Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40
यदि नैवोपदेशं मे कञ्चित्त्वं संप्रदास्यसि । व्याधिनाशाय तत्तेन त्यक्ष्याम्यद्य कलेवरम्
yadi naivopadeśaṃ me kañcittvaṃ saṃpradāsyasi | vyādhināśāya tattena tyakṣyāmyadya kalevaram
Wenn du mir keine Unterweisung zur Vernichtung dieser Krankheit gewährst, dann werde ich aus eben diesem Grund noch heute diesen Leib verlassen.
Candra (Moon)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Candra, trembling with desperation, declares he will abandon his body if not given instruction; the sage remains composed, ready to offer saving counsel.
FAQs
Despair is redirected toward seeking upadeśa; Purāṇic narratives stress that right counsel can convert hopelessness into dharmic action.
The appeal occurs within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya episode.
No ritual is specified; the requested ‘upadeśa’ implies a forthcoming practice (vrata, snāna, japa, etc.) to remove the disease.