Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56
आसीत्तत्र पुमान्कश्चिद्देशे ग्राम्यो जरात्मकः । कुष्ठी तथापि नित्यं स करोति पशु रक्षणम्
āsīttatra pumānkaściddeśe grāmyo jarātmakaḥ | kuṣṭhī tathāpi nityaṃ sa karoti paśu rakṣaṇam
Dans cette contrée vivait un villageois, vieux et infirme. Bien qu’atteint de lèpre, il gardait pourtant chaque jour le bétail.
Unspecified in snippet (narrative voice; likely Sūta)
Tirtha: Ratnāditya-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvijottamāḥ
Scene: An elderly villager with visible skin disease tends cattle daily, leaning on a staff; the sacred hill and shrine-landscape loom nearby, suggesting impending transformation.
FAQs
Steadfastness in one’s duty (svadharma) is praised even amid suffering and physical limitation.
The unnamed tīrtha/kṣetra of Adhyāya 212; this verse introduces a local character whose experience will illustrate the site’s power.
None; the verse is narrative, describing the protagonist’s condition and livelihood.