Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12
यथायथा स गृह्णाति भेषजानि द्विजोत्तमाः । कुष्ठेन सर्वगात्रेषु व्याप्यते च तथातथा
yathāyathā sa gṛhṇāti bheṣajāni dvijottamāḥ | kuṣṭhena sarvagātreṣu vyāpyate ca tathātathā
اے برہمنوں میں برتر! جیسے جیسے وہ بار بار دوائیں لیتا، ویسے ویسے کوڑھ اس کے تمام اعضا میں پھیلتا چلا جاتا۔
Narrator addressing ‘dvijottama’ (contextual narration)
Listener: dvijottamāḥ (addressed audience)
Scene: The brāhmaṇa’s leprosy spreads across his limbs as he repeatedly takes medicines; the household atmosphere turns heavy with worry.
FAQs
The text highlights human limitation and prepares the listener for the Purāṇic remedy: turning toward sacred geography, merit (puṇya), and divine grace.
Not named yet; the verse functions as narrative buildup before the tīrtha and its māhātmya are explicitly praised.
No ritual is stated; the focus is on the failure of ordinary medicine, foreshadowing tīrtha-based purification.