Agni Purana — Dharma-shastra, Shloka 21
Prāyaścitta — Definitions of Killing, Brahmahatyā, and Graded Expiations
प्राणायामशतं कार्यं सर्वपापापनुत्तये पानकं द्राक्षमधुकं खार्जरन्तालमैक्षवं
prāṇāyāmaśataṃ kāryaṃ sarvapāpāpanuttaye pānakaṃ drākṣamadhukaṃ khārjarantālamaikṣavaṃ
One should perform a hundred regulated breath-controls (prāṇāyāmas) for the removal of all sins. Then one should take a sweet drink (pānaka) prepared from grapes, madhūka, dates, tāla-fruit, and sugarcane-juice.
Lord Agni (in discourse to the sages, traditionally to Vasiṣṭha)
Vidya Category: {"primary_vidya":"Ayurveda","secondary_vidya":"Philosophy","practical_application":"Use regulated breathing as a preparatory purification/discipline and then administer a cooling, sweet restorative drink (pānaka) made from specified fruits and sugarcane juice for convalescence, fatigue, heat, or post-ritual replenishment.","sutra_style":true}
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Dosha: Pitta
Concept: Inner purification through regulated breath and restraint, followed by sattvic replenishment.
Application: Use breath-discipline as a daily penance/mental cleansing practice; follow with measured, wholesome intake rather than intoxicants or excess.
Khanda Section: Ayurveda (Therapeutics & Dietary Preparations)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"An ascetic or disciplined householder seated in a clean space performing prāṇāyāma, followed by attendants preparing and offering a golden-red sweet pānaka with grapes, dates, tāla fruit, and sugarcane juice in a ritual cup.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala temple mural style, calm yogi in padmāsana doing prāṇāyāma, stylized fruit offerings (drākṣā, khārjūra, tāla) and sugarcane, warm earthy palette, ornate borders, serene atmosphere","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting, central seated practitioner with halo-like aureole, richly decorated vessel of pānaka with gold leaf highlights, fruit and sugarcane arranged symmetrically, jewel-toned background","mysore_prompt":"Mysore painting, instructional composition showing two panels: prāṇāyāma posture and then preparation of pānaka in a bowl, delicate linework, soft shading, labeled ingredients in Sanskrit callouts","mughal_miniature_prompt":"Mughal miniature, courtly veranda scene with a scholar-yogi performing breath control while a servant prepares a fruit-sugarcane drink, fine botanical detail of grapes and dates, subtle pastel wash"}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"contemplative","suggested_raga":"Yaman","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"instructional"}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: प्राणायामशतम् = प्राणायाम + शतम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष). सर्वपापापनुत्तये = सर्वपाप + अपनुत्तये. द्राक्षमधुकम् and खार्जरन्तालमैक्षवम् treated as समाहार-द्वन्द्व compounds listing drink-types.
Related Themes: Agni Purana: Ayurveda-khaṇḍa sections on pānaka, śarkarā/ikṣu preparations, and prāṇāyāma as śuddhi-upāya (nearby verses in the same adhyāya)
FAQs
It prescribes a prāyaścitta-style regimen: performing 100 prāṇāyāmas as a purificatory practice, and the preparation/consumption of a specific pānaka (sweet medicinal drink) made from grapes, madhūka, dates, palm fruit, and sugarcane-derived sweetness.
In a single verse it combines yogic technique (prāṇāyāma as disciplined practice) with Ayurvedic dietetics (a formulated drink using identifiable fruits/sweeteners), showing how the text spans ritual expiation, health, and practical household therapeutics.
The verse frames prāṇāyāma as an expiatory purifier (sarva-pāpa-apanuttaye), implying that disciplined breath-control functions as a means of karmic cleansing, supported by a sattvic, cooling, restorative dietary preparation.