Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
पुरासीदत्र गोपालः कश्चित्कुष्ठसमावृतः । चमत्कारपुरं विप्र अतीव क्षामतां गतः
purāsīdatra gopālaḥ kaścitkuṣṭhasamāvṛtaḥ | camatkārapuraṃ vipra atīva kṣāmatāṃ gataḥ
पूर्वी तेथे एक गोपाल होता, जो कुष्ठरोगाने ग्रस्त होता. हे विप्र! ‘चमत्कारपुर’ नावाच्या नगरात तो अत्यंत कृश व अशक्त झाला होता।
Sūta
Tirtha: Gomukha (context for forthcoming cure)
Type: kund
Listener: Brāhmaṇa interlocutor / Naimiṣāraṇya sages (the verse addresses ‘vipra’)
Scene: A thin, leprosy-afflicted cowherd in a modest town setting; compassionate onlookers; distant hint of the sacred landscape he will approach (stream/kuṇḍa).
FAQs
Human suffering and illness become the narrative doorway through which a tīrtha’s compassion and purifying power is revealed.
The episode is set near Gomukha-tīrtha, in the locale associated with Camatkārapura.
None is stated in this verse; it introduces the afflicted devotee whose encounter with the sacred waters will unfold.