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
O ihr Zweifachgeborenen: Wer jene Śakti mit Blumen und dergleichen recht verehrt, von rechter श्रद्धा erfüllt, und dann seinen Rücken daran reibt (berührt), wird ein ganzes Jahr lang nicht von Krankheit befallen.
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.