Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30
या च वंध्या भवेन्नारी सा भूयात्पुत्रसंयुता । दुर्भगा च ससौभाग्या कुरूपा रूपसंभवा । रोगिणी रोगनिर्मुक्ता सर्वसौख्यसमन्विता
yā ca vaṃdhyā bhavennārī sā bhūyātputrasaṃyutā | durbhagā ca sasaubhāgyā kurūpā rūpasaṃbhavā | rogiṇī roganirmuktā sarvasaukhyasamanvitā
ವಂಧ್ಯೆಯಾದ ಸ್ತ್ರೀ ಪುತ್ರವತಿಯಾಗುತ್ತಾಳೆ; ದುರ್ಭಾಗ್ಯವತಿ ಸೌಭಾಗ್ಯವತಿಯಾಗುತ್ತಾಳೆ; ಕುರೂಪೆ ರೂಪವತಿಯಾಗುತ್ತಾಳೆ; ರೋಗಿಣಿ ರೋಗಮುಕ್ತಳಾಗಿ ಎಲ್ಲ ಸೌಖ್ಯಗಳಿಂದ ಸಮನ್ವಿತಳಾಗುತ್ತಾಳೆ।
Dhārā (stating the desired scope of Devī’s grace for devotees)
Tirtha: Dhārā (Devī)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sequence-like tableau: women devotees before Devī—one praying for a child, another for fortune, another for healing—while Devī’s blessing gesture (varada-mudrā) radiates auspicious symbols (kalasha, lotus, medicinal herbs).
FAQs
At a sanctified tīrtha, the Goddess’s compassion is portrayed as transforming suffering into wholeness and well-being.
The Nāgarakhaṇḍa Devī-sthāna where worship yields blessings for health, fertility, and happiness (Adhyāya 169).
The benefits are tied to the preceding acts: offering, pradakṣiṇā, stotra-praise, and bowing at the shrine.
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