Shloka 30
The Liberation of the Lizard
Godhā-vimukti
तदहः क्षयरोगोऽभूत्पतिः क्षीणो दिने दिने । गुह्ये तु क्रिमयो जाताः क्षतदुष्टव्रणोद्भवाः ॥ ३० ॥
tadahaḥ kṣayarogo'bhūtpatiḥ kṣīṇo dine dine | guhye tu krimayo jātāḥ kṣataduṣṭavraṇodbhavāḥ || 30 ||
Desde aquele mesmo dia, o marido foi acometido pela tísica, e enfraquecia dia após dia. Em suas partes secretas surgiram vermes, nascidos de uma úlcera ferida e tornada fétida.
Narada (narrating within the Uttara-Bhaga mahatmya account)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: karuna (compassion)
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka (fear)
FAQs
It illustrates the Purana’s karmic-moral framing: harmful, adharmic causes manifest as progressive suffering, here depicted through wasting disease and a degrading bodily affliction, urging repentance and corrective dharma.
Though this line itself is narrative and not a bhakti injunction, it functions as a warning that motivates refuge in dharma and (in the broader Uttara-Bhaga tirtha context) seeking purification through sacred places, vows, and devotion to Narayana.
No specific Vedanga (like Vyakarana, Jyotisha, or Kalpa-ritual procedure) is taught in this verse; it primarily conveys a dharma-ethics narrative about karmic consequence rather than technical instruction.