Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 37
यस्मात्त्वद्रूपमालोक्य गोपाल्यः स्खलिता इमाः । तस्मात्कुष्ठी भव क्षिप्रमकांडागमनेन च
yasmāttvadrūpamālokya gopālyaḥ skhalitā imāḥ | tasmātkuṣṭhī bhava kṣipramakāṃḍāgamanena ca
তোমাৰ ৰূপ দেখি এই গোপালিনীসকল হোঁচট খাই পৰিল; সেয়ে তৎক্ষণাৎ কুষ্ঠৰোগী হোৱা, আৰু এই ৰোগ বিলম্ব নকৰাকৈ হঠাতে তোমাক আক্ৰমণ কৰক।
Nārada (as narrator within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame)
Scene: A charged moment of imprecation: cowherd maidens (gopālyas) recoiling and stumbling as a radiant youth’s beauty distracts them; a speaker pronounces a sudden curse of leprosy, foreshadowing karmic consequence.
FAQs
Misuse of beauty and desire leads to immediate karmic consequence; restraint and humility are upheld as dharma.
This verse is part of the lead-up; the explicit glorification follows with Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) as the place of purification.
None here; it states the onset of a curse (kuṣṭha) as a karmic result.