Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38
तस्य सन्दर्शनार्थाय तीर्थयात्रापरायणः । तत्र मां दीनमालोक्य व्याधिग्रस्तं सुदुःखितम् । कश्चित्तत्राश्रयः प्राह तपस्वी कृपयान्वितः
tasya sandarśanārthāya tīrthayātrāparāyaṇaḥ | tatra māṃ dīnamālokya vyādhigrastaṃ suduḥkhitam | kaścittatrāśrayaḥ prāha tapasvī kṛpayānvitaḥ
Dengan tekad menunaikan ziarah tīrtha untuk menyaksikan tempat suci itu, aku pun tiba di sana. Melihat aku yang papa—ditimpa penyakit dan sangat menderita—seorang pertapa yang tinggal di situ, penuh belas kasihan, berkata kepadaku.
Kārpaṭika (ascetic/pilgrim narrator)
Listener: A king (nṛpa)
Scene: A weary pilgrim with visible skin affliction stands at the edge of a sacred precinct; a compassionate ascetic, matted-haired and serene, addresses him under a tree near a watercourse and shrine markers.
FAQs
In tīrtha traditions, grace often arrives through sādhus—compassionate guides who connect suffering people to Dharma and right practice.
The Nāgara-kṣetra pilgrimage setting is established; the exact tīrtha is named in the next verse.
No direct prescription yet; it prepares for the ascetic’s instruction about the proper time and manner of snāna.
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