Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13
किमिदं कारणं येन ममैषा संस्थिता तनुः । अकस्मादेव रोगोऽयं चलितुं नैव च क्षमः
kimidaṃ kāraṇaṃ yena mamaiṣā saṃsthitā tanuḥ | akasmādeva rogo'yaṃ calituṃ naiva ca kṣamaḥ
„Was ist die Ursache, durch die mein Leib in diesen Zustand geraten ist? Ganz plötzlich ist diese Krankheit entstanden, und ich vermag mich überhaupt nicht zu bewegen.“
Brāhmaṇa (the pilgrim; implied by subsequent verses)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Close focus on the brāhmaṇa’s face and hands as he questions the cause of his condition; his body appears rigid, as if seized by an unseen force, with the sacred landscape quietly witnessing.
FAQs
Human strength is fragile; sudden suffering prompts self-inquiry and opens the way for divine or dharmic guidance, a common turning-point in tīrtha-māhātmya narratives.
The broader passage situates the event in the Hāṭakeśvara kṣetra, within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
No explicit ritual is stated in this verse; it sets up the narrative context for later instruction or intervention.