Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 45
धर्मराज महाबुद्धे पश्य मां नृपसत्तम । चक्षुर्भ्यां नैव पश्यामि वैकल्यं किमिदं मम
dharmarāja mahābuddhe paśya māṃ nṛpasattama | cakṣurbhyāṃ naiva paśyāmi vaikalyaṃ kimidaṃ mama
اے دھرم راج، اے عظیم خرد والے بہترین بادشاہ! میری طرف دیکھئے۔ میں اپنی آنکھوں سے بالکل نہیں دیکھ پا رہا۔ یہ کیسی آفت و کمزوری مجھ پر آ پڑی ہے؟
Bhīma
Listener: Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)
Scene: Bhīma, eyes clouded or covered, reaches out in distress toward Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmarāja), who stands composed, compassionate, and attentive; attendants form a concerned semicircle.
FAQs
Affliction can become a turning point that humbles the powerful and redirects them toward dharma and refuge.
No specific sacred site is mentioned in this verse.
None directly; it is an urgent appeal describing sudden blindness.