Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 57
ततस्तु चेष्टितैर्ज्ञात्वा गर्हयित्वा विसर्जिता । ततःप्रभृति गात्रे मे कुष्ठव्याधिरयं स्थितः
tatastu ceṣṭitairjñātvā garhayitvā visarjitā | tataḥprabhṛti gātre me kuṣṭhavyādhirayaṃ sthitaḥ
പിന്നീട് അവളുടെ പെരുമാറ്റംകൊണ്ട് തിരിച്ചറിഞ്ഞ് ഞാൻ അവളെ ശാസിച്ച് വിട്ടയച്ചു; അന്നുമുതൽ എന്റെ ശരീരത്തിൽ ഈ കുഷ്ഠരോഗം പിടിപെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നു.
An afflicted man (the repentant narrator within the tīrtha-māhātmya dialogue)
Scene: After the act, the man perceives the impostor’s telltale behavior, rebukes her, sends her away; later, his body shows pale patches and weakness—signs of kuṣṭha—while he stands in sorrow.
FAQs
Actions bear consequences; even after rejecting wrongdoing, one must seek purification to uproot the karmic residue.
The shloka occurs within a tīrtha-māhātmya frame, but the site name is not stated in this verse alone.
No direct prescription here; it motivates the search for dharmaśāstric prāyaścitta described in subsequent verses.
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