Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 85
एकांतरस्तृतीयस्तु ज्वरश्चातुर्थिकस्तथा । वेलायां जायते यस्तु ज्वरः शीतज्वरस्तथा
ekāṃtarastṛtīyastu jvaraścāturthikastathā | velāyāṃ jāyate yastu jvaraḥ śītajvarastathā
Das Wechselfieber, das Dreitagesfieber und ebenso das Viertagesfieber; auch das Fieber, das zu festgesetzten Zeiten aufkommt, sowie das Kältefieber mit Schüttelfrost—von diesen ist hier die Rede.
Skanda (deduced; continuing the phala/relief-from-disease theme)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (sectional kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A forest-tīrtha setting where sages enumerate types of fever; a pilgrim sits near a water-edge with medicinal herbs and a rudrākṣa-mālā, preparing for ritual remedies.
FAQs
The māhātmya frames tīrtha-based dharma as beneficial even for bodily afflictions, not only spiritual impurities.
The surrounding passage concerns Dharmavāpī in Dharmāraṇya.
No new rite is specified in this verse; it lists ailments (fever-types) in the context of removal/relief promised by the preceding practices.