Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43
तस्यां शक्तौ नरो यश्च कुर्यात्पृष्ठिनिघर्षणम् । पूजयित्वा तु पुष्पाद्यैः सम्यक्छ्रद्धासमन्वितः । स न स्याद्रोगसंयुक्तो यावत्संवत्सरं द्विजाः
tasyāṃ śaktau naro yaśca kuryātpṛṣṭhinigharṣaṇam | pūjayitvā tu puṣpādyaiḥ samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ | sa na syādrogasaṃyukto yāvatsaṃvatsaraṃ dvijāḥ
اے دِوِجوں! جو شخص اُس شکتی کی پھول وغیرہ سے درست طریقے اور پوری شردھا کے ساتھ پوجا کر کے اپنی پیٹھ اس سے رگڑتا/چھوتا ہے، وہ ایک برس تک بیماری سے مبتلا نہیں ہوتا۔
Sūta (addressing the sages/dvijas)
Type: temple
Listener: Dvijāḥ (addressed audience)
Scene: A devotee, having offered flowers, reverently touches/rubs his back against a consecrated Śakti emblem near a shrine while brāhmaṇas witness; the atmosphere suggests protective energy and relief from illness.
FAQs
Faithful worship joined with prescribed tīrtha-practice is said to yield tangible well-being, reflecting the Purāṇic link between dharma and health.
The Śakti installation at Skandapura/Camatkārapura, treated as a potent healing-focused sacred point within the kṣetra.
Worship the Śakti with flowers and offerings, then perform pṛṣṭhi-nigharṣaṇa (back-rubbing/touching contact) as a vowed act, said to avert disease for a year.