Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30
तेनेयं नगरी कृत्स्ना परं दुःखमुपागता । गुणैरस्य समाविष्टा नूनं मृत्युं प्रयास्यति
teneyaṃ nagarī kṛtsnā paraṃ duḥkhamupāgatā | guṇairasya samāviṣṭā nūnaṃ mṛtyuṃ prayāsyati
À cause de lui, toute cette cité est tombée dans une affliction extrême. Enchaînée à ses vertus, il semble qu’elle le suivra sûrement jusque dans la mort.
Citizen/Man questioned by the kārpaṭika (continuing)
Listener: Kārpaṭika
Scene: A panoramic view of the city: citizens gathered in mourning, garlands drooping, closed marketplaces; the palace silhouette suggests the king’s impending death, while the crowd’s devotion is palpable.
FAQs
A righteous ruler’s bond with his people is moral and spiritual; his suffering reverberates through the whole kingdom.
The tīrtha is still implicit; the city’s grief motivates the saint’s instruction toward a curative sacred place.
None directly; the verse describes the social-dharmic context that necessitates a tīrtha remedy.