Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
तस्याः प्रसादतः सर्वे भविष्यथ गतज्वराः । एतमेवात्र पश्यामि उपायं नागसत्तमाः । दैवो वा मानुषो वाऽपि नान्यो वो मुक्तिकारकः
tasyāḥ prasādataḥ sarve bhaviṣyatha gatajvarāḥ | etamevātra paśyāmi upāyaṃ nāgasattamāḥ | daivo vā mānuṣo vā'pi nānyo vo muktikārakaḥ
Durch ihre Gnade werdet ihr alle frei von der brennenden Fiebernot des Leids. Nur dieses eine Mittel sehe ich hier, o beste der Nāgas; ob göttlich oder menschlich—kein anderer Grund vermag euch Befreiung (vom Fluch) zu schenken.
Śeṣa
Tirtha: Arbuda Devī-upāsanā-sthāna (Caṇḍikā sambandha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nāgas (addressed as nāga-sattamāḥ)
Scene: A solemn assurance: the speaker declares Devī’s grace as the only means; nāgas listen with urgency, their fevered distress contrasted with the calm certainty of divine remedy.
FAQs
Ultimate relief and freedom are framed as arising from Devī’s prasāda, surpassing merely worldly (human) or fated (divine) causes.
Arbuda is upheld as the context where Devī’s grace is sought for curse-release.
Seeking Devī’s prasāda through dedicated worship (as directed in surrounding verses).