आदाय शेषस्तस्यान्त्रं बलस्य केरलादिषु ।
चिक्षेप तत्र जायन्ते विद्रुमाः सुमहागुणाः
ādāya śeṣastasyāntraṃ balasya keralādiṣu |
cikṣepa tatra jāyante vidrumāḥ sumahāguṇāḥ
Purva Khanda: Achara Kanda
Chapter 80: Vidruma: coral and the close of gems
इति श्रीगारुडे महापुराणे पूर्वखण्डे प्रथमांशाख्ये आचारकाण्डे विद्रुमपरीक्षणं नामाशीतितमोऽध्यायः ॥
4 verses · 80 of 241
What happens in this chapter
Vidruma: coral and the close of gems
Suta says that Shesha took the entrails of Bala and cast them in Kerala and nearby lands, and there corals of great merit are born. The best coral is red like a hare's blood, or like the gunja seed and the japa flower. Sunilaka, Devaka and Romaka are named as places where coral of fine colour comes forth. Coral born elsewhere is not of the first rank, and its price depends on the craftsman's skill. Good coral is clear, soft, smooth and of a fine red. It brings wealth and grain and destroys the fear of poison and affliction. The last verse sums up for Shaunaka that the tests of pulaka, rudhiraksha, sphatika and coral are now told, closing the account of gems begun with the diamond.
सूत उवाच
तत्र प्रधानं शशलोहिताभं गुञ्जाजवापुष्पनिभं प्रदिष्टम् ।
सुनीलकं देवकरोमकञ्च स्थानानि तेषु प्रभवं सुरागम्
tatra pradhānaṃ śaśalohitābhaṃ guñjājavāpuṣpanibhaṃ pradiṣṭam |
sunīlakaṃ devakaromakañca sthānāni teṣu prabhavaṃ surāgam
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
धनधान्यकरं लोके विषार्त्तिभयनाशनम् ।
परीक्षा पुलकस्योक्ता रुधिराक्षस्य वै मणेः ।
स्फटिकस्य विद्रुमस्य रत्नज्ञानाय शौनक
dhanadhānyakaraṃ loke viṣārttibhayanāśanam |
parīkṣā pulakasyoktā rudhirākṣasya vai maṇeḥ |
sphaṭikasya vidrumasya ratnajñānāya śaunaka
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