Shloka 21
Adhyaya 63 — The Birth of Svarocis and the Rescue of Manoramā: The Astra-Heart and the Healing of Curses
एकस्याः कुष्ठमङ्गेषु भाव्यन्यस्यास्तथा क्षयः ।
तयोस्तथैव तज्जातं यथोक्तं तेन तत्क्षणात् ॥
ekasyāḥ kuṣṭham aṅgeṣu bhāvy anyasyās tathā kṣayaḥ | tayos tathaiva taj jātaṃ yathoktaṃ tena tatkṣaṇāt ||
For one, leprosy was to arise in the limbs; for the other, a wasting disease likewise. And just as he had spoken, so it came to be for them—at that very moment.
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FAQs
Purāṇic ethics frequently portray moral causality as swift when driven by potent agents (tapas/śāpa). The lesson is caution in provoking or misusing spiritual authority and in maintaining restraint.
Again, this is ākhyāna serving dharma instruction, not a direct pancalakṣaṇa unit. It illustrates conduct-and-consequence, a common Purāṇic didactic mode.
Kuṣṭha and kṣaya can be read as outer signs of inner disintegration—social/ritual ‘impurity’ and vital depletion—symbolizing what happens when harmony (kṣānti) collapses.