Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38
परिक्षीणोऽस्मि विप्रेंद्र क्षयव्याधिप्रभावतः । तस्मात्कुरु प्रतीकार महं त्वां शरणं गतः
parikṣīṇo'smi vipreṃdra kṣayavyādhiprabhāvataḥ | tasmātkuru pratīkāra mahaṃ tvāṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ
‘اے وِپرِندر! دقِّ مرض کے اثر سے میں بالکل نڈھال ہو گیا ہوں۔ اس لیے کوئی تدبیر کیجیے؛ میں آپ کی شَرَن میں آیا ہوں۔’
Candra (Moon)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Candra, visibly emaciated, speaks with folded hands to Romaka, pleading for a remedy; the sage listens with steady compassion.
FAQs
Śaraṇāgati—taking refuge in the wise with humility—is a dharmic path to relief when one’s own strength is depleted.
Implicitly Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the Moon seeks guidance for release from decline.
No specific rite is prescribed; the act emphasized is śaraṇāgati (seeking refuge) and requesting pratīkāra (remedy).