Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 76
मा कुरुष्व विषादं त्वं कुष्ठव्याधिसमुद्रवम् । तस्मिन्क्षेत्रे स्थिते देवे कुहराश्रयसंज्ञिते
mā kuruṣva viṣādaṃ tvaṃ kuṣṭhavyādhisamudravam | tasminkṣetre sthite deve kuharāśrayasaṃjñite
കുഷ്ഠരോഗം മൂലം പീഡിതനായാലും നീ വിഷാദിക്കരുത്. ആ പുണ്യക്ഷേത്രത്തിൽ ‘കുഹരാശ്രയ’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ ദേവൻ വസിക്കുന്നു.
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.