Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46
आधयो व्याधयो रौद्रा दुष्टरोगा ज्वरादयः । प्रणश्यंति द्रुतं सर्वे तथोत्पाताः सुदारुणाः
ādhayo vyādhayo raudrā duṣṭarogā jvarādayaḥ | praṇaśyaṃti drutaṃ sarve tathotpātāḥ sudāruṇāḥ
ذہنی آفتیں اور جسمانی بیماریاں—سخت امراض، خبیث عوارض، بخار وغیرہ—سب فوراً مٹ جاتے ہیں؛ اور اسی طرح نہایت ہولناک نحوستیں اور آفات بھی دور ہو جاتی ہیں۔
Unspecified (contextually a narrator/ṛṣi continuing the Vināyaka-māhātmya discourse)
Listener: nṛpaśreṣṭha
Scene: A suffering community—some feverish, some anxious—gathers before Vināyaka; as the chant rises, dark clouds of portents disperse, fever flames cool, and faces regain calm.
FAQs
Devotional remembrance of Vināyaka is presented as a śānti-practice that dissolves inner distress and outer suffering.
The verse sits within the Arbuda-khaṇḍa (Mount Arbuda/Abu region) narrative of the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa, where local sacred power is tied to Vināyaka’s grace.
No specific rite is stated here; the focus is on the result—pacification and removal of afflictions and ominous portents.