Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35
स व्याधिना विनि र्मुक्तस्तत्क्षणात्कल्पतां व्रजेत् । तथा पापविनिर्मुक्तो यथाहं नृपसत्तम
sa vyādhinā vini rmuktastatkṣaṇātkalpatāṃ vrajet | tathā pāpavinirmukto yathāhaṃ nṛpasattama
dia akan terlepas daripada penyakit pada saat itu juga dan mencapai kesempurnaan serta kesejahteraan. Demikian pula dia dibebaskan daripada dosa, wahai raja yang terbaik—seperti aku sendiri.
Kārpaṭika (ascetic/pilgrim narrator)
Tirtha: Nāgara-kṣetra tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (nṛpa-sattama)
Scene: The healed devotee stands radiant, skin restored; the king listens in astonishment; the sacred water glimmers as if charged with solar energy.
FAQs
Tīrtha-sevā is presented as both outer and inner purification: bodily affliction and moral impurity are removed together through Dharma-aligned practice.
The same Nāgara-region tīrtha later named Viśvāmitra-jalāvaha, praised for immediate relief from disease and sin.
Performing the prescribed snāna at the stated auspicious time yields immediate vyādhi-nāśa (ending of illness) and pāpa-kṣaya (destruction of sin).