Agni Purana — Ayurveda, Shloka 20
Bala-graha-hara Bāla-tantram (बालग्रहहर बालतन्त्रम्) — Pediatric protection and graha-affliction management
काकवद्रोदनं श्वासो मूत्रगन्धो ऽक्षिमीलनं गोमूत्रस्नपनं तस्य गोदन्तेन च धूपनम्
kākavadrodanaṃ śvāso mūtragandho 'kṣimīlanaṃ gomūtrasnapanaṃ tasya godantena ca dhūpanam
ਕਾਂ ਵਾਂਗ ਰੋਣਾ, ਸਾਹ ਚੜ੍ਹਨਾ, ਪਿਸ਼ਾਬ ਦੀ ਬੂ ਅਤੇ ਅੱਖਾਂ ਮੂੰਦ ਜਾਣਾ—ਇਹ ਲੱਛਣ ਹੋਣ ਤੇ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਗੋਮੂਤਰ ਨਾਲ ਨ੍ਹਲਾਓ ਅਤੇ ਗਾਂ ਦੇ ਦੰਦ ਨਾਲ ਧੂਪ ਦਿਓ।
Lord Agni (teaching to sage Vasiṣṭha)
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Concept: Lakṣaṇa-based intervention: observable signs trigger specific remedial acts combining hygiene and ritual protection.
Application: Use symptom recognition to decide immediate household-level interventions rather than waiting for progression.
Khanda Section: Ayurveda (Bhuta-vidya / Graha-roga Pratikara)
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: karuna
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"An infant showing distress while caregivers prepare a cow-urine bath and a small fumigation brazier with a cow tooth as the fumigant medium; a healer indicates diagnostic signs.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style; healer pointing to infant’s eyes and breath, attendants holding ritual vessels, dhūpa smoke, cow motif subtly present, strong outlines and flat color fields.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore style with gold accents; ritual bath vessel, lamp, and fumigation tray; caregiver bathing infant, priest holding cow tooth near smoke, ornate borders and bright textiles.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore style, didactic composition; clearly arranged items—snāna pot, cloth, brazier—caregiver performing bath, another performing dhūpana, calm controlled palette.","mughal_miniature_prompt":"Mughal miniature; intimate domestic medical-ritual scene, detailed vessels and textiles, fine smoke curls, physician-like figure observing symptoms."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"instructional","suggested_raga":"Todi","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"instructional"}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: gandho 'kṣimīlanaṃ → gandhaḥ + akṣi-mīlanaṃ (visarga sandhi).
Related Themes: Agni Purana 298.19 (duration/regimen); Agni Purana 298.23 (symptoms and dhūpa/diet measures)
FAQs
It gives Bhuta-vidya style diagnostic signs (crow-like crying, dyspnea, urine odour, eye-closing) and prescribes two interventions: gomūtra-snapana (cow-urine bathing) and dhūpana (fumigation) using a cow’s tooth as the fumigant medium.
Alongside theology, the Agni Purana preserves applied medical-ritual protocols—symptom lists and concrete procedures (snāna, dhūpana)—showing its compendium character across healing, purification, and spirit-affliction management.
Cow-derived substances are treated as purifiers; the bathing and fumigation function as ritual cleansing meant to remove defilement and hostile influences, restoring bodily and subtle purity (śuddhi) and protective merit.