Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10
अथापश्यद्द्वितीयां स च्छायां गात्रस्य चोपरि । तथा गुरुतरं कायं सालस्यं समपद्यत
athāpaśyaddvitīyāṃ sa cchāyāṃ gātrasya copari | tathā gurutaraṃ kāyaṃ sālasyaṃ samapadyata
तब उसने अपने ही शरीर पर दूसरी छाया देखी; और उसका शरीर और भी भारी हो गया, वह आलस्य-तन्द्रा में पड़ गया।
Deductive: Skanda (narrating within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s Arbuda Khaṇḍa context)
Scene: The king looks down and sees an uncanny second shadow clinging to him; his posture slumps as heaviness and torpor overtake his limbs.
FAQs
Inner wrongdoing manifests outwardly as heaviness, loss of vitality, and disturbing omens—prompting repentance and purification.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it introduces the king’s ominous condition that leads into tīrtha-based expiation later in the chapter.
None in this verse; it describes symptoms that motivate later prāyaścitta and pilgrimage.
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