Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11
तथा भिषग्वरान्नित्यमानिनाय च सादरम् । तदर्थे न गुणस्तस्य तथापि स्याच्छरीरजः
tathā bhiṣagvarānnityamānināya ca sādaram | tadarthe na guṇastasya tathāpi syāccharīrajaḥ
اسی طرح وہ ہر روز ادب کے ساتھ بہترین طبیبوں کو بلاتا رہا؛ مگر اس مقصد سے بھی اسے کوئی فائدہ نہ ہوا، اور جسمانی تکلیف بدستور قائم رہی۔
Narrator (contextual; within Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrtha-māhātmya narration)
Scene: Physicians arrive daily with instruments and medicines; the patient remains afflicted, conveying helplessness despite care and respect.
FAQs
Worldly remedies may fail when the deeper cause remains; Purāṇic narratives often point toward dharma and tīrtha as higher healing forces.
This verse sets the problem (incurable illness) within the Tīrtha-māhātmya framework; the specific tīrtha is introduced later in the chapter’s narrative.
None directly; it mentions summoning physicians, preparing the later turn toward sacred means (tīrtha, vrata, or devotion).