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
ਸਾਰੇ ਪਾਪਾਂ ਦੇ ਨਾਸ ਲਈ ਸੌ ਪ੍ਰਾਣਾਯਾਮ ਕਰਨੇ ਚਾਹੀਦੇ ਹਨ। ਫਿਰ ਅੰਗੂਰ, ਮਧੂਕ, ਖਜੂਰ, ਤਾੜ-ਫਲ ਅਤੇ ਗੰਨੇ ਦੇ ਰਸ ਨਾਲ ਬਣਿਆ ਮਿੱਠਾ ਪਾਨਕ ਪੀਣਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ।
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.