Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 86
हाहाकारस्ततो जज्ञे महांस्तत्र जनोद्भवः । दृष्ट्वा विस्फोटकैर्युक्तमकस्मात्तं द्विजोत्तमम्
hāhākārastato jajñe mahāṃstatra janodbhavaḥ | dṛṣṭvā visphoṭakairyuktamakasmāttaṃ dvijottamam
Entonces se alzó un gran clamor de angustia entre la gente allí reunida, al ver de improviso al más excelso de los dvijas cubierto de forúnculos eruptivos.
Narrator (contextual; speaker not explicit in this verse)
Type: ghat
Scene: A crowd near the sacred water recoils as a respected brāhmaṇa suddenly shows eruptive boils; hands raised in alarm, faces turned with shock and pity, the afflicted man at the center.
FAQs
Even the honored can face visible consequences when ritual boundaries are crossed; sacred law (dharma) is portrayed as immediate and public in tīrtha narratives.
A tīrtha described in Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 113); the verse situates the event within a sacred bathing context though the site-name is not stated in this snippet.
No prescription yet—this verse introduces the sudden manifestation of boils as a sign, setting up later rules about bathing and purity.