Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23
अथ यावत्प्रभातेऽहं प्रपश्यामि निजां तनुम् । तावत्कुष्ठादिरोगैश्च समंतात्परिवारिताम्
atha yāvatprabhāte'haṃ prapaśyāmi nijāṃ tanum | tāvatkuṣṭhādirogaiśca samaṃtātparivāritām
Kemudian, ketika fajar menyingsing, sebaik sahaja aku memandang tubuhku sendiri, aku mendapati ia dikepung dari segenap sisi oleh pelbagai penyakit—bermula dengan kusta.
Unnamed afflicted person (contextual narrator within the Tīrthamāhātmya episode)
Listener: nṛpa (king)
Scene: At sunrise, the narrator looks at his body and is horrified to see it covered by leprosy and other diseases, as if encircled by personified ailments.
FAQs
It frames sudden bodily affliction as a meaningful moral event within Purāṇic dharma—prompting inquiry, humility, and a search for rightful remedy.
This verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya context, but the specific tīrtha name is not stated in the shloka itself.
No explicit rite is prescribed in this verse; it describes the onset of disease.
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