Agni Purana — Ayurveda, Shloka 25

Chapter 282 — नानारोगहराण्यौषधानि

Medicines that Remove Various Diseases

Devanagari script

श्यामायष्टिनिशालोध्रपद्मकोत्पलचन्दनैः समरीचैः शृतं तैलं क्षीरे स्याद्ब्रणरोहणं

Transliteration

śyāmāyaṣṭiniśālodhrapadmakotpalacandanaiḥ samarīcaiḥ śṛtaṃ tailaṃ kṣīre syādbraṇarohaṇaṃ

Translation

Minyak yang dimasak dalam susu dengan śyāmā, yaṣṭi (akar manis), niśā (kunyit), lodhra, padmaka, utpala, cendana, serta marīca menjadi ramuan penyembuh luka.

Word by Word

• श्यामा-यष्टि-निशा-लोध्र-पद्मक-उत्पल-चन्दनैः: with śyāmā, yaṣṭi, niśā, lodhra, padmaka, utpala, and sandalwood
• श्यामा-यष्टि-निशा-लोध्र-पद्मक-उत्पल-चन्दनैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्यामा (प्रातिपदिक) + यष्टि (प्रातिपदिक) + निशा (प्रातिपदिक) + लोध्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पद्मक (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्पल (प्रातिपदिक) + चन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (with śyāmā, yaṣṭi, niśā, lodhra, padmaka, utpala, candana)

• समरीचैः: together with pepper (marīca)
• समरीचैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समरीचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; सहार्थे करण

• शृतम्: cooked; decocted
• शृतम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रु/शृ (धातु) → शृत (कृदन्त/भूतकृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) विशेषण (तैलम्)

• तैलम्: oil
• तैलम्: Karta (कर्ता/विधेय-उपपाद्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तैल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• क्षीरे: in milk
• क्षीरे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• स्यात्: should be; becomes
• स्यात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• व्रण-रोहणम्: healing of wounds
• व्रण-रोहणम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/फल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रण (प्रातिपदिक) + रोहण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (व्रणस्य रोहणम्)

Speaker

Lord Agni (in instruction to sage Vasiṣṭha, as per the common Agni Purana dialogue frame)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: स्याद्ब्रणरोहणं = स्यात् + व्रणरोहणम्; श्यामायष्टिनिशा…चन्दनैः is a dvandva in instrumental plural.

Characters & Entities

• Agni Purana
• Ayurveda
• Vrana (wound)
• śyāmā
• yaṣṭi (licorice)
• niśā (turmeric)
• lodhra
• padma (lotus)
• utpala
• candana (sandalwood)
• marīca (black pepper)
• kṣīra (milk)
• taila (medicated oil)

FAQs

What technical or ritual knowledge (Vidya) is imparted in this verse?

Ayurvedic pharmacy: preparing a vrana-ropana (wound-healing) medicated oil by cooking oil with milk and specific herbs (taila-siddhi / kṣīra-pāka style processing) for topical wound management.

How does this verse contribute to the 'Encyclopedic' nature of the Agni Purana?

It preserves practical clinical knowledge—an applied Ayurvedic recipe—within a Purana, showing how the Agni Purana compiles medicine alongside theology, ritual, polity, and other sciences.

What is the spiritual or karmic significance of this specific instruction?

By promoting healing and relief of suffering through dharmic care, the instruction aligns with puṇya-generating compassion (dayā) and protection of life, a recurring ethical aim in Puranic teachings.