Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18
ये नरा व्याधिना ग्रस्ताः काणाश्चांधास्तथा जडाः । हीनांगाश्चाऽधिकांगाश्च कुरूपा विकृताननाः
ye narā vyādhinā grastāḥ kāṇāścāṃdhāstathā jaḍāḥ | hīnāṃgāścā'dhikāṃgāśca kurūpā vikṛtānanāḥ
जे मनुष्य रोगांनी ग्रस्त आहेत, एका डोळ्याने अंध आहेत, पूर्ण अंध आहेत, मतिमंद आहेत, ज्यांचे अवयव कमी किंवा अधिक आहेत, जे कुरूप आणि विकृत चेहऱ्याचे आहेत—
Brahmin sages (continuing description of beneficiaries)
Tirtha: Śaṅkhatīrtha
Type: ghat
Scene: A procession of afflicted people—blind, one-eyed, lame, deformed—approach the sacred waters with attendants guiding them; the tīrtha glows with promise.
FAQs
The tīrtha’s grace is portrayed as universally compassionate, extending even to severe physical afflictions.
Śaṅkhatīrtha (the context continues from the previous verse).
Not yet; this verse lists conditions of those who may receive benefit, preparing for the snāna instruction that follows.