Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
अजापालो यदा राजा सर्वलोकहिते रतः । अजारूपाः प्रयांति स्म व्याधयः सकला द्विजाः । तदा रात्रौ समानीय तस्मिन्स्थाने दधाति सः
ajāpālo yadā rājā sarvalokahite rataḥ | ajārūpāḥ prayāṃti sma vyādhayaḥ sakalā dvijāḥ | tadā rātrau samānīya tasminsthāne dadhāti saḥ
ពេលព្រះរាជា អជាបាលោ ប្រកបដោយចិត្តស្រឡាញ់សុខមង្គលសកលលោក ឱ ទ្វិជៈទាំងឡាយ រោគទាំងអស់តែងមកក្នុងរូបពពែ។ បន្ទាប់មក នៅពេលរាត្រី ព្រះអង្គប្រមូលវា ហើយដាក់ឲ្យស្ថិតនៅកន្លែងនោះ។
Sūta (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Ajāgṛha
Type: kshetra
Listener: brāhmaṇas / dvijas
Scene: A dharmic king at night gathers goat-formed diseases and confines them at a marked sacred spot; the atmosphere is hushed, moonlit, and protective.
FAQs
A righteous ruler devoted to lokahita participates in removing collective suffering; sacred places become instruments of healing.
The ‘place’ associated with Ajāgṛhā within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya, presented as a locus for containing/dissolving disease.
No explicit rite is detailed; the verse narrates a practice of gathering and placing the manifested diseases at the sacred spot at night.