Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 57
कुष्ठव्याधिसमायुक्तः स च चित्रांगदो युवा । ततस्तं स मुनिः प्राह काष्ठोद्यतकरः क्रुधा
kuṣṭhavyādhisamāyuktaḥ sa ca citrāṃgado yuvā | tatastaṃ sa muniḥ prāha kāṣṭhodyatakaraḥ krudhā
کوڑھ میں مبتلا اس نوجوان چترانگد سے پھر اس رشی نے غصے میں ہاتھ میں لکڑی اٹھائے ہوئے خطاب کیا۔
Narrator (purāṇic narrative voice)
Scene: Citrāṅgada, weakened and leprous, sits or kneels on the ground; a furious sage stands over him with a raised stick, about to speak—moment poised between punishment and instruction.
FAQs
Wrongdoing leads to loss of status and power; the narrative frames dharma as an inescapable moral order.
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