Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 75
वातपित्तादि जनितास्तथा च विषमज्वराः । दूरादेव पलायंते श्रुत्वा स्तुतिमिमां शुभाम्
vātapittādi janitāstathā ca viṣamajvarāḥ | dūrādeva palāyaṃte śrutvā stutimimāṃ śubhām
Penyakit yang timbul daripada vāta, pitta dan seumpamanya, bahkan demam yang tidak menentu atau berat—apabila mendengar stuti yang mulia ini, semuanya lari menjauh dari kejauhan.
Durgā (Devī)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (Devī-stuti as ārogya-śānti)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devotee/practitioner; also household audience listening to the phala-śruti
Scene: Personified diseases—vāta/pitta disorders and severe fevers—are shown fleeing at a distance upon hearing the auspicious hymn, while the devotee sits in calm devotion under Devī’s grace.
FAQs
Auspicious sacred sound (stuti/śravaṇa) is presented as a purifier that drives away suffering and disease.
The hymn’s power is taught within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa narrative framework associated with Kāśī’s sanctity.
Hearing (or reciting so it is heard) this auspicious stuti is itself described as efficacious.