Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 13
कृशोतीव गलत्कुष्ठी प्रमुह्यंश्च पदेपेद । नंदभद्रमुवाचेदं कृच्छ्रात्संस्तभ्य बालकः
kṛśotīva galatkuṣṭhī pramuhyaṃśca padepeda | naṃdabhadramuvācedaṃ kṛcchrātsaṃstabhya bālakaḥ
Budak itu terlalu kurus, kusta bernanah, dan hampir pengsan pada setiap langkah. Dengan susah payah dia meneguhkan diri lalu berkata demikian kepada Nandabhadra.
Narrator (introducing the boy’s approach)
Tirtha: Bahūka-taṭa
Type: ghat
Scene: A frail child with visible skin disease and extreme thinness staggers, nearly collapsing at each step; he braces himself and addresses Nandabhadra, who watches with shock and compassion.
FAQs
Purāṇic narratives often invert expectations: the visibly afflicted may become the bearer of higher counsel.
The immediate setting continues from Bahūka-taṭa; no additional tīrtha is named here.
None; it is descriptive narrative preparing for instruction.