Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 63, Shloka 60
Adhyaya 63 — The Birth of Svarocis and the Rescue of Manoramā: The Astra-Heart and the Healing of Curses
स्वरोचिरुवाच आयुर्वेदप्रसादेन ते करिष्ये पुनर्नवे ।
सख्यौ तव महाशोकं समुत्सृज सुमध्यमे ॥
svarocir uvāca āyurvedaprasādena te kariṣye punarnave / sakhyau tava mahāśokaṃ samutsṛja sumadhyame
ਸਵਾਰੋਚਿਸ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ—ਆਯੁਰਵੇਦ ਦੀ ਕਲਿਆਣਕਾਰੀ ਸ਼ਕਤੀ ਨਾਲ ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਮੁੜ ਨਵਾਂ ਕਰ ਦਿਆਂਗਾ। ਹੇ ਸਖੀ, ਹੇ ਪਤਲੀ ਕਮਰ ਵਾਲੀਏ, ਆਪਣਾ ਵੱਡਾ ਦੁੱਖ ਛੱਡ ਦੇ।
FAQs
Sorrow is treated as something that can and should be relinquished when remedial action is available; compassion is expressed not only through words but through practical healing.
Manvantara with ancillary Vaṃśānucarita-style narration: an episode within a Manu-era account illustrating conduct and consequence rather than cosmogenesis.
Āyurveda here symbolizes “right knowledge applied” (yukti): restoration is both bodily and psychological—renewal (punarnava) hints at a reconstitution of vitality and hope after karmic affliction.