Skandapurana 4.67.92.6

4.67.92.6

daśamyavasthā sannahyedbādhituṃ mādhunā bhṛśam ..
iti tasyā giraḥ śrutvā dūnāyā nitarāṃ ca tāḥ .. 74 ..
pravepamānahṛdayāḥ procurvīkṣya parasparam .. 75 ..
.. sakhya ūcuḥ .. ..
yasya grāmo na no nāma nānvayo nāpi budhyate ..
sa kathaṃ prāpyate bhadre ka upāyo vidhīyatām .. 76 ..
iti ratnāvalī śrutvā sasaṃdehāṃ ca tadgiram ..
vayasyāstadavāptau me yūyaṃ kuṃṭhi mumūrcha ha .. 77 ..
ityardhoktena sā bālā yūyaṃ kuṃṭhitaśaktayaḥ ..
yadvaktavyaṃ tviti tayā yūyaṃ kuṃṭhīti bhāṣitam .. 78 ..
tatastāstvaritāḥ sakhyaḥ paritāpopahārakān ..
bahuśaḥ śītalopāyānvyadhurmohapraśāṃtaye .. 79 ..
vyapaiti na yadā mūrchā tattacchītopacārataḥ ..
tasyāstadaikayānītaṃ ratneśasnapanodakam .. 4.2.67.80 ..
tadukṣaṇātkṣaṇādeva tanmūrchā virarāma ha ..
suptotthiteva sāvādīnmuhuḥ śivaśiveti ca .. 81 ..
.. skadaṃ uvāca ..
śraddhāvatāṃ svabhaktānāmupasarge mahatyapi ..
nopāyāṃtaramastyeva vineśa caraṇodakam .. 82..
ye vyādhayopi duḥsādhyā bahiraṃtaḥ śarīragāḥ ..
śraddhayeśodakasparśātte naśyaṃtyeva nānyathā .. 83 ..
sevitaṃ yena satataṃ bhagavaccaraṇodakam..
taṃ bāhyābhyaṃtaraśuciṃ nopasarpati durgatiḥ .. 84 ..
ādhibhautikatāpaṃ ca tāpaṃ vāpyādhidaivikam ..
ādhyātmikaṃ tathā tāpaṃ harecchrīcaraṇodakam .. 85 ..
vyapetasaṃjvarā cātha gaṃdharvatanayā mune ..
ucitajñeti hovāca tāḥ sakhīḥ srigdhadho(dhī?)radhīḥ .. 86 ..
.. ratnāvalyuvāca .. ..
śaśilekhenaṃgalekhe citralekhe madīhitaṃ ..
yūyaṃ kuṃṭhitasāmarthyāḥ kuto vastāḥ kalāḥ kva vā ..87..
matpriyaprāptaye samyagupāyo'sti mayekṣitaḥ ..

The tenth stage [of love] might now prepare to afflict me severely.' / Having heard these words of hers, who was intensely tormented,
their hearts trembling, they looked at one another and said:
The friends said:
'He whose village is not known to us, nor his name, nor his lineage— / how is he to be found, auspicious one? What means may be employed?'
Having heard that speech of theirs full of doubt, Ratnāvalī said: / 'Friends, in securing him for me, you are dull—' and fainted.
With these half-spoken words, 'you are of blunted powers'— / that which was to be said by her, she uttered as 'you are dull'.
Then those friends swiftly applied many cooling measures / to banish her torment, in order to pacify her fainting.
When the fainting did not depart from those various cooling remedies, / then the ceremonial bath water of Ratneśa was brought by one [of them].
From its sprinkling, her faint ceased in that very instant; / as if awakened from sleep, she repeatedly uttered, 'Śiva, Śiva!'
Skanda said:
For his devoted ones endowed with faith, even in great affliction, / there is no other remedy whatsoever except the water from the Lord’s feet.
Even those diseases difficult to cure that reside outside or inside the body / are indeed destroyed through faithful contact with the Lord’s water, not otherwise.
He by whom the water from the Lord’s feet is constantly revered, / pure internally and externally, misfortune does not approach him.
Afflictions caused by other beings, or afflictions caused by the gods, / and likewise afflictions originating from oneself—the holy water from his feet removes them.
Then, her fever having departed, O sage, the Gandharva daughter, / discerning what was fitting, spoke to those friends with an affectionate and calm mind:
Ratnāvalī said:
'Śaśilekhā, Anaṅgalekhā, Citralekhā! As for my desire, / you are of blunted capacities! Whence are those arts of yours, or where [are they gone]?
A proper means for the attainment of my beloved has been seen by me: