāntraṃ balasya kelādiṣu / cikṣepa tatra jāyante vidrumāḥ subhahāguṇāḥ

The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 80. Sūta said: Śeṣa took the entrails of that Bala and cast them in Kela and other places; there are born corals of very great virtues.

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GaP 1 80.2

तत्र प्रधानं शशलोहिताभं गुञ्जाजपापुष्पनिभं प्रदिष्टम् । सुनीलकं देवकरोमकञ्च स्थानानि तेषु प्रभवं सुरागम्

tatra pradhānaṃ śaśalohitābhaṃ guñjājapāpuṣpanibhaṃ pradiṣṭam / sunīlakaṃ devakaromakañca sthānāni teṣu prabhavaṃ surāgam

Among them the foremost is declared to be that with the sheen of hare's blood, resembling the guñjā berry and the japā flower; also the deep-blue kind, and Devaka and Romaka (are) the places; the well-coloured kind arises among them.

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GaP 1 80.3

अन्यत्र जातं च न तत्प्रधानं मूल्यं भवेच्छिल्पिविशेषयोगात् । प्रसन्नं कोमलं स्निग्धं सुरागं विद्रुमं हि तत्

anyatra jātaṃ ca na tatpradhānaṃ mūlyaṃ bhavecchilpiviśeṣayogāt / prasannaṃ komalaṃ snigdhaṃ surāgaṃ vidrumaṃ hi tat

That which is produced elsewhere is not of the first quality; its price depends on the excellence of the craftsman. Coral that is clear, soft, glossy and of good colour — that indeed (is the best).

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GaP 1 80.4

धनधान्यकरं लोके विषार्तिभयनाशनम् । परीक्षा पुलकस्योक्ता रुधिराक्षस्य वै मणेः । स्फटिकस्य विद्रुमस्य रत्नज्ञानाय शौनक !

dhanadhānyakaraṃ loke viṣārtibhayanāśanam / parīkṣā pulakasyoktā rudhirākṣasya vai maṇeḥ / sphaṭikasya vidrumasya ratnajñānāya śaunaka !

In the world it brings wealth and grain, and destroys poison, affliction and fear. The testing of the pulaka has been told, and of the rudhirākṣa gem, of crystal and of coral, for the knowledge of gems, O Śaunaka!

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