It is the foremost of all precious things, and among ornaments also it is the foremost. The purifier among all purifying things it is the most sacred of all sacred objects.
पवित्रं च पवित्राणां मङ्गलानां च मङ्गलम्। यत् सुवर्णं स भगवानग्निरीशः प्रजापतिः॥