Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36
स च कायेन कुब्जः स्याज्जराव्याप्तस्तथैव च । वलीपलितगात्रश्च ह्यत्यंतं च विरूपधृक्
sa ca kāyena kubjaḥ syājjarāvyāptastathaiva ca | valīpalitagātraśca hyatyaṃtaṃ ca virūpadhṛk
اور اس کے جسم میں کوہان نکل آیا، بڑھاپا اس پر چھا گیا۔ اعضا پر جھریاں اور سفید بال نمودار ہوئے؛ وہ نہایت بدصورت صورت کا حامل ہو گیا۔
Narrator (contextual; within Nāgarakhaṇḍa narrative)
Scene: Maṇibhadra’s transformation: once wealthy, now hunchbacked and prematurely aged—wrinkled limbs, grey hair, distorted posture—standing alone despite riches.
FAQs
Adharma and hard-heartedness are portrayed as bringing visible suffering—loss of health, dignity, and inner harmony.
No tīrtha is explicitly mentioned in this verse; it supports the broader mahātmya by contrasting sin’s results with tīrtha-merit.
None directly; the verse describes consequences rather than prescribing a rite.