Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 59
गुल्मशूलाक्षिरोगाणां नित्यं नाशकरी तथा । शिरोरोगज्वराणां च नाशनी सर्वदेहिनाम्
gulmaśūlākṣirogāṇāṃ nityaṃ nāśakarī tathā | śirorogajvarāṇāṃ ca nāśanī sarvadehinām
มันทำลายโรคภัยต่างๆ เช่น เนื้องอกในช่องท้องและอาการจุกเสียด ตลอดจนโรคตา และสำหรับสิ่งมีชีวิตทั้งหลาย มันช่วยขจัดความผิดปกติของศีรษะและไข้ด้วย
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative convention)
Scene: A healer-priest recites the vidyā over afflicted devotees: one with abdominal pain, one with eye disease, one with fever; Devī’s protective aura descends as cooling light.
FAQs
Sacred merit (phala) is portrayed as compassionate and universal—capable of alleviating suffering and restoring wellbeing for all embodied beings.
This verse functions as a general healing phalaśruti; the specific tīrtha is not named in the provided excerpt from Kaumārikākhaṇḍa, Adhyāya 62.
No explicit ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is stated in this single verse; it describes the result (disease-destruction) of the practice or sacred agency being praised in the surrounding context.