Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28
एतेषां प्रथमौ यौ द्वौ निवृत्तिरहितौ स्मृतौ । औषधैश्चैव मंत्रैश्च शेषा नाशं व्रजंति च
eteṣāṃ prathamau yau dvau nivṛttirahitau smṛtau | auṣadhaiścaiva maṃtraiśca śeṣā nāśaṃ vrajaṃti ca
Von ihnen gelten die ersten beiden als ohne Aufhören (schwer zu vertreiben); doch die übrige kann durch Arzneien und auch durch Mantras vernichtet werden.
The personified Diseases (Vyādhayaḥ)
Listener: nṛpa (king) and/or dvija interlocutors implied
Scene: A teacher explains that two diseases are obstinate while one is curable by medicine and mantra; the king’s face shows concern turning into resolve to seek a higher remedy.
FAQs
It balances worldly remedy (medicine) with sacred remedy (mantra), while acknowledging that some afflictions persist due to deeper causes.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
Use of auṣadha (medicine) and mantra (sacred formula) is indicated as a means of destroying the remaining disease.