Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 85
बाष्पपूर्णेक्षणा दीना मुक्तकेशी विशेषतः । एष व्याधिविनिर्मुक्तस्तीर्थयात्राफलान्वितः । कुष्ठव्याधिपरित्यक्तः पुनरेष्यति तेंऽतिकम्
bāṣpapūrṇekṣaṇā dīnā muktakeśī viśeṣataḥ | eṣa vyādhivinirmuktastīrthayātrāphalānvitaḥ | kuṣṭhavyādhiparityaktaḥ punareṣyati teṃ'tikam
آنسوؤں سے بھری آنکھوں کے ساتھ، وہ بے بس اور خصوصاً بکھرے ہوئے بالوں میں نوحہ کرنے لگی۔ “وہ بیماری سے آزاد ہوگا، تیرتھ یاترا کے پھل سے سرفراز؛ کوڑھ کی تکلیف چھوڑ کر پھر تمہارے پاس لوٹ آئے گا۔”
Unclear in snippet (lament-description plus consoling assurance; likely narrative voice conveying reassurance to Jāmbavatī in Kṛṣṇa’s presence)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A grief-stricken woman with tear-filled eyes and loosened hair laments, while an unseen assurance (oracle-like voice or messenger) proclaims that the afflicted one will be freed from leprosy and return after completing pilgrimage.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is portrayed as both purifying and restorative—granting merit and relief from suffering when undertaken with faith.
The chapter’s tīrtha framework connected with Arbuda and the deity of Kuharāśraya-kṣetra, where healing and merit are promised.
Undertaking tīrtha-yātrā is explicitly praised as yielding spiritual ‘fruit’ and even bodily relief from disease.