Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25
राजोवाच । ममायं संमतः पुत्रो ग्रस्तः कुष्ठेन केशव । बालोऽपि तत्कुरुष्वास्य कुष्ठव्याधिपरिक्षयम्
rājovāca | mamāyaṃ saṃmataḥ putro grastaḥ kuṣṭhena keśava | bālo'pi tatkuruṣvāsya kuṣṭhavyādhiparikṣayam
ৰাজাই ক’লে: “হে কেশৱ, মোৰ এই প্ৰিয় পুত্ৰ কুষ্ঠে গ্ৰস্ত। শিশু হ’লেও, কৃপা কৰি ইয়াৰ কুষ্ঠৰোগ সম্পূৰ্ণৰূপে নাশ কৰক।”
The King (rājā)
Tirtha: कामिक-क्षेत्र
Type: kshetra
Listener: Keśava/Janārdana
Scene: राजा हाथ जोड़कर केशव से निवेदन करता—पुत्र का चित्र/उपस्थिति संकेत; राजा की आँखों में करुणा, केशव शांत और वरद
FAQs
A parent’s compassionate, faith-filled prayer is presented as a dharmic motive for seeking divine intervention.
The request is made in the context of the sacred kṣetra where the king performed tapas and received darśana.
A direct supplication (prārthanā) for roga-nivṛtti (cessation of disease); no additional rite is detailed in this verse.