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
അപ്പോൾ അവൻ തന്റെ ശരീരത്തിന്മേൽ രണ്ടാമൊരു നിഴൽ കണ്ടു; ദേഹം കൂടുതൽ ഭാരമായി, അവൻ ആലസ്യ-തന്ദ്രയിൽ വീണു.
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.