Agni Purana — Ayurveda, Shloka 40
Bala-graha-hara Bāla-tantram (बालग्रहहर बालतन्त्रम्) — Pediatric protection and graha-affliction management
मांसपाद्यसमद्याद्यैर् बलिः स्नानञ्च धूपनम् अष्टमे वा जातवेदा निराहारं प्ररोदनम्
māṃsapādyasamadyādyair baliḥ snānañca dhūpanam aṣṭame vā jātavedā nirāhāraṃ prarodanam
A bali-offering should be made with meat, cooked food and the like, together with liquor and similar items; and one should also perform ritual bathing and fumigation/incensing (dhūpa). Or, on the eighth day, for Jātavedas (Agni), one should observe fasting and perform ritual lamentation.
Lord Agni (traditionally instructing Sage Vasiṣṭha in the Agni Purāṇa’s dialogic frame)
Primary Rasa: Śānta
Secondary Rasa: Bhayānaka
Sandhi Resolution Notes: आद्यैर् = आद्यैः; स्नानञ्च = स्नानम् + च.
FAQs
It prescribes a specific appeasement procedure: bali offerings using meat/edibles and intoxicants, plus purification (snāna) and dhūpana, with an alternative observance of fasting and prarodanam on the eighth day for Jātavedas (Agni).
It exemplifies the Agni Purāṇa’s practical ritual cataloging—detailing concrete materials (offerings, incense), timings (eighth day), and alternative observances—alongside other domains the text covers (law, polity, medicine, architecture, and poetics).
The acts function as śānti/propitiation: offerings and purification are meant to pacify adverse influences and secure divine favor, while fasting and penitential lamentation emphasize austerity and remorse as purifying, merit-producing alternatives.