Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40
व्याधयो यैश्च गृह्यंते मुच्यंते स्वेच्छया सदा । सुखेन परिपाल्यंते दृष्टिगोचरसंस्थिताः
vyādhayo yaiśca gṛhyaṃte mucyaṃte svecchayā sadā | sukhena paripālyaṃte dṛṣṭigocarasaṃsthitāḥ
यैः व्याधयो गृह्यन्ते मुच्यन्ते च स्वेच्छया सदा; सुखेन परिपाल्यन्ते दृष्टिगोचरसंस्थिताः।
Sūta (continuing narration)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A vivid siddhi is described: by specific mantras, diseases can be captured and released at will, kept under easy control, remaining within the practitioner’s field of vision—suggesting personified ailments subdued by mantra-light.
FAQs
The text frames illness as governable under dharmic, divinely empowered discipline—grace restores mastery over suffering.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it stresses the miraculous benefits that accompany the wider tīrtha narrative.
Mantra-use for restraint and release of ailments is indicated, but without procedural details.
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