Agni Purana — Ayurveda, Shloka 36
Chapter 282 — नानारोगहराण्यौषधानि
Medicines that Remove Various Diseases
मासार्कत्वक्पयस्तैलं मधुसिक्तञ्च सैन्धवं पादरोगं हरेत्सर्पिर्जालकुक्कुटजं तथा
māsārkatvakpayastailaṃ madhusiktañca saindhavaṃ pādarogaṃ haretsarpirjālakukkuṭajaṃ tathā
O óleo preparado com feijão‑preto (māṣa), a casca de arka (Calotropis) e leite, misturado com mel e saindhava (sal‑gema), remove as doenças dos pés; do mesmo modo, o ghee obtido da ave jālaka também cura os males dos pés.
Lord Agni (teaching the sage Vasiṣṭha in the Agni Purana’s encyclopedic discourse)
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Dosha: Vata
Concept: Bahiḥparimarjana (external therapy) and sneha-kalpanā as primary tools for vāta-dominant peripheral disorders.
Application: Use oil/ghee-based preparations with salt/honey as carriers to enhance penetration and relieve pain/stiffness in extremities.
Khanda Section: Ayurveda (Agni Purana medicinal remedies / therapeutic formulations)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
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Sandhi Resolution Notes: māsārkatvakpayastailaṃ → मास + अर्कत्वक् + पयस् + तैलम्; madhusiktañca → मधुसिक्तम् + च; haretsarpir → हरेत् + सर्पिः (त् + स → त्स)।
Related Themes: Agni Purana 282 (taila/ghṛta formulations)
FAQs
It gives an Ayurvedic therapeutic formula: a medicated oil (taila) made from black gram, arka-bark, and milk, combined with honey and rock salt, for treating pādaroga (foot ailments), and notes an additional remedy using a specific kind of poultry-derived ghee.
Alongside theology and ritual, the Agni Purana preserves practical medical instructions—here, a focused clinical recipe for foot disorders—showing its broad coverage of applied sciences such as Ayurveda.
By promoting healing and relief of suffering through dharmic, tradition-sanctioned remedies, the instruction supports bodily well-being as a basis for sustained religious practice (ācāra) and disciplined life.