Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 80
भूतप्रेतपिशाचाद्या नोपकुर्युः प्रपीडनम् । आपदो विद्रवंत्याशु योगिन्यो नंदयंति तम्
bhūtapretapiśācādyā nopakuryuḥ prapīḍanam | āpado vidravaṃtyāśu yoginyo naṃdayaṃti tam
Bhūta, preta, piśāca và các loài tương tự không thể quấy nhiễu hay áp bức người ấy. Tai ương mau chóng tan chạy, và các Yoginī hoan hỷ với người ấy.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced for Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration)
Tirtha: Navatīrtha-kṣetra (Devī/Yoginī protection)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee walks fearlessly as shadowy bhūtas and piśācas recoil; luminous Yoginīs hover, smiling in approval; calamities personified as dark clouds dispersing.
FAQs
Devotional merit (puṇya) and sacred observance grant protection from unseen harms and invite divine feminine blessings.
The verse is within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa’s local māhātmya context (a sacred precinct associated with Guha/Skanda traditions), though the specific place-name is not stated in this single verse.
No explicit ritual is named here; the verse states the resulting protection and Yoginī-pleasure from the prior practice described in the surrounding passage.