Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40
यदि नैवोपदेशं मे कञ्चित्त्वं संप्रदास्यसि । व्याधिनाशाय तत्तेन त्यक्ष्याम्यद्य कलेवरम्
yadi naivopadeśaṃ me kañcittvaṃ saṃpradāsyasi | vyādhināśāya tattena tyakṣyāmyadya kalevaram
‘اگر آپ مجھے اس بیماری کے نِیوارن کے لیے کوئی اُپدیش نہ دیں گے، تو اسی سبب میں آج ہی یہ بدن چھوڑ دوں گا۔’
Candra (Moon)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Candra, trembling with desperation, declares he will abandon his body if not given instruction; the sage remains composed, ready to offer saving counsel.
FAQs
Despair is redirected toward seeking upadeśa; Purāṇic narratives stress that right counsel can convert hopelessness into dharmic action.
The appeal occurs within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya episode.
No ritual is specified; the requested ‘upadeśa’ implies a forthcoming practice (vrata, snāna, japa, etc.) to remove the disease.