Agni Purana — Ayurveda, Shloka 36
Chapter 282 — नानारोगहराण्यौषधानि
Medicines that Remove Various Diseases
मासार्कत्वक्पयस्तैलं मधुसिक्तञ्च सैन्धवं पादरोगं हरेत्सर्पिर्जालकुक्कुटजं तथा
māsārkatvakpayastailaṃ madhusiktañca saindhavaṃ pādarogaṃ haretsarpirjālakukkuṭajaṃ tathā
الزيت المطبوخ من الماشا (māṣa—اللوبيا السوداء) ولحاء الأركا (arka—Calotropis) واللبن، إذا مُزج بالعسل والسايندهافا (saindhava—ملح صخري)، أزال أمراض القدمين؛ وكذلك السمن (ghee) المستخرج من طائر الجالكا (jālaka) يشفي علل القدم.
Lord Agni (teaching the sage Vasiṣṭha in the Agni Purana’s encyclopedic discourse)
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Dosha: Vata
Concept: Bahiḥparimarjana (external therapy) and sneha-kalpanā as primary tools for vāta-dominant peripheral disorders.
Application: Use oil/ghee-based preparations with salt/honey as carriers to enhance penetration and relieve pain/stiffness in extremities.
Khanda Section: Ayurveda (Agni Purana medicinal remedies / therapeutic formulations)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
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Sandhi Resolution Notes: māsārkatvakpayastailaṃ → मास + अर्कत्वक् + पयस् + तैलम्; madhusiktañca → मधुसिक्तम् + च; haretsarpir → हरेत् + सर्पिः (त् + स → त्स)।
Related Themes: Agni Purana 282 (taila/ghṛta formulations)
FAQs
It gives an Ayurvedic therapeutic formula: a medicated oil (taila) made from black gram, arka-bark, and milk, combined with honey and rock salt, for treating pādaroga (foot ailments), and notes an additional remedy using a specific kind of poultry-derived ghee.
Alongside theology and ritual, the Agni Purana preserves practical medical instructions—here, a focused clinical recipe for foot disorders—showing its broad coverage of applied sciences such as Ayurveda.
By promoting healing and relief of suffering through dharmic, tradition-sanctioned remedies, the instruction supports bodily well-being as a basis for sustained religious practice (ācāra) and disciplined life.