Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 30
क्षीणायुर्मृत्युमापन्नो महारोगहतोऽपि वा । सद्यः सुखमवाप्नोति दीर्घमायुश्च विंदति
kṣīṇāyurmṛtyumāpanno mahārogahato'pi vā | sadyaḥ sukhamavāpnoti dīrghamāyuśca viṃdati
Même celui dont la vie décline—qui est tombé entre les griffes de la mort ou est frappé par une grave maladie—atteint immédiatement le bien-être et trouve une longue vie.
Brahmottarakhaṇḍa narrator (contextual attribution; explicit speaker not present in the verse excerpt)
Scene: A sick person on a cot, attendants chanting the kavaca; above, Tryambaka/Mṛtyuñjaya radiates cool healing light; the shadow of death retreats; a long-life thread/garland symbolically extends from Śiva to the devotee.
FAQs
Puranic merit (puṇya) generated by the prescribed sacred act—taught in this context—can swiftly transform suffering, granting well-being and longevity even to the gravely afflicted.
This verse is a general phala-śruti statement; the specific tīrtha is not named in the shloka excerpt itself and must be identified from the surrounding verses of Brahmottarakhaṇḍa, Adhyāya 12.
No explicit ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is stated in this single verse; it summarizes the result, implying a prior instruction in the chapter.