Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 76
मा कुरुष्व विषादं त्वं कुष्ठव्याधिसमुद्रवम् । तस्मिन्क्षेत्रे स्थिते देवे कुहराश्रयसंज्ञिते
mā kuruṣva viṣādaṃ tvaṃ kuṣṭhavyādhisamudravam | tasminkṣetre sthite deve kuharāśrayasaṃjñite
Ne cède pas au désespoir, même si la lèpre te tourmente. En ce kṣetra sacré demeure le Seigneur, connu sous le nom de Kuharāśraya.
Unspecified in snippet (narrative context: counsel given to Viṣṇu’s son, Sāmba)
Tirtha: Kuharāśraya-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (contextual frame)
Scene: An afflicted prince/devotee with signs of leprosy is consoled by a divine or saintly figure pointing toward a cave-shrine; the distant mountain of Arbuda rises behind, suggesting hope and destination.
FAQs
Despair is to be abandoned; faith in the Lord present in a sacred kṣetra becomes the doorway to healing and merit.
Kuharāśraya-kṣetra, where the deity known as Kuharāśraya is said to abide.
No explicit ritual is stated here; the verse points toward approaching the kṣetra and its presiding deity for relief.