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Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 76 · Kushtha: past deeds
कुष्ठ — कर्मविपाकः
अथ दद्रूविचर्चिकादीनां कर्मविपाकेहेतुमाह । तत्प्रतीकारं च ।सुवर्णापहारी कुष्ठी दद्रूणो वा जायते । आयुत्सादी मंडलकुष्ठी भवति । कक्षवनदाही दद्रूणः ।
Next comes dadru (ringworm), vicharchika (a weeping skin rash) and the like. Their karmavipaka (fruit of past deeds) cause and remedy are told. One who steals gold may get kushtha (skin disease) or dadru. One who destroys life may get kushtha in round patches. One who burns a thicket may get dadru.
Classical view, not medical advice.
बोधायनः
Bodhayana says: One who strikes a priest in the eyes may become one with dadru (ringworm). I will tell the remedy. He should have it made of gold.
तदर्धेन तदर्धेन तदर्धार्धे न वा पुनः ।
Or the weight may be half of that, or half again, or a quarter. It is a figure of Uma and Maheshvara, set on a bull.
चतुर्भुजं च द्विभुजामुमां कुर्याद्विचक्षणः ।
The wise one should make Shiva four-armed and Uma two-armed. Shambhu has one face, three eyes and mighty arms.