Agni Purana — Mantra-shastra, Shloka 9
Chapter 305 — Narasiṃha and Related Mantras (नारसिंहादिमन्त्राः)
नाभिस्तेनाग्निना विद्धा नश्यन्ते व्याधयो ग्रहाः पीतञ्चक्रं गदा रक्ताः स्वराः श्याममवान्तरं
nābhistenāgninā viddhā naśyante vyādhayo grahāḥ pītañcakraṃ gadā raktāḥ svarāḥ śyāmamavāntaraṃ
ਉਸ ਅਗਨਿ ਨਾਲ ਨਾਭੀ-ਪ੍ਰਦੇਸ਼ ਨੂੰ ਵੇਧਿਤ/ਉਪਚਾਰਿਤ ਕਰਨ ਨਾਲ ਰੋਗ ਅਤੇ ਗ੍ਰਹ-ਬਾਧਾਵਾਂ ਨਸ਼ਟ ਹੋ ਜਾਂਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ। ਇਸ ਵਿਧਾਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਚਕ੍ਰ ਅਤੇ ਗਦਾ ਪੀਲੇ, ਸੁਰ/ਅੱਖਰ ਲਾਲ, ਅਤੇ ਅੰਦਰਲਾ ਭਾਗ ਸ਼ਿਆਮ (ਗੂੜ੍ਹਾ) ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ।
Lord Agni (teaching the sage Vasiṣṭha)
Vidya Category: {"primary_vidya":"Ayurveda","secondary_vidya":"Mantra","practical_application":"Roga-prāśamana and graha-śānti via controlled heat application at the nābhi region combined with mantra/yantra color-visualization cues.","sutra_style":true}
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Dosha: Tridosha
Weapon Type: Discus (cakra), mace (gadā) as protective/weapon symbolism
Concept: Agni as purifier and remover of doṣa/duṣṭa influences; integration of bodily locus (nābhi) with mantra-visualization.
Application: Treat the nābhi as a key marma/center in ritual healing: focus breath, heat, and mantra there to ‘burn’ obstacles (conceptually and therapeutically).
Khanda Section: Ayurveda (Roga-prashamana / Mantra-yantra-agni-kriya for disease and graha-afflictions)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: śānta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A healer-sādhaka applies controlled heat near the navel while visualizing a yellow discus and mace, red syllabic flames, and a dark inner ring—diseases and graha-forms dissipate.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural, stylized nābhi-centered flame motif, yellow cakra and gadā floating near the abdomen, red mantra-syllables as flame-tongues, dark inner circle, shadowy graha figures dissolving, ritual calm","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore, gold-embossed yantra elements, central abdomen/nābhi focus, yellow cakra-gadā icons, red akṣaras, dark inner band, protective aura, minimal clinical depiction but clear symbolism","mysore_prompt":"Mysore style, instructional medical-ritual scene: practitioner seated, small brazier/heat source, marked nābhi region, adjacent diagram showing yellow cakra/gadā, red svaras, dark inner zone, clean labels implied","mughal_miniature_prompt":"Mughal miniature, intimate indoor healing rite, small controlled flame, patient’s abdomen modestly indicated, hovering symbolic yellow weapons and red script, dark inner ring motif, tiny fleeing graha spirits"}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"instructional","suggested_raga":"Todi","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"contemplative"}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: नाभिस्तेनाग्निना → नाभिः तेन अग्निना; पीतञ्चक्रं → पीतम् चक्रम्; श्याममवान्तरं → श्यामम् अवान्तरम्.
Related Themes: Agni Purana 305 (Sudarśana rites; yantra colors and homa sequencing)
FAQs
It teaches a therapeutic/ritual use of controlled fire/heat applied to the nābhi (navel region)—a form of cauterization/heat-treatment combined with specific color-and-weapon visualization and sound (svara) usage—to remove disease and graha-type afflictions.
Alongside theology, the Agni Purana preserves applied knowledge: here it blends practical healing (heat therapy focused on a bodily locus) with graha-śānti and mantra/visual elements, showing how medicine, ritual technology, and subtle physiology coexist in a single Purāṇic compendium.
By framing illness and graha-affliction as removable through disciplined agni-kriyā plus mantra-visual order, the verse presents healing as purification—restoring bodily and subtle balance and reducing harmful influences attributed to past karma or disruptive forces.