Agni Purana — Agneya-vidya, Shloka 9
Chapter 40 — भूपरिग्रहो नाम
Bhū-parigraha) / अर्घ्यदानविधानम् (Arghya-dāna-vidhāna
असुरं सुरया द्विष्ठं पदे शेषं घृताम्भसा यवैः पापं पदार्धस्थं रोगमर्धे च मण्डकैः
asuraṃ surayā dviṣṭhaṃ pade śeṣaṃ ghṛtāmbhasā yavaiḥ pāpaṃ padārdhasthaṃ rogamardhe ca maṇḍakaiḥ
سُرا (خمیرہ دار شراب) سے دشمنانہ اسوری اثر کو دور کرے۔ پاؤں پر جو شَیش (باقی آلودگی) رہے اسے گھی ملے پانی سے پاک کرے۔ آدھے پاؤں کے حصے میں موجود گناہ کو جو (یَو) سے مٹائے، اور درمیانی حصے میں بیماری ہو تو مَندک کیکوں سے اسے فرو کرے۔
Lord Agni (instructing the sage Vasiṣṭha in encyclopedic disciplines)
Vidya Category: {"primary_vidya":"Ayurveda","secondary_vidya":"Dharmashastra","practical_application":"Apotropaic-therapeutic rite mapping substances to loci (foot/half-foot/mid-portion) to remove malevolent influence, residual impurity, sin, and disease using surā, ghṛtāmbhas, yava, and maṇḍaka.","sutra_style":true}
Encyclopedic Reference: {"reference_type":"Procedure","entry_title":"Rogopacāra for pāda-doṣa: surā, ghṛtāmbhas, yava, and maṇḍaka by location","lookup_keywords":["rogopacāra","pāda-doṣa","surā","ghṛta-udaka","yava-maṇḍaka"],"quick_summary":"Treat/ward influences by targeted substances: surā against asuric affliction, ghee-water for residual impurity on the foot, barley for sin localized to half-foot, and maṇḍaka cakes for disease in the mid-portion."}
Concept: Bandha between moral/ritual impurity (pāpa), subtle affliction (āsurī), and bodily localization; remediation via dravya-yukti (substance logic).
Application: Use graded purification: first repel hostile influence, then cleanse residue, then address moral taint and manifest disease with appropriate dravyas.
Khanda Section: Ayurveda (Rogopacara / Bhaiṣajya—remedial measures and expiatory-therapeutic rites)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A healer-priest treating a person’s foot in three marked zones (foot, half-foot region, mid-portion), applying ghee-water, placing barley and maṇḍaka cakes, and setting a small surā vessel for apotropaic warding.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural, seated practitioner near a patient’s foot, ritual vessels (surā pot, ghee-water bowl), barley grains and round maṇḍaka cakes arranged by zones, subdued protective atmosphere, bold outlines.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting, central foot motif with gold-highlighted zones, ornate bowls of ghṛtāmbhas, barley heap, maṇḍaka on a plate, small surā pot, sacred protective symbols in gold.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore instructional painting, diagrammatic foot with labeled regions, stepwise application of surā/ghṛtāmbhas/yava/maṇḍaka, clean lines and soft colors, didactic clarity.","mughal_miniature_prompt":"Mughal miniature, physician-priest in a chamber applying remedies to a foot, attendants holding trays with barley and cakes, a small liquor vessel, fine textile patterns and precise detailing."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"instructional","suggested_raga":"Bhairav","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"instructional"}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: घृताम्भसा = घृत + अम्भसा; पदार्धस्थम् = पद + अर्ध + स्थम्; रोगम् + अर्धे → रोगमर्धे.
Related Themes: Agni Purana ch. 40 rogopacāra/bhaiṣajya segment; Agni Purana passages on śānti, bali, and doṣa-nivṛtti rites
FAQs
It gives a graded set of remedial measures—surā, ghee-water, barley, and maṇḍaka-cakes—mapped to specific kinds/locations of affliction (asuric hostility, residual impurity on the foot, sin in the half-foot region, and disease in the mid-portion).
It blends practical therapeutics with ritual-expiatory logic, showing how the Agni Purana preserves applied knowledge (dietary/medicinal substances and cleansing agents) alongside dharmic ideas of impurity and sin-removal.
The verse treats pāpa (sin/impurity) and roga (disease) as conditions that can be reduced through prescribed purificatory substances and offerings, emphasizing purification and protection as karmically meaningful acts.