Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20
दुर्नामकास्तथा चान्ये कुष्ठरोगास्तथा परे । क्षयरोगास्तथा चान्ये वातगुल्मास्तथैव च । अन्ये चैव तु ये केचिद्व्याधयस्तु प्रकीर्त्तिताः
durnāmakāstathā cānye kuṣṭharogāstathā pare | kṣayarogāstathā cānye vātagulmāstathaiva ca | anye caiva tu ye kecidvyādhayastu prakīrttitāḥ
بدنام گلٹیاں اور دیگر عوارض—کوڑھ اور اس جیسے امراض، دق اور دوسری گھلانے والی بیماریاں، وات کے عوارض اور پیٹ کے گلْم، اور جو بھی دوسری بیماریاں بیان کی گئی ہیں—
Śiva (Someśvara/Kālāgnirudra) to Devī (Deveśī)
Tirtha: Someśvara (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A procession of afflicted pilgrims—lepers, consumptives, those with swellings—arrive at the coastal kṣetra, supported by family, carrying offerings, eyes fixed on the distant temple spire.
FAQs
The māhātmya portrays tīrtha-darśana as transformative—relieving even grave afflictions when approached with faith.
Prabhāsa kṣetra, specifically through connection to Śrī Someśvara.
The verse lists conditions; the remedy (Someśvara-darśana) is stated explicitly in the next verse.