AIAPGET Factors
– Acharya Sushruta has defined the remedy of Sitaputana Graha in Chapter 34 of Uttara Tantra
– For Parisechana – Kapitthadi Sadhita Jala (Kapitta, Suvaha, Bimbi, Bilva, Prachibala, Nandi and Bhallataka)
– For Abhyanga – Bastamutradi Taila (Bastamutra, Gomutra, Musta, Suradaru, Kustha and Sarvagandha)
– For Ghrta (panartha, lehartha) – Rohinyadi Ghrta (Ghee ready with Decoction of Rohini twak, Sarja, Khadira, Palasa and Kakubha together with milk and ghee).
– For Dhupana – Gridhroluka Purishadi (Gridhra purisha, Uluka purisha, Badtagandha, Sarpa nirmoka, Nimba patra and Madhuka patra).
– For Dharana – Lamba, Gunja and Kakadani
– For Bali – Rice cooked with mudga, varuni and rakta (blood of animals). She ought to be provided with inexperienced gram as meals, sura – beer, sonita – blood and reservoirs of water – ponds, rivers, lakes and many others.
– For Snana – baths ought to be given on the banks of ponds (jalashaya).
The thirty third chapter of Uttaratantra of Sushruta Samhita is called as Sitaputanā Graha Pratişedha Adhyaya. This chapter offers with the Therapy of Sitaputanā Graha.
अथातः शीतपूतनाप्रतिषेधं व्याख्यास्यामः ||१||
यथोवाच भगवान् धन्वन्तरिः ||२||
We’ll now expound Sitaputana graha pratiṣedha – remedy of the kid seized by Śītaputanā; as revealed by the venerable Dhañvañtari.
Parisechana, Taila, Ghrta, Dhupana, Dharana
कपित्थं सुवहां बिम्बीं तथा बिल्वं प्रचीबलम् |
नन्दीं भल्लातकं चापि परिषेके प्रयोजयेत् ||३||
बस्तमूत्रं गवां मूत्रं मुस्तं च सुरदारु च |
कुष्ठं च सर्वगन्धांश्च तैलार्थमवचारयेत् ||४||
रोहिणीसर्जखदिरपलाशककुभत्वचः |
निष्क्वाथ्य तस्मिन्निष्क्वाथे सक्षीरं विपचेद्घृतम् ||५||
गृध्रोलूकपुरीषाणि बस्तगन्धामहेस्त्वचः |
निम्बपत्राणि मधुकं धूपनार्थं प्रयोजयेत् ||६||
धारयेदपि लम्बां च गुञ्जां काकादनीं तथा |७|
Parisecana – Water ready with the beneath talked about is used for bathing the kid troubled with Sitaputana Graha –
– Kapittha,
– Suvahā,
– Bimbi,
– Bilva,
– Prācībala,
– Nañdi and
– Bhallātaka
Taila – Oil for anointing / massaging the kid troubled with Sitaputana Graha ought to be ready with the beneath talked about elements –
– Urine of goat and cow,
– Musta,
– Suradāru,
– Kuṣṭha and
– Sarvagandha
Ghrta – Medicated ghee is cooked with the decoction of the beneath talked about herbs together with milk and ghee –
– Bark of Rohiņī,
– Sarja,
– Khadira,
– Palāśa and
– Kakubha
This ghee ought to be given for ingesting / licking.
Dhupana – Fumigation ought to be given by the fumes of the beneath talked about elements –
– Excreta of eagle and owl
– Bastagandha
– Peel of snake
– Leaves of Nimba and Madhuka
Dharana – Amulets of Lambā, Guñjā and Kākādanī ought to be tied on the physique of the kid.
नद्यां मुद्गकृतैश्चान्नैस्तर्पयेच्छीतपूतनाम् ||७||
देव्यै देयश्चोपहारो वारुणी रुधिरं तथा |
जलाशयान्ते बालस्य स्नपनं चोपदिश्यते ||८||
मुद्गौदनाशना देवी सुराशोणितपायिनी |
जलाशयालया देवी पातु त्वां शीतपूतना ||९||
Bali – Oblation to please goddess Sitaputana ought to be given with rice cooked with mudga – inexperienced gram, Varuni – wine and blood of animals.
Snana and Puja – Bathing ought to be given to the kid on the banks of a pond. Later, prayer ought to be provided to Goddess Sitaputana as – ‘Goddess Sitaputana, please take the providing of rice cooked with inexperienced gram as meals for consumption, sura – beer, sonita – blood and reservoirs of water – ponds, rivers, lakes and many others for ingesting and be happy to guard the kid’.
इति श्रीसु श्रुतसंहितायामुत्तरतन्त्रान्तर्गते कुमारतन्त्रे शीतपूतनाप्रतिषेधो नाम (अष्टमोऽध्यायः आदीतः) चतुस्रिंशोऽध्यायः ॥३४॥
Thus ends the thirty-forth chapter by identify Sitaputana Pratisedha in Uttara Sthana of Susruta samhita.