Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24
विषनाशाय यस्तत्र जपेच्छ्र द्धासमन्वितः । उत्तिष्ठेति विषं सद्यस्तस्य नाशं प्रयास्यति
viṣanāśāya yastatra japecchra ddhāsamanvitaḥ | uttiṣṭheti viṣaṃ sadyastasya nāśaṃ prayāsyati
ವಿಷನಾಶಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಯಾರು ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಶ್ರದ್ಧೆಯಿಂದ ‘ಉತ್ತಿಷ್ಠ’ ಎಂದು ಆರಂಭವಾಗುವ ಮಂತ್ರವನ್ನು ಜಪಿಸುತ್ತಾರೋ, ಅವರ ವಿಷವು ತಕ್ಷಣವೇ ನಾಶವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ।
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha-māhātmya narration style)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee supports a poisoned traveler near a tīrtha; the chanter raises a hand in protective gesture while reciting ‘Uttiṣṭha’; dark fumes representing poison dissipate into light.
FAQs
Śraddhā (faith) joined to mantra-japa at a tīrtha is credited with swift alleviation of affliction.
A tīrtha described in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the verse points to that sacred locale with ‘tatra’.
Chanting a specific mantra identified by its opening word “uttiṣṭha” for counteracting poison.
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