Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15
अथवा वित्थ नो यूयं त्यक्ष्यामीह कलेवरम् । प्रविश्याग्निं जलं वाऽपि भक्षयित्वाऽथ वा विषम्
athavā vittha no yūyaṃ tyakṣyāmīha kalevaram | praviśyāgniṃ jalaṃ vā'pi bhakṣayitvā'tha vā viṣam
Ou si vous n'en connaissez point, j'abandonnerai ce corps ici même, en entrant dans le feu, dans l'eau, ou en consommant du poison.
Cāmatkāra (king) (deduced from first-person vow within the illness narrative)
FAQs
The verse depicts the extremity of despair that precedes transformation; Purāṇic tīrtha narratives often turn such crisis into renewed faith and dharma.
Not directly named here; it is part of the lead-up to the chapter’s tīrtha focus—Śaṅkhatīrtha in Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.
None as a recommended rite; the actions listed (fire, water, poison) are expressions of desperation, not dharmic prescriptions.