Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
तस्य दुःखानि सर्वाणि कुष्ठानि विविधानि च । विलयं यांति देवेशि दुर्गादित्यप्रपूजनात्
tasya duḥkhāni sarvāṇi kuṣṭhāni vividhāni ca | vilayaṃ yāṃti deveśi durgādityaprapūjanāt
हे देवेशी, दुर्गादित्याच्या पूजेमुळे त्याची सर्व दुःखे आणि विविध प्रकारचे कुष्ठरोगही नष्ट होऊन विलीन होतात।
Narration within Īśvara’s discourse
Tirtha: Durgāditya
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣi assembly (frame implied)
Scene: A devotee afflicted with suffering and skin disease approaches the Durgāditya shrine; through worship, the afflictions dissolve—shown as dark marks fading, replaced by radiant health under Sūrya’s blessing.
FAQs
Faithful worship at a sanctified site is portrayed as transforming karma’s burdens, bringing relief from both mental and bodily afflictions.
Durgāditya of Prabhāsa-kṣetra, famed for alleviating duḥkha and disease.
The implied practice is Durgāditya-prapūjā (formal worship), with timing specified earlier as Saptamī on Sunday.