Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 65
ततः सुप्तो महाभागाः स प्रबुद्धः पुनर्यदा । प्रभाते वीक्षते गात्रं यावत्कुष्ठविवर्जितम्
tataḥ supto mahābhāgāḥ sa prabuddhaḥ punaryadā | prabhāte vīkṣate gātraṃ yāvatkuṣṭhavivarjitam
پھر وہ خوش نصیب آدمی سو گیا؛ اور جب سحر کے وقت دوبارہ بیدار ہوا تو اس نے اپنا بدن دیکھا—وہ کوڑھ سے بالکل پاک تھا۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Scene: At dawn, the man awakens in a simple dwelling and gazes at his limbs in disbelief and joy: the marks of leprosy are gone, skin restored and luminous.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s grace can remove even deep afflictions, symbolizing the cleansing of sin and suffering through sacred contact and divine favor.
A puṇya-kuṇḍa/tīrtha in Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 212), later linked explicitly with Bhāskara worship.
Implied tīrtha-contact leading to purification; explicit prescriptions (snāna/pūjā) appear in later verses of the passage.