Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23
यथायथौषधान्येव स करोति ददाति च । तथातथा तस्य कायो व्याधिना क्षामितो भृशम्
yathāyathauṣadhānyeva sa karoti dadāti ca | tathātathā tasya kāyo vyādhinā kṣāmito bhṛśam
Quels que fussent les remèdes qu’il prenait et les dons qu’il faisait, son corps, de même, se trouvait sans cesse cruellement amaigri par la maladie.
Narrator (Purāṇic voice)
Scene: A king emaciated by disease sits amid physicians and trays of herbs; gifts are being distributed, yet his body remains wasted—an atmosphere of helplessness before fate.
FAQs
When suffering persists despite effort, one is guided toward humility, deeper refuge in dharma, and the purifying power of sacred places.
The verse sets up the need for the Adhyāya’s famed kuṇḍa, where snāna is earlier declared to destroy diseases.
No new prescription; it contrasts repeated medicine and dāna with the continuing intensity of the illness.