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Garuda Purana · Chapter 1.75

1.75.1

iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe puṣparāgaparīkṣaṇaṃ nāma catuḥ saptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
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sūta uvāca /
vāyurnakhāndaityapatergṛhītvā cikṣepa satpadmavaneṣu hṛṣṭaḥ /
tataḥ prasūtaṃ pavanopapannaṃ karketanaṃ pūjayatamaṃ pṛthivyām

1.75.2

varṇena tadrudhirasomamadhuprakāśamātāmrapītadahanojjvalitaṃ vibhāti /
nīlaṃ punaḥ khalu sitaṃ paruṣaṃ vibhinnaṃ vyādhyādidoṣakaraṇena ca tadvibhāti

1.75.3

snigdhā viśuddhāḥ samarāgiṇaśca āpītavarṇā guravo vicitrāḥ /
trāsavraṇavyālavivarjitāśca karketanāste paramaṃ pavitrāḥ

1.75.4

patreṇa kāñcanamayena tu veṣṭayitvā taptaṃ yadā hutavahe bhavati prakāśam /
rogapraṇāśanakaraṃ kalināśanaṃ tadāyuṣkaraṃ kulakaraṃ ca sukhapradaṃ ca

1.75.5

evaṃvidhaṃ bahuguṇaṃ maṇimāvahanti karketanaṃ śubhalaṅkṛtaye narā ye /
te pūjitā bahudhanā bahubāndhavāśca nityojjvalāḥ pramuditā apite bhavanti

1.75.6

eke 'panahya vikṛtākulanīlabhāsaḥ pramlānarāgalulitāḥ kaluṣā virūpāḥ /
tejo 'tidīpti kulapuṣṭivihīnavarṇāḥ karketanasya sadṛśaṃ vapurudvahanti

1.75.7

karketanaṃ yadi parīkṣitavarṇarūpaṃ pratyagrabhāsvaradivākarasuprakāśam /
tasyottamasya maṇi śāstravidāṃ mahimnā tulyaṃ tu mūlyamuditaṃ tulitasya kāryam

Original text: Garuḍapurāṇa · Edition: Bombay : Venkatesvara Steam Press (or a reprint thereof) · Data entry members of the Sansknet Project · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0