Chapter 291 — Śāntyāyurveda
Ayurveda for Pacificatory Rites): Go-śānti, Penance-Regimens, and Therapeutics (incl. Veterinary Care
शकृन्मूत्रं परं तासामलक्ष्मीनाशनं परं गवां कण्डूयनं वारि शृङ्गस्याघौघमर्दनम्
śakṛnmūtraṃ paraṃ tāsāmalakṣmīnāśanaṃ paraṃ gavāṃ kaṇḍūyanaṃ vāri śṛṅgasyāghaughamardanam
ગોબર અને ગોમૂત્ર તેમના માટે પરમ છે; અલક્ષ્મીનો નાશ કરવામાં શ્રેષ્ઠ છે. ગાયોની ખંજવાળ શમાવવા પાણી ઉત્તમ છે, અને શિંગ પાપસમૂહનો મર્દન કરનાર છે.
Lord Agni (in discourse to the sage Vasiṣṭha, Agni Purana’s standard narration frame)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: तासामलक्ष्मीनाशनम् = तासाम् + अलक्ष्मी-नाशनम्; शृङ्गस्याघौघमर्दनम् = शृङ्गस्य + अघ-ओघ-मर्दनम्; शकृन्मूत्रम् treated as द्वन्द्व (शकृत्+मूत्रम्).
It gives a practical go-seva/go-chikitsa instruction: cow-dung and cow-urine are stated as highly efficacious for removing inauspiciousness, while water is recommended for relieving itching in cows and for cleansing/benefiting the horn.
Alongside theology and ritual, the Agni Purana preserves applied knowledge—domestic purification and animal-care guidance—showing its wide scope that includes health, hygiene, and everyday management practices.
By describing cow-products as destroyers of alakṣmī and the horn as a remover of accumulated evil, the verse frames cleanliness and care of cows as both materially beneficial and spiritually purifying.