द्वात्रिंशोऽध्यायः अथातः पूतनाप्रतिषेधं व्याख्यास्यामः,
यथोवाच भगवान् धन्वन्तरिः ॥ १ ॥
Now we shall discourse on the chapter which treats of the medical treatment of an attack by Putana (Putana- Pratisedha ). 1
कपोतवङ्कारलुको वरुणः पारिभद्रकः । आस्फोता चैव योज्याः स्युर्बालानां परिषेचने ॥ २ ॥
वचा वयःस्था गोलोमी हरितालं मनः शिला । कुष्ठं सर्जरसश्चैव तैलार्थे वर्ग इष्यते ॥ ३ ॥
A decoction of the barks of Kapota-vanka, Araluka, Varuna, Paribhadraka and Asphota should be used in washing, and medicated oil duly cooked and prepared with (the Kalka and decoction of) Vaca, Vayastha, (Brahmi), Golomi, Haritala, Manah -sila, Kustha and Sarjarasa (resin) should be used in anointing the body of a child possessed by Putana. 2-3.
हितं घृतं तुगाक्षीर्यां सिद्धं मधुरकेषु च । कुष्ठतालीशखदिर-चन्दनस्यन्दने तथा ॥ ४ ॥
Clarified butter duly cooked with the Tuga-ksiri, Kustha, Talisa, Khadira and Candana and the drugs of the Madhura group would be found benefical. 4.
देवदारुवचाहिङ्ग-कुष्ठं गिरिकदम्बकः । एला हरेणवश्चापि योज्या उद्धृपने सदा ॥ ५ ॥
गन्धनाकुलिकुम्भीके मज्जानो बदरस्य च । कर्कटास्थि घृतञ्चैव धूपनं सर्षपैः सह ॥ ६ ॥
काकादनीं चित्रफलां बिम्बीं गुञ्जाञ्च धारयेत् ॥ ७॥
Deva-daru, Vaca, Kustha, Hingu, Giri-kadamba, Ela and Harenu should be used in fumigating the body of the child. Fumigation of Gandhanakuli, Kumbhika, marrow of Badara-fruits, shells of crabs, and mustard-seeds pounded together and mixed with clarified butter may also be used. Kakadani, Citraphala, Bimbi and Gunja should be worn on the body (as a charm) by the child. 5-7.
मत्स्यौदनञ्च कुर्वीत कृशरां पललं तथा । शरावसम्पुटे कृत्वा बलिं शून्यगृहे हरेत् ॥ ८ ॥
उच्छिष्टेनाभिषेकेण शिरसि स्नानमिष्यते । पूज्या च पूतना देवी बलिभिः सोपहारकैः ॥ ९॥
Putana the presiding deity of the disease, should be worshipped in the interior of a lonely chamber with oblations and with the offerings of boiled rice prepared with the admixture of fish as well as those of Krsara, and Palala (meat or puddings of sesamum) placed in a saucer and covered with another, and the child should be bathed with the water left behind after worship. 8-9.
मलिनाम्बरसंवीता मलिना रूक्षमूर्धजा । शून्यागाराश्रिता देवी दारकं पातु पूतना ॥ १० ॥
दुर्दर्शना सुदुर्गन्धा कराला मेघकालिका । भिन्नागाराश्रया देवी दारकं पातु पूतना ॥ ११ ॥
The worshipping Mantra is as follows :- “May the slovenly shag-haired goddess, Putana, who is dressed in dirty clothes, and who loves to haunt lonely dwellings, preserve the child. May the fiercelooking, frightful goddess who is as black as a dark rain-cloud, who loves to haunt lonely and dilapidated human dwellings and whose body gives off filthy odours protect the child from all evils.” 10-11.
इति सश्रुत-संहितायामुत्तरतन्त्रे पूतनाप्रतिषेधव्याख्यानाम द्वात्रिंशोऽध्यायः ॥ ३२ ॥
Thus ends the thirty-second chapter of the Uttara-Tantra in the Susruta Samhita which deals with the medical treatment ( of an attack) by Putana.
