Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43
तस्यां शक्तौ नरो यश्च कुर्यात्पृष्ठिनिघर्षणम् । पूजयित्वा तु पुष्पाद्यैः सम्यक्छ्रद्धासमन्वितः । स न स्याद्रोगसंयुक्तो यावत्संवत्सरं द्विजाः
tasyāṃ śaktau naro yaśca kuryātpṛṣṭhinigharṣaṇam | pūjayitvā tu puṣpādyaiḥ samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ | sa na syādrogasaṃyukto yāvatsaṃvatsaraṃ dvijāḥ
হে দ্বিজসকল! যি নৰ সেই শক্তিক ফুল আদি দ্ৰব্যেৰে বিধিপূৰ্বক পূজা কৰি, সম্পূৰ্ণ শ্ৰদ্ধাসহিতে তাৰ সৈতে পিঠি ঘঁহে/স্পৰ্শ কৰে, সি এক বছৰ পৰ্যন্ত ৰোগত নপৰে।
Sūta (addressing the sages/dvijas)
Type: temple
Listener: Dvijāḥ (addressed audience)
Scene: A devotee, having offered flowers, reverently touches/rubs his back against a consecrated Śakti emblem near a shrine while brāhmaṇas witness; the atmosphere suggests protective energy and relief from illness.
FAQs
Faithful worship joined with prescribed tīrtha-practice is said to yield tangible well-being, reflecting the Purāṇic link between dharma and health.
The Śakti installation at Skandapura/Camatkārapura, treated as a potent healing-focused sacred point within the kṣetra.
Worship the Śakti with flowers and offerings, then perform pṛṣṭhi-nigharṣaṇa (back-rubbing/touching contact) as a vowed act, said to avert disease for a year.