Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9
भूतप्रेतपिशाचादिरक्षार्थं तत्र मानवः । यो जपेद्वामदेव्यं च स स्याद्धि निरुपद्रवः
bhūtapretapiśācādirakṣārthaṃ tatra mānavaḥ | yo japedvāmadevyaṃ ca sa syāddhi nirupadravaḥ
भूत-प्रेत-पिशाच इत्यादींपासून रक्षणासाठी जो मनुष्य तेथे वामदेव्याचा जप करतो, तो निश्चयच उपद्रवरहित होतो.
Sūta
Type: pitha
Scene: Night-time shrine scene at a pīṭha; a devotee chants Vāmadeva; dark, ghostly forms at the periphery dissolve into mist; a protective circle of light surrounds the chanter; lamps and incense steady the atmosphere.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma treats protection as a sacred act: mantra and tīrtha together remove upadrava (harm/obstacles).
The same pīṭha of Adhyāya 36, credited with strong protective power against unseen afflictions.
Japa of the Vāmadeva hymn/mantra for protective purposes.