Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55
नाधयो व्याधयस्तत्र न पापानि महीतले । कस्यचिद्देव जायंते यथा कृतयुगे तथा
nādhayo vyādhayastatra na pāpāni mahītale | kasyaciddeva jāyaṃte yathā kṛtayuge tathā
Dort auf Erden, o Gott, entstanden weder seelische Leiden noch körperliche Krankheiten, noch irgendeine Sünde bei irgendwem; es war wie im Kṛta-Yuga.
Yama (inferred continuation of Yama’s report to Brahmā; vocative 'deva' addressing a higher deity)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A serene landscape where people live without illness or sorrow: clear waters, flourishing trees, calm faces, no funerary rites, no hospitals—only temples and hermitages; a palpable golden-age atmosphere.
FAQs
The fruit of sacred merit is holistic: it restrains both inner suffering and outer disease, reflecting Satya-yuga purity.
The verse is part of Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 95); the specific tīrtha name is not present in this line.
No direct ritual is stated here; it describes the resulting condition of a world transformed by dharma/puṇya.