Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18
चंद्र उवाच । व्याधिक्षयं सुरश्रेष्ठ कुरु मे त्रिपुरांतक । यक्ष्मणा व्यापितो देहो ममायं च जगत्पते
caṃdra uvāca | vyādhikṣayaṃ suraśreṣṭha kuru me tripurāṃtaka | yakṣmaṇā vyāpito deho mamāyaṃ ca jagatpate
চন্দ্ৰে ক’লে: “হে সুৰশ্ৰেষ্ঠ, হে ত্ৰিপুৰান্তক, মোৰ ৰোগৰ ক্ষয় কৰাঁ। হে জগত্পতে, মোৰ এই দেহ যক্ষ্মাৰে ব্যাপ্ত।”
Candra
Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara (Śiva)
Scene: Candra, weakened by yakṣmā, pleads before Tripurāntaka for the destruction of his disease; Śiva listens with composed compassion.
FAQs
Direct, humble prayer to the Divine—naming Śiva’s powers—expresses surrender and becomes a path to relief.
The prayer is situated within Arbuda-māhātmya, framing Arbuda as a place for obtaining Śiva’s healing grace.
A petitionary prayer (ārādhana/bhakti) is shown; the earlier context includes tapas, japa, and homa as supporting practices.