Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23
तस्यैवं ध्यानसक्तस्य प्रादुर्भूताः समंततः । मूर्ता रोगाः सुरौद्रास्ते वातगुल्मकफात्मकाः । अष्टोत्तरशतप्रायाः प्रोचुस्तं च कृतादराः
tasyaivaṃ dhyānasaktasya prādurbhūtāḥ samaṃtataḥ | mūrtā rogāḥ suraudrāste vātagulmakaphātmakāḥ | aṣṭottaraśataprāyāḥ procustaṃ ca kṛtādarāḥ
അവൻ ഇങ്ങനെ ധ്യാനത്തിൽ ലീനനായിരിക്കെ, ചുറ്റുമെങ്ങും ദേഹധാരികളായ രോഗങ്ങൾ പ്രത്യക്ഷപ്പെട്ടു—ദേവക്രോധംപോലെ ഉഗ്രമായവ—വാതം, ഗുല്മം, കഫം എന്നീ സ്വഭാവമുള്ളവ. ഏകദേശം നൂറ്റെട്ട് എണ്ണം ആയ അവർ ആദരത്തോടെ അവനെ അഭിസംബോധന ചെയ്തു.
Narrator (contextual); description of Brahmā’s meditation outcome
Scene: Around meditating Brahmā, numerous personified diseases appear—fierce, varied in form—yet they speak respectfully. Visual contrast: terrifying bodies with folded hands, circling the serene creator.
FAQs
Cosmic governance includes even suffering: diseases are portrayed as instruments within a moral order, not random chaos.
No tīrtha-name appears in this verse; it serves the narrative framework of the chapter’s tīrtha-glorification.
None explicitly; the verse uses mythic imagery (manifestation of rogas) rather than prescribing rites.
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