Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
रघुवंशसमुद्भूतो ह्यजापालो नृपोत्तमः । स तत्र देवीमाराध्य पापरोगवशंकरीम्
raghuvaṃśasamudbhūto hyajāpālo nṛpottamaḥ | sa tatra devīmārādhya pāparogavaśaṃkarīm
ರಘುವಂಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಜನಿಸಿದ ಅಜಾಪಾಲನೆಂಬ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ರಾಜನು ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಪಾಪ ಹಾಗೂ ರೋಗಗಳ ಪ್ರಭಾವವನ್ನು ಶಮನಗೊಳಿಸುವ ದೇವಿಯನ್ನು ಭಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ಆರಾಧಿಸಿದನು।
Īśvara (Śiva) (continued narration)
Tirtha: Ajāpāleśvarī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A Raghu-lineage king, Ajāpāla, performs Devī ārādhana at a shrine; offerings of flowers, incense, lamps; the Devī’s presence is protective, subduing shadowy personifications of sin and disease.
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Devotional worship (ārādhana) is portrayed as a force that overcomes both moral impurity (pāpa) and embodied suffering (roga).
The shrine of the Goddess Ajāpāleśvarī in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
Worship/propitiation of the Goddess (devīm ārādhya) at the site.