Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38
मुनिरुवाच । न मे गात्रस्वभावो न व्याधिभिश्च सुलोचने । शृणुष्व कारणं कृत्स्नं येनेदृक्संस्थितं वपुः
muniruvāca | na me gātrasvabhāvo na vyādhibhiśca sulocane | śṛṇuṣva kāraṇaṃ kṛtsnaṃ yenedṛksaṃsthitaṃ vapuḥ
Sang muni berkata: “Wahai yang bermata indah, keadaan tubuhku ini bukan sifat semula jadiku, dan bukan pula kerana penyakit. Dengarlah seluruh sebab yang menjadikan jasadku begini.”
Muni (the sage)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rambhā
Scene: The sage regains composure, denies natural constitution or illness, and prepares to narrate the complete cause; Rambhā listens attentively in the sacred grove.
FAQs
Dharma begins with truthful self-assessment: distinguishing physical illness from mental disturbance and then addressing the real cause.
The verse is contextual to a tīrtha-mahātmya chapter, but it does not name a location.
None; it introduces an explanation rather than a rite.