Agni Purana — Ayurveda, Shloka 13
Mantra-paribhāṣā (मन्त्रपरिभाषा) — Colophon/Closure
षन्मासान्मुच्यते कृत्तिं जोवेत्सष्टिसमाद्वयं नागाः सूर्यादिवारेशाः सप्त उक्ता दिवा निशि
ṣanmāsānmucyate kṛttiṃ jovetsaṣṭisamādvayaṃ nāgāḥ sūryādivāreśāḥ sapta uktā divā niśi
ਛੇ ਮਹੀਨਿਆਂ ਵਿੱਚ ‘ਕ੍ਰਿੱਤੀ’ ਹਾਲਤ (ਚਮੜਾ-ਕੰਮ ਵਾਲੀ ਦਸ਼ਾ) ਤੋਂ ਮੁਕਤੀ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ। ਸੱਠ ਦੇ ਜੋੜੇ (ਦੋ ਸੱਠਕ) ਨੂੰ ਜਾਣਨਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ। ਐਤਵਾਰ ਆਦਿ ਵਾਰਾਂ ਦੇ ਅਧਿਪਤੀ ਨਾਗ ਦਿਨ ਅਤੇ ਰਾਤ ਲਈ ਸੱਤ ਕਹੇ ਗਏ ਹਨ।
Lord Agni (in instruction to sage Vasiṣṭha, in the common Agni Purana dialogue frame)
Vidya Category: {"primary_vidya":"Jyotisha","secondary_vidya":"Dharmashastra","practical_application":"Time-reckoning and weekday-lord (vāra) governance by Nāgas; also a calendrical/ritual note about a six-month period affecting a social/occupational condition (kṛtti).","sutra_style":true}
Encyclopedic Reference: {"reference_type":"Commentary","entry_title":"Six-month release, sixty-pair time-divisions, and seven Nāga weekday-lords","lookup_keywords":["ṣaṇmāsa","kṛtti","ṣaṣṭi-samā","vāra","nāga"],"quick_summary":"Links a six-month interval with release from a ‘kṛtti’ condition and instructs knowing paired sixty-divisions of time. States seven Nāgas preside over weekdays from Sunday, for both day and night governance."}
Concept: Kāla as a structured grid: months, vāras, and finer divisions (ṣaṣṭi) governed by presiding powers; ritual efficacy depends on correct temporal knowledge.
Application: Use weekday/day-night lordship and time-divisions to schedule rites, protections, and avoid inauspicious windows.
Khanda Section: Jyotisha / Kala-nirnaya (Time-reckoning, weekdays, and Nāga-lords)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A calendrical tableau: a circular time-wheel showing months and sixty-divisions, with seven Nāga figures enthroned as weekday-lords from Sunday, split into day and night halves.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural, large kāla-cakra wheel with concentric rings for months and ṣaṣṭi divisions, seven crowned nāgas around the rim labeled by vāra, day/night halves indicated by sun and moon motifs, traditional flat perspective","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore style, ornate time-wheel with gold embossing, seven nāga-lords seated on lotus thrones around a central sun-disc (Sunday first), rich jewel tones, heavy gold borders, clear day/night iconography","mysore_prompt":"Mysore painting, instructional diagram aesthetic: neat circular chart of vāras and time-divisions, seven nāgas in refined miniature panels, soft colors, gold accents, legible labels","mughal_miniature_prompt":"Mughal miniature, an astrologer presenting a painted calendar wheel to a patron, seven nāga-lords depicted in medallions, sun and moon dividing day/night, fine architectural interior details"}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"contemplative","suggested_raga":"Yaman","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"instructional"}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: षन्मासान् = षट् + मासान् (here resolved as षट् + मासात् by sense ‘after six months’; text shows plural acc. in sandhi); jovet is taken as jo-vet (optative of जीव्). saṣṭisamādvayaṃ resolved as षष्टि + सम + द्वयम् (compound sense).
Related Themes: Agni Purana 293 (kāla-nirṇaya and nāga-lord sections)
FAQs
It conveys Jyotiṣa-style calendrical doctrine: the seven weekday regents (vāreśas) associated with Nāgas, distinguished for day and night, and it alludes to a technical time scheme described as a ‘double set of sixty’ divisions.
Alongside theology and ritual, the Agni Purana preserves applied knowledge such as time-reckoning (kāla-nirṇaya), weekday lordship systems, and associated mythic regents (Nāgas), showing its coverage of practical calendrics used for rites and observances.
It links correct knowledge of sacred time and its regents with purification themes, indicating that adherence to prescribed time-structures and disciplines is connected with release from defiling conditions or low/impure livelihoods.