Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38
मुनिरुवाच । न मे गात्रस्वभावो न व्याधिभिश्च सुलोचने । शृणुष्व कारणं कृत्स्नं येनेदृक्संस्थितं वपुः
muniruvāca | na me gātrasvabhāvo na vyādhibhiśca sulocane | śṛṇuṣva kāraṇaṃ kṛtsnaṃ yenedṛksaṃsthitaṃ vapuḥ
Le sage dit : « Ô toi aux beaux yeux, cet état n’est pas la nature de mon corps, et il n’est pas non plus causé par la maladie. Écoute la raison entière par laquelle mon corps en est venu à être ainsi. »
Muni (the sage)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rambhā
Scene: The sage regains composure, denies natural constitution or illness, and prepares to narrate the complete cause; Rambhā listens attentively in the sacred grove.
FAQs
Dharma begins with truthful self-assessment: distinguishing physical illness from mental disturbance and then addressing the real cause.
The verse is contextual to a tīrtha-mahātmya chapter, but it does not name a location.
None; it introduces an explanation rather than a rite.