पतिताया हिमाद्रौ तु त्वचस्तस्य सुरद्विषः ।
प्रादुर्भवन्ति ताभ्यस्तु पुष्प
रागा महागुणाः
patitāyā himādrau tu tvacastasya suradviṣaḥ |
prādurbhavanti tābhyastu puṣpa
rāgā mahāguṇāḥ
Purva Khanda: Achara Kanda
Chapter 74: Pushparaga: the topaz and its kinds
इति श्रीगारुडे महापुराणे पूर्वखण्डे प्रथमांशाख्ये आचारकाण्डे पुष्परागपरीक्षणं नाम चतुः सप्ततितमोऽध्यायः ॥
5 verses · 74 of 241
What happens in this chapter
Pushparaga: the topaz and its kinds
Suta says that where the skin of that enemy of the devas fell on the Himalaya, topazes of great merit arise. The stone that is pale yellow and pleasing is the pushparaga proper. If it is reddish yellow it is named kaukantaka. One that is slightly red, yellow and clear is called kashayaka. A smooth stone of bluish white is the somalaka, also a good one. A stone that is deep red is to be counted as padmaraga, and one that is a fine blue is counted as indranila. Gem experts set its price the same as that of vaidurya, and the fruit of wearing it is the same too, with one addition: for women the pushparaga is said to bring the gift of a son.
सूत उवाच
आपीतपाण्डुरुचिरः पाषाणः पद्मरागसंज्ञस्तु ।
कौकण्टकनामा स्यात्स एव यदि लोहितापीतः
āpītapāṇḍuruciraḥ pāṣāṇaḥ padmarāgasaṃjñastu |
kaukaṇṭakanāmā syātsa eva yadi lohitāpītaḥ
आलोहितस्तु पीतः स्वच्छः काषायकः स एकोक्तः ।
आनीलशुक्लवर्णः स्निग्धः सोमाल
कः सगुणः
ālohitastu pītaḥ svacchaḥ kāṣāyakaḥ sa ekoktaḥ |
ānīlaśuklavarṇaḥ snigdhaḥ somāla
kaḥ saguṇaḥ
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
मूल्यं वैदूर्य्यमणेरिव गदितं ह्यस्य रत्नसारविदा ।
धारणफलं च तद्वत्किं तु स्त्रीणां सुतप्रदो भवति
mūlyaṃ vaidūryyamaṇeriva gaditaṃ hyasya ratnasāravidā |
dhāraṇaphalaṃ ca tadvatkiṃ tu strīṇāṃ sutaprado bhavati
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