Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 74
गायत्र्यष्टसहस्रं यो जपेत्तत्पुरतः स्थितः । सोऽपि रोगविनिर्मुक्तो मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः
gāyatryaṣṭasahasraṃ yo japettatpurataḥ sthitaḥ | so'pi rogavinirmukto mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ
ผู้ใด ยืนอยู่เบื้องหน้าสภาวะศักดิ์สิทธิ์นั้น แล้วสวดชปคายตรีแปดพันจบ ผู้นั้นย่อมพ้นโรคาพาธ และหลุดพ้นจากบาปหนักทั้งสิ้น
Narratorial voice (Purāṇic narrator within the Ratnāditya-māhātmya; likely Sūta’s narration in this section)
Tirtha: Ratnāditya-sannidhi (within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Not explicit
Scene: A devotee stands or sits in disciplined posture before a solar icon, counting beads, as light falls across the temple courtyard; the atmosphere suggests sustained austerity culminating in healing.
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Devotional discipline (japa) performed at a sacred locus purifies both body and karma, leading to freedom from illness and sin.
The Ratnāditya sacred context within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, as presented in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya.
Gāyatrī-japa totaling eight thousand recitations, performed while standing before the sacred presence.